Help design my anti-war sign: peace in all languages?

I’m going to engage in some mild rabble-rousing tomorrow (2 pm, Federal Plaza in Chicago; be there or be square!) and am tired of standing around like a moron at these demos sheepishly yelling stuff at random moments, so I’ve decided to make a sign finally. I’m now the proud owner of 2 pc. of posterboard, a set of markers, a signpost, and duct tape…

so what should I put on the sign? Graphic image suggestions? Slogan suggestions? This current peace movement is remarkably lacking in catchy, brief slogans with impact, so until my buddy the poet cococts some, I’m struggling for inspiration. I was thinking of maybe doing a sign with “Peace” in a bunch of languages. Spanish, French, and Russian are taken care of, so along with your suggestions, please post translations of the word “Peace” in any languages you happen to know (and preferably in any font supported by this board software, if the language is one not written in Roman letters). Extra points for really obscure languages! (Sanskrit, anyone?)

Google to the rescue!

Oh, and you want short punchy slogans, you can take a page from Lesbians Against Boys Invading Anything (L.A.B.I.A.):

We Love Bush! We don’t mean George!

How about Appeasement today, Appeasement tomorrow, Appeasement forever!

Kinda catchy.

I hate to Parrot Limbaugh fans, but…
War has never solved Anything!
Except Nazism, Racial Slavery, Fascism, and Communism!

“To Win Without War is Best”
- Sun Tzu, from “The Art of War.”

I guess I’m too late, since the demonstrations were today, but there will be candlelight vigils tommorow night.

http://www.globalvigil.com

I’ll be at the one in Fort Lauderdale.

Tell me how it goes. Looks like the one I went to turned out to be one of the biggest in the world - and by far the biggest in Canada. link

How about Smush Bush?

Weirddave and **SpaceGhost, ** you have just provided additional inspiration for the duct tape. If you aren’t going to be constructive in addressing the O.P., kindly go away and start your own thread. I hear GD is chock-full of discussion on appeasement, etc. Extra bonus: it’s the proper forum for debating. Obviously, I disagree with your viewpoints and didn’t start this thread to hear you kvetch.

To the others: thanks for your support and ideas, and I’ll keep y’all posted.

Peace:

Pax (Latin)

_______ (Klingon)

How about a sixties flashback? Retro is in, isn’t it? And, I guarantee the Bush administration will NOT want to see this symbol make a come-back.

Manatee, I have a feeling that Klingon doesn’t have a word for ‘peace’.

Actually, Sunspace, Klingons probably need the word ‘peace’ for insulting each other. Sorry, Manatee, that doesn’t mean I know what it is.

You wanted an apropriate slogan. I gave you one. You’re under no obligation to use it.

Eva:

would my “If the Iraqis wanted to be liberated so much, they’d do it themselves” sign suggestion not work either?

Ummmmm, no. :rolleyes:

May I point out that the Allies have now officially lost World War 2. Japan dominates East Asia economically, Germany dominates Europe economically and politically, the Soviet Union has fallen, and the US and UK have little influence and essentially no allies.

War didn’t solve the world’s problems - it just replaced them with different problems.

The Klingon word for peace is “roj”.

…what?

German–‘Friede’.

e lo hi no- peace
do hi yi - on
ge se s ti - earth

thats in cherokee