Wednesday, 4 June 2014

#alphabetphoto project : D is for ... duality


On the way home from our walk to the farm show at the beach, we stopped for a photo in front of this huge anchor. Suddenly Sophie squealed ...


"Look Mum, it's got that racist symbol on it !", she cried. I went to have a look and sure enough, there was a swastika moulded into the metal.


The accompanying sign pointed out this used to be a positive symbol though : "The swastika which can be seen on the right arm would be the trademark of Byers. It used to be a symbol of luck and eternity in different religions until Hitler took it over and gave it a very different meaning." How ironic that the same symbol could epitomise two such very different sets of values.


My #alphabetproject so far :

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10 comments:

  1. Wow. I really dont know what to say but.. but yin yang comes to mind. Good & bad. #alphabetphoto

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  2. That is thought provoking. It dates back a long way. Remember seeing it on Ancient Greek pottery. Good spotting. #AlphabetPhoto

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  3. Great word for D. It's fascinating to think that It had such a different meaning, and how it became so corrupted. #alphabetphoto

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  4. A great word for D. Fascinated but sad to see the meaning of a symbol become so corrupted #alphabetphoto

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  5. What a great word for D and how fascinating. Incredible to think it was a symbol of luck and eternity. Great post, thank you so much for sharing #alphabetphoto

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    1. It's a great challenge, I keep trying to think up exciting words/pictures for each letter !

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  6. What a great word. Amazing to find out the different meaning of the symbol, but sad too.

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    1. It seemed very apt with all the focus on D Day at the moment

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  7. Wow, how fascinating. As the saying goes 'you learn something new everyday'!

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