Talk:Peace symbols

anarchy symbol

it doesnt reseble the anarchy symbol to me and i would like to read the letter the hippie wrote

Moved from article until sourced

"Another interpretation of the peace symbol, in connection with the "Make Love, Not War" anti-war slogan, is that it represents a heterosexual couple engaged in the act of copulation (citation needed)."

Aristophanes, "Peace"

I deleted this:

'It was mentioned by the Greek playwright Aristophanes in Peace (Eirene), where he refers to "greatest of all goddesses, Eirene, goddess of peace, her to whom the olive is so dear".'

Although some translations do mention the olive in this context, the relevant word in Peace, φιλάμπελος, is given as "loving the vine" here. Marshall46 (talk) 11:49, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Not a missle in a circle?

I had always thought the symbol for nuclear disarmament was a missle (with exagerrated flights) in a circle - aping some circular traffic signs in Europe which have a silouette of what is forbidden (such as a car). It seems I may have been wrong! Dainamo (talk) 07:59, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Without the specific red color, prohibition really would not be understood unless there's a diagonal slash in the circle (though I'm not too sure whether the slash-in-circle prohibition symbol was very common in 1950s Britain...). AnonMoos (talk) 10:18, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Several sources say the designer based it on semaphore, not on the image of a missile. Marshall46 (talk) 13:07, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Common mistake

The Mercedes-Benz symbol is often confused with Holtom's peace symbol.Lestrade (talk) 22:53, 21 February 2012 (UTC)Lestrade