Re: [libreoffice-users] Symbol in e-mail message

Hi :)
I think the "..." bit hides crucial context = "(symbolising the idea that
power will eventually destroy itself)."

Without that context the meaning seems to be reversed.  Crass were not
combining those "icons of authority" to show respect to all or any of
them!!  Quite the reverse!  They were so anti-authority that they made it
clear their was no leader of their own band, even using household lighting
and avoiding spot-lights or highlighting any member of their band in any
way.

Apparently they were anti-war, anti-consumerist and pro-feminist but evenly
split between being pacifist or direct-action.  They took part in
precursors to the anti-globalisation rallies, supporting GreenPeace.

Their militaristic logo does seem a bit chilling to me and a lot of their
actions seem quite questionable but back in their day there wasn't such a
large number of strong world-wide community organisations producing such
positive and well known alternatives to corporate greed.  Maybe if they
were around now they would be highly active in communities such as TDF
without needing (or being forced into) the negative aspects of their rage.
Regards from
Tom :)



On 4 August 2015 at 12:31, Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:

> At 12:02 04/08/2015 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
>
> > The symbol is the logo of a band called Crass - An English anarcho-punk
> > group of the late 70s and into the 80s. Nothing at all to do with Fascism.
>
> Wikipedia disagrees: "[T]he Crass logo was an amalgam of several 'icons of
> authority' including the Christian cross, the swastika, the Union Jack and
> a two-headed Ouroboros ...".
>
> Brian Barker
>
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