[Peace-discuss] Fw: [pf] White scarf for peace

[Joan Cole]

Interesting... but wouldn't the war-wishers just take it as "we surrender"?
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----- Original Message -----
From: <davd at thames.net.nz>
To: "Positive Futures" <positive-futures at igc.topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:21 PM
Subject: [pf] White scarf for peace


> At 05:43 PM 2003-03-13 +1300, Steve W. wrote:
>
> >From newsgroup can.politics:
>
> Wear a White Scarf Around Your Neck, On Your Back Pack, or Fly a White
Flag On Your Car:
>
> A spontaneous war protest has started in Montreal after a popular radio
host here announced that Mrs. George W Bush had cancelled a meeting with a
group of women at the White House because several of them planned to attend
the meeting with a white scarf round their necks as a silent symbol of their
desire for peace. This symbol had power, as it disturbed Mrs Bush.
>
> This story has triggered a grassroots e-mail campaign asking those
committed to peace in the world to wear a white scarf.
>
> If everyone who disagreed with the war, were to wear a white scarf around
their neck, tie a white handkerchief to their back-packs, their attache
case, their school bags, white pennants from car antennas, white flags on
balconies and hanging in front of houses the world over, would this not be a
powerful message to send to our leaders?
>  Sometimes images and symbols are more powerful than words.