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: > > > > [image: COPE.jpg] > > > > (*Taken from a screen dump of the image on the Star web site; apologies > for the poor quality*) > > > > 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. > > > > 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*): > > > > [image: SunCross.jpg] > > > > The Sun Cross is currently used by the Swedish fascist Nordic Reich Party ( > *Nordiska Rikspartiet*). > > > > 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. > > > > Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Here is the basic Sun Cross: > > > > [image: SunCross2.jpg] > > *or* > > [image: SunCross45.jpg] > > > > 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". > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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