Word: symbolic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the swastika finally came down, I was pleased that a good example was set for this community. Someone had finally shown the moral strength to remove a symbol after finding out that it caused pain, just as those with the Confederate flags should do. It is the right thing, the compassionate thing...
...swastika flag--have spurred a lot of controversy over the issue of freedom of speech. It has also resulted in a great number of statements made by individuals on the meaning of the Confederate flag as a sign of Southern pride on one hand, and as a symbol of oppression and hatred toward Black people on the other...
...diverse community, anyone choosing to represent his or her values through a given symbol should be aware of all the values--good and bad--which that symbol represents. The swastika's and Confederate flag's associations are, I hope, clear...
...will cause all the world's Confederate flags and swastikas to come tumbling down. But vigorous debate just might do the job at Harvard, if members of the Harvard community follow the lead of the BSA and Hillel in helping those like Kerrigan, McCormack and Townsend understand how a symbol can hurt...
...smiling face, symbol of Czechoslovakia's Civic Forum, may be turning to a frown. Beset by internal wrangling over policy in the newly emancipated nation, the popular alliance that swept the communists out of power 15 months ago and installed dissident playwright Vaclav Havel as President is splitting into two factions, already represented in Parliament: the conservative Club of the Democratic Right (CDR) and the Liberal Club...