Comments on: Where Did the Peace Symbol Come From?

By: Laurie Scott

Laurie Scott — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:06:00 +0000

the goya engraving that most resembles the downward semaphore distress symbol is “tristes presentimientos de lo que va a acontecer.” The distressed war victim is holding his arms down beside him. My mom (r.l.p) did a serigraph in the 70s that superimposed the nuclear disarmament symbol on the goya engraving…

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:23:52 +0000

I once saw sign that was anti-anti-war (basically, protesting the protestors) that said “No Peace” and they forgot to put the line that connects the bottom of the circle in. I’m pretty sure they weren’t being ironic. So stupidity goes both ways.

By: kaioti

kaioti — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:30:08 +0000

@ Florida:
i believe the reference Sam is making is to the many people who seem to forget that the vertical line continues to the bottom of the circle. i too have seen this many times and find it disgusting/hilarious.

By: ithardlyeverhappensyouknow

ithardlyeverhappensyouknow — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:22:09 +0000

Good call on the “Watcher In the Woods” reference. Love that movie. Classic scary.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:53:07 +0000

I second Ransom’s question, Nerak. That flick scared the pants off me as a child… and still does a little bit, to this day. (But that could also be attributed to Bette Davis being completely frightening in general.)

By: Florida

Florida — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:50:07 +0000

Considering the MB logo and the peace symbol are distinct and different, I question if the hippies are really the ones who are the idiots.

By: Ransom Riggs

Ransom Riggs — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:37:06 +0000

Hey Nerak, is your handle a reference to the classic film “watcher in the woods”?

By: Nerak

Nerak — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:48:12 +0000

Isn’t it interesting that using the upright cross symbol, which was the way Christ was executed, is embraced. Yet people still sited the example of St Peter’s crucifixion as a reason why the inverted cross was a “bad” symbol?

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:06:03 +0000

Nothing gives me a good laugh like the idiot hippies out protesting with their Mercedes Benz symbols. Really makes me want to take their cause seriously.

By: Executed Today

Executed Today — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:05:01 +0000

Hey … I resemble that remark.

I’d heard the N.D. semaphore story before, but I never knew it had a connection to Goya’s Executions of the Third of May. Thanks!

(reCaptcha for this post: “tragedy original” … I swear that thing is eerie sometimes.)