The flag formerly known as
Posted on Jun 12 2006 | Tagged as: Politics, Culture
The scab’s nearly off now, and I have a copy on the back of my left shoulder of the tattoo I’ve had on my right shoulder for five years.
They look the same, but the fact that they were etched onto me half a decade apart - time in which I’ve in many respects become a very different person - means that they feel rather different.
They’re the same, but not. (Aargh! Po-mo!)
That’s the thing about symbols - their meaning can change over time. The Swastika was originally a Hindu/Buddhist symbol for good luck before misappropriation by the Nazis made it virtually synonymous with evil.
It’s a shame nobody told Faisal Bodi that.
