Posted on 07/14/2009 11:35:38 AM PDT by Freedom2specul8
RANDOM POLL:
Veterans: how many of you are offended by the peace symbol and why?
(Family members and friends who know the answer, please feel free to speak on behalf of Veterans who cannot post.... )
Thank you for your time!
To quote myself: "I’ve always associated the peace symbol with those who spit on the vietnam vets"
I’m a veteran, but no combat exposure.
I don’t associate the peace sign with anything other than a wish for peace. Who wouldn’t want that, (all things being equal)?
There was a time I found hippies amusing, now I completely detest them. But to me, they haven’t taken ownership of the peace sign, nor do they own the idea of peace. They’re just dirty, lazy, traitorous scum.
People who not only won’t carry their load but expect me to pay their way offend me. The ‘peace symbol’ offends me about as much as cuss words written in Mandarin Chinese - in other words, not at all.
PEACE, to be meaningful, must be the handmaiden of FREEDOM.
A man’s body may be at peace in the absence of war, but his soul cannot be at peace in the absence of liberty.
My dad made sure I knew it was a sign of the broken cross when I was very young. I didn’t know about Nero. Thanks so much for the history and link.
Not this fan of hard rock and heavy metal.
Having been a teen in the 60's, I remember that it was the symbol of those that spat on soldiers.
It pisses me off because most of the people wearing it have no idea how to achieve it.
MortMan, your comment made me think of a simpler way to put my rant above.
That symbol represents Peace through Submission instead of Peace through Victory. Theirs is a peace that means you are always the victim of the aggressor.
bttt
Also, the peace symbol to me now stands for the hypocrisy of the left.
It’s at peace symbol wearing leftist’s protests where windows are broken, cars are burned, property is destroyed, and rocks are thrown at police officers.
Contrast that with conservative protests, such as the Tea Parties, where views and calls for change are peacefully expressed.
Anti-nuclear protesters used it widely. Why do you think we won the Cold War and the USSR collapsed? Because hundreds of thousands of American Service members stood nuclear alert on bomber and missile bases and aboard submarines for decades! The Soviets knew they couldn’t win.
It wasn’t Diplomacy that brought down the Iron Curtain, it was Determination!
Jesus and I see eye to eye on peace. We are both in favor.
For me it symbolizes naivety and laziness...
This is why I felt compelled to post this thread. I am very interested in the opinions of others, and their historical views. Obviously the last view days have been very busy with regard to that symbol. I’ve learned things within the first 20 posts. I hope it helps others.
As a Viet Nam vet I associate it with an attitude of “peace at any price...better off Red than Dead”, etc. Some people don’t realize that a man has to look at himself in the mirror for the rest of his life for things he did or didn’t do earlier in his life and that he wouldn’t be a man if he hid behind a peace sign every time the going got tough. You just can’t get away from the fact that most of us believe there are some things worth fighting and, yes, dying for.
It offends me because it takes me back to the late 60’s and early 70’s and that whole period of craziness. It also offends me because my father was active duty (Army) at the time and he had to put up with “baby killer” crapola.
34"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
I’m not easily offended, so some chicken’s foot symbol certainly isn’t going to do it. It’s more likely to elicit a big eyeball roll than anything else. ...and the thought “yet another liberal, brainwashed, hopelessly naive fool.” But offense? Nah.
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