The Peace Symbol Turned 50. Are we any closer to Peace?


	The Peace Symbol Turned 50. Are we any closer to Peace?

petercasier

4-9-2008 2:10 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a4fd371e-9b5b-46fc-bf24-ad12450d2183/FD760D67-DA05-47B7-A23F-1109CA8163DF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com/2008/04/news-peace-symbol-turns-50-are-we-any.html" href="http://theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com/2008/04/news-peace-symbol-turns-50-are-we-any.html" style="font-size: 11px;">theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com/2008/04/news-peace-symbol-turns-50-are-we-any.html"><DIV><A href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2282/2401435008_e74ab3c85a_m.jpg"><IMG border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2282/2401435008_e74ab3c85a_m.jpg" alt="" /></A>Gerald Holtom, a designer and former World War II conscientious objector from London, designed the peace symbol originally for the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War (DAC), arguing their aims would have greater impact if they were conveyed in a visual image. The "Ban the Bomb" symbol was born.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FD760D67-DA05-47B7-A23F-1109CA8163DF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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