Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: amadeus@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: "peace" sign Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 06:28:01 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 16 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >[In response to the question "Is the peace sign the cross upside down?"] A friend of mine heard a better one at a peace vigil at the Capitol building a couple of weeks ago: that it was the cross reversed, broken, and urinated around. Lovely, hm? Actually, the peace sign was derived by combining the semaphore sigil for "n" and for "d" -- and the combination is meant to stand for "Nuclear Disarmament." Alas, not nearly so dramatic or pernicious as some would like to believe. -- -----Susan Harwood Kaczmarczik-------------------------------*<:-)------------- "The whims that we're weeping for our parents would be beaten for."--Kate Bush ----------amadeus@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu---------The University of Texas @Austin---