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September 07, 2004

Good Organization: Creepy Logo

While reading today's postings over at Samizdata, my eye was drawn to a link at the side of the page with this logo:

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The Libertarian Alliance. A good group, I'm sure. They seem to be the Cato or Fraser Institute-equivalent for the UK. But their logo is just plain creepy. It has the spiky angularity of a swastika, combined with the runic look of the SS lightning bolts. And it's the symbol of one of the bigger Libertarian groups in Europe. Creepy _and_ ironic.

Posted by Nicholas at September 7, 2004 04:39 PM
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Probably because the folks who founded the L.A. are 'Nordic type' and do not see why just because the Nazis use Nordic symbolism, that means other people of Nordic descent have to abandon references to their heritage, particularly when they stand for the opposite things. Or then again, maybe they just like the way it looks :-P Posted by: Perry de Havilland at September 8, 2004 05:03 AM


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