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03-20-2008, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by BBC News World's best-known protest symbol turns 50
It started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement but it has become an international sign for peace, and arguably the most widely used protest symbol in the world. It has also been adapted, attacked and commercialised.
It had its first public outing 50 years ago on a chilly Good Friday as thousands of British anti-nuclear campaigners set off from London's Trafalgar Square on a 50-mile march to the weapons factory at Aldermaston.
The demonstration had been organised by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) joined in.
Gerald Holtom, a designer and former World War II conscientious objector from West London, persuaded DAC that their aims would have greater impact if they were conveyed in a visual image. The "Ban the Bomb" symbol was born.
He considered using a Christian cross motif but, instead, settled on using letters from the semaphore - or flag-signalling - alphabet, super-imposing N (uclear) on D (isarmament) and placing them within a circle symbolising Earth.
The sign was quickly adopted by CND.
Holtom later explained that the design was "to mean a human being in despair" with arms outstretched downwards. | Happy Birthday Peace Symbol. 
More at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7292252.stm
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03-20-2008, 06:53 AM
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03-20-2008, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker  Yes Peace!!!
Through superior FIREPOWER!!! | I'm not sure that's what the original creator of the symbol had in mind. But maybe it'll work out. Who knows?
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker you're nothing but a **** stirring troll | Set your expectations accordingly.
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03-20-2008, 04:41 PM
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03-20-2008, 04:44 PM
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03-20-2008, 04:45 PM
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03-20-2008, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker Yes Peace!!!
Through superior FIREPOWER!!! |
heh, that's what my coffee mug at work says...
Life, Liberty, etc...
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03-20-2008, 06:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wales, UK | | CND had their day. now they're just holding back advances in nuclear power. 
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03-20-2008, 06:15 PM
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This forked symbol was designed for the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC) and was adopted as its badge by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in Britain, and originally was used by the British nuclear disarmament movement. It was later generalised to become an international icon for the 1960s anti-war movement, and was also adopted by the counterculture of the time. It was designed and completed February 21, 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist in Britain for the Easter march planned by DAC from Trafalgar Square, London, to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in England.
The symbol itself is a combination of the semaphoric signals for the letters "N" and "D," standing for Nuclear Disarmament. In semaphore the letter "N" is formed by a person holding two flags in an upside-down "V," and the letter "D" is formed by holding one flag pointed straight up and the other pointed straight down. These two signals imposed over each other form the shape of the peace symbol. In the original design the lines widened at the edge of the circle.[4]
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03-20-2008, 06:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | Nothing says "Peace on Earth" like Mercedes Benz graffiti on a post. 
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03-20-2008, 06:29 PM
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03-20-2008, 08:01 PM
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03-20-2008, 11:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rochester, NY | | Uh, hate to burst your bubble, the peace sign turned 50 on February 21st. You're about a month late. Ironically when you posted this thread (March 20th), it was the 5 year Anniversary of the Iraq War. http://www.pr-inside.com/national-ge...th-r449249.htm
Edit - fenderhutz got it first.
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03-21-2008, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by peterbright Wouldn't it be great to have peace? | Depends on the terms.
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03-21-2008, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Diggler Depends on the terms. | I'd prefer Whirled Peas  |
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar I'm a lover not a fighter, but I have been known to grudge hump a few chicks. | Sig'd!!!!!
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03-21-2008, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Guiseppe Sig'd!!!!! | You're welcome. Ya at least gotta quote the genius who said it though. Oh wait.   | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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