I fail to understand the relevance of the information on COPE how does this
help ANC to stay focused?

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Dominic Tweedie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>  The "COPE" logo, adopted by the Shikota Party and published on 15
> November 2008 in the Johannesburg "Star" newspaper, is as follows:
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> [image: COPE.jpg]
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> (*Taken from a screen dump of the image on the Star web site; apologies
> for the poor quality*)
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> The COPE logo looks a lot like the head of an ordinary screw. But if they
> had done a bit more research, the Shikotas would have discovered that the
> cross in the circle is a very ancient symbol, older than writing, known as
> the Sun Cross.
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> Unfortunately for the Shikotas-struggling-to-be-COPE, they are not the
> first to have used the Sun Cross in modern times. The Sun Cross is closely
> related to the Swastika, as can be seen from this Viking Sun Cross (*from
> Google Images*):
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> [image: SunCross.jpg]
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> The Sun Cross is currently used by the Swedish fascist Nordic Reich Party (
> *Nordiska Rikspartiet*).
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> The Sun Cross was also used as a symbol under the German Nazi regime, to
> stand for "Positive Christianity", a Nazi term referring to a form of
> "Christianity" consistent with Nazism, emphasising Christ as an active
> preacher and organiser who opposed the institutionalised Judaism of his day.
> Click here to read about it.
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> Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Here is the basic Sun Cross:
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> [image: SunCross2.jpg]
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> *or*
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> [image: SunCross45.jpg]
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> The colours used by COPE are taken from the current national flag of South
> Africa. Mixing those colours with symbolism tainted by fascism will not go
> down well in this country. In any case, the Shikotas have no right to
> expropriate the colours of the national flag, just as they have no right to
> expropriate the name "Congress of the People".
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> >
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