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Ron May wrote:
> Ok, got it. Then what semaphore is the peace symbol?
>  
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>  
>  
> In a message dated 11/9/2008 8:16:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
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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:
>   
>> 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
>   
>> 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,
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>>
>> 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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