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<blockquote>Newsletter staff's favorite "Personal Vignette" item: At the height of the "party animal" hilarity, in the midst of the bedlam that greeted Fran Youngstein's remark about the annual football game with the SWP, Charlie Blood, having stood up, was asked by a incredulous Chair if he had anything serious to say on the subject. he paused thoughtfully for a moment, then sat down.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Newsletter staff's favorite "Personal Vignette" item: At the height of the "party animal" hilarity, in the midst of the bedlam that greeted Fran Youngstein's remark about the annual football game with the SWP, Charlie Blood, having stood up, was asked by a incredulous Chair if he had anything serious to say on the subject. he paused thoughtfully for a moment, then sat down.</blockquote> | ||
In response, [[David Nolan]] wrote on May 11, 1975: | |||
<blockquote>We can adopt an animal symbol. If we go this route, I would favor following the lead of New York, and adopting the porcupine--which conveys much the same message as the rattlesnake, but without the bad vibes many people get from snakes. | |||
Either of the two latter approaches would be fine with me, although I favor keeping the Libersign. But I would hope we can make a final decision at this year's national convention; hopefully, our delegates can choose between the Libersign and the porcupine without too much deliberation. | |||
As for slogans, I would say that our choice in this area cannot help but be influenced by our choice of symbol. If we go with the Libersign, I would suggest that we add the words TOWARD LIBERTY, as a sort of explanation of its significance--and a succinct statement of our political stand. | |||
If we go with the porcupine, I would favor the slogan LIVE AND LET LIVE, to take the "sting" out of the emblem; a porcupine is a semi-hostile symbol, so a beneficent slogan would be in order. | |||
Other symbols and slogans are possible, of course, but I believe that our two best choices are the Libersign with TOWARD LIBERTY and the Porcupine with LIVE AND LET LIVE. Your observations on this subject are welcome.</blockquote> | |||
In LP News for May/June 1975, it was announced: | In LP News for May/June 1975, it was announced: | ||