Subject: Don&#39;t have a cow man!<br/>
Date: May 27, 2003 @ 11:01<br/>
Author: Brendan Whyte (Brendan Whyte &lt;bwhyte@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1258963772">Cows are a problem on the Indo-Bangladesh boundary. Bangladeshi Muslims eat <br/>
them, Indian Hindus don&#39;t. So the Indian nationalists portray border <br/>
raiders as cow-rustlers, snacking on the sacred. And of course cows wander <br/>
across the bunds with impunity (unless rustled before , or cow-napped after <br/>
crossing over), while the farmers chasing after them get arrested, and have <br/>
to prove their ownership of the cows or face smuggling charges.<br/>
Naturally this gives the farmers a real beef with the border guards of the <br/>
opposite country.<br/>
<br/>
Brendan<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt;On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 03:34  PM, Doug Murray wrote:<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt; Some time ago I recall reading the story of a Latvian or Lithuanian<br/>
&gt; &gt; farm on the border with Belarus.  The story centred around the woman<br/>
&gt; &gt; who lived on the farm and all the things that she&#39;s had to endure over<br/>
&gt; &gt; the years.   Her son was arrested by Byelorussian soldiers or border<br/>
&gt; &gt; guards when he chased a stray cow across the border.<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt; Can anyone remember the origin (website?) of this story?<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt; Cheers,<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt; Doug </span></blockquote></div>