It Is Sad How Some People Perceive Things

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I have always been one to try to see both sides of any given situation. I don't see things as others see things. Never have. I do my research and see what the literature says about the history of things. I don't listen to extremists who believe their way is the only way. I look at both sides and then I decide for myself. I remember back when I was a young woman. I have been a hippy since I was a teen. I had written a letter to my friend and ended it with a peace sign by my name. Most people know what a peace sign is. It's a circle with a chicken foot inside, or a line straight down and then one to either side going at an angle down to where it touches the circle again. My friend didn't like the sign. She is a born-again Christian. She sees the peace sign as an upside-down Nero cross. Wrong! It is a symbol designed by Gerald Holtom for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958. This mistaken idea is just one more sadism in American philosophy. Shut down anything you don't understand or agree with and make it out to be some demonic symbolism. Take the difference between the pentacle and the pentagram for instance. Penacle is actually French for talisman and is used a lot in tarot work. The pentagram is a five-pointed star, NOT a symbol of evil or evil devil worship. It is a geometrical figure that represents the five elements of nature which are earth, air, fire, water, and spirit. Any ideas? The picture is from my collection.