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To: SandRat

How international is the peace symbol...isn't it mainly American?


8 posted on 03/27/2006 5:15:34 PM PST by gondramB (Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
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To: gondramB
It originated in Great Britain as the Ban-the-Bomb symbol and was appropriated by the peace-niks and popularized over here by the likes of Jane Fondue and JefnKerry among others during the Anti-Nam protests.
12 posted on 03/27/2006 5:19:10 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: gondramB

Here's the origin of this symbol. It was actually invented in the UK

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/peace.html


18 posted on 03/27/2006 5:25:45 PM PST by stm (You can fix a lot of thing s, but you can't fix stupid)
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