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Ron May wrote:
> Ok, got it. Then what semaphore is the peace symbol?
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
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>
> In a message dated 11/9/2008 8:16:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> Ron:
> "Semaphore", refers to communication system that uses signal flags to
> send messages from one place to another. The form of signaling is as
> old as the hills and was used by the military, and many others before
> electronics were available.
>
> DP
>
>
> At 07:19 PM 11/8/2008, you wrote:
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>> The term "semaphore" is not clear to me, but your statement pretty clearly
>> states CND adopted it after someone else created it. When I read the
>> explanation the other day that the peace sign is a mix of the
>> letters c-n-d, it
>> confused me. Although I never tested the concept, people told me in
>> the 1958-1969
>> time period that the peace sign was derived from a Norse rune. If
>>
> semaphore
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>> means it derived from several sources, I would believe that because
>> it evolved
>>
> >from an anti-nuke protest symbol to an anti-war protest symble and
>
>> then simply
>> a peace symbol. Whatever the true orgin, it has a powerful effect on me
>>
> and
>
>> evoked many fascinating memories.
>>
>> Ron May
>> Legacy 106, Inc.
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/8/2008 2:23:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>> The peace sign is indeed semaphore and was designed in 1958 for the
>> famous Aldermaston peace march in the UK and then adopted by CND.
>>
>>
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