Gentlemen, I think we are missing some important questions here. First:
Why is an Anarchist asking to standardize something? And, as |\|\ike intimated: Why is this symbol so neat? I always thought the anarchy symbol looked more like: http://www.oneposter.com/Product-recordCount-1-stockid-6050.html Note that in *that* rendition of the anarchy symbol, the crossbar on the A does *not* touch the circle on either edge, but it may just be that the renderer was a little short of black paint. Then there is: http://globalgoodys.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=45 where all parts of the A extend, anarchically, completely outside the circular bounds. Next question: Why are Anarchists buying their posters and t-shirts from online stores, instead of just defacing their own? The answerbag (answerbag.com) has posed the question: "Does the anarchy symbol (an 'A' surrounded by a circle) convey any messages of hate?" To date no one has answered that question -- which I guess is in the spirit of Anarchy. But such a question then does beg another one: If the anarchy symbol is recognized as "an 'A' surrounded by a circle", then why is its representation by a character U+24B6 CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A insufficient for any putative occasional representation of the symbol in text? And *that* begs the next question, related to the first: Why is it so important to Anarchists to have their symbol recognized and enshrined as a character *distinct* from "an 'A' surrounded by a circle", when they currently have the complete freedom, unencumbered by any governmental institution whatsoever, to design and use fonts to display it howsomever they please? Neither the Bush Administration nor the Trilateral Commission -- not even the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks -- is trying to regulate and control anyone's liberty to display U+24B6 as they will. Next question: If we need a circled sorta-A for Anarchy, why not also the circled triangle symbol that the Siloists used to paste around college campuses? Next: If Anarchists were truly Anarchists, why not break the bounds of conventional expectations, and use U+2A37 MULTIPLICATION SIGN IN DOUBLE CIRCLE one day and U+1D10B MUSICAL SYMBOL SEGNO the next? Those would look equally appealing spray-painted on the walls of Wall Street brokerages, would certainly leave people wondering, and might open their minds to questioning their conventional political beliefs as well. :-) Finally: If this discussion drifts off taco, will it ever circle around to A meat conclusion? --Ken
