On 16/3/05 1:02 pm, in article , "JLB"
wrote:

Why do you find it unthinkable? There are many examples of people
attacked because of some article of clothing they were wearing.

This phenomenon was noted by, to give just one example, Spike Milligan.

He noticed it when the Germans and Italians started lobbing big, fast
moving, explosive projectiles at him for wearing a British military
uniform.

It was in Italy during WW2.

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