A lesson from history - image

Peter J · **Joined:** Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:40:15 +0000 **Posts:** 25

Hi,

I put this together and thought it might be of use: A lesson from history - an image of a Star of David with the word ‘Jude’ in Gothic script inside, of the type worn no clothing. At the bottom of the image are the words of David Blunkett “ No one should fear correct identification”

The file bellow is 379 x 482 pixels and 25KB

http://www.urbanimage.net/juden/idcardsjude-25KB.jpg

The file bellow is 1395 x 1721 and 1.9MB

http://www.urbanimage.net/juden/jude.jpg

Peter

Swamptrash · **Posted:** Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:28:05 +0000

I like this, very effective and lets you draw your own conclusions. Shameful as it is, not everyone will see the significance of the 'Jude' label.

davegould · **Posted:** Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:14:43 +0000

Nice.

I was thinking something similar along the lines of "Does technology make ID cards inevitable?"

Old ID (picture of Jewish star) New ID (pic of ID card).

Will people actually know what the stars mean?

gericom · **Posted:** Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:33:06 +0000

Be careful using the Star of David, I wear a Pentacle around my neck on a silver chain, and you just would not believe the number of people who think that I'm Jewish!
(You should see the looks when I buy ham at the supermarket!) :lol:

Peter J · **Joined:** Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:40:15 +0000 **Posts:** 25

gericom wrote:

Be careful using the Star of David, I wear a Pentacle around my neck on a silver chain, and you just would not believe the number of people who think that I'm Jewish!
(You should see the looks when I buy ham at the supermarket!) :lol:

Hi,

I'm not quite sure I get your point here. I'm not Jewish either, but i did ask a couple of friends who are what they thought of the image and they both thought it was very effective.

Peter

Peter J · **Joined:** Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:40:15 +0000 **Posts:** 25

davegould wrote:

Nice.

I was thinking something similar along the lines of "Does technology make ID cards inevitable?"

Old ID (picture of Jewish star) New ID (pic of ID card).

Will people actually know what the stars mean?

Most people of 50 and over should which is still a lot of people, and they also tend to be the age group that still bother to vote.

Peter

gericom · **Posted:** Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:39:49 +0000

Peter J. wrote:

Quote:

I'm not quite sure I get your point here. I'm not Jewish either, but i did ask a couple of friends who are what they thought of the image and they both thought it was very effective

my point is, Peter, that a Star of David and a Pentacle, to the uninitiated, look very similar, which is why I made my statement. At first glance my Pentacle is often mistaken for the Jewish Symbol.
But, I do agree about the image, it's Powerful and conveys the message very well.

Hex · **Posted:** Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:42:11 +0000

Personally I think it's awesome. Extremely effective. It immediately prods the viewer into thinking about history, where we've already been, and where we definitely don't want to even contemplate going again.

Peter J · **Joined:** Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:40:15 +0000 **Posts:** 25

gericom wrote:

Peter J. wrote:

Quote:

I'm not quite sure I get your point here. I'm not Jewish either, but i did ask a couple of friends who are what they thought of the image and they both thought it was very effective

my point is, Peter, that a Star of David and a Pentacle, to the uninitiated, look very similar, which is why I made my statement. At first glance my Pentacle is often mistaken for the Jewish Symbol.
But, I do agree about the image, it's Powerful and conveys the message very well.

Garnted they are somewhat similar looking, though a Penticale has 5 points where as the Star of David is a hexagram and has 7 points. I hope that the cntext in which it is being used helps.

Peter

MrBester · **Posted:** Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:33:57 +0000

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the Star of David is a hexagram and has 7 points

A spot of Gordonomics there. I'm sure you meant to type 6. You don't get many heptagrams :wink:

A good way of not confusing people should you wear a pentacle is to wear it upside down. You'll still get looks, but for a completely different reason...

Peter J · **Joined:** Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:40:15 +0000 **Posts:** 25

MrBester wrote:

Quote:

the Star of David is a hexagram and has 7 points

A spot of Gordonomics there. I'm sure you meant to type 6. You don't get many heptagrams :wink:

A good way of not confusing people should you wear a pentacle is to wear it upside down. You'll still get looks, but for a completely different reason...

True 6 would have been more accurate, but I feel that 7 was well within my
acceptable accuracy target range :lol:

NO2ID

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