White Cockade

[Calico]

I'd like to expand on my previous post and say that until this thread I had never heard of a white cockade having significance of any kind.

I doubt if one in 10,000 are aware of it in Europe, the Americas and NZ/Australia. Far fewer anywhere else.

It is silly to say it is a political or religious symbol to anyone other than those few who recognize it as such.

[macwilkin]

I'd like to expand on my previous post and say that until this thread I had never heard of a white cockade having significance of any kind.

I doubt if one in 10,000 are aware of it in Europe, the Americas and NZ/Australia. Far fewer anywhere else.

It is silly to say it is a political or religious symbol to anyone other than those few who recognize it as such.

So it's use as a symbol in a historic period is "silly", and we historians are "silly" for even mentioning it? Sorry, but as an educator, I respectfully disagree.

T.

[Calico]

My apologies, I did not like to use the word "silly" but could not think of the more appropriate term, which I have decided is "presumptuous".

Historical accuracy if fine. Thinking it means anything to anyone other than fellow historians is ... not reasonable.

Better?

[macwilkin]

Post deleted. Pointless to argue...