PEACE SYMBOL or a BROKEN UPSIDE-DOWN CROSS: Like many simple symbols, it meant different things at different times. Some call it Nero's cross, linking it to the notorious Roman emperor who persecuted Christians. Centuries later, it was recognized as an old Norse Rune. After WW2 (1939-1945), it was found on the tombstones of some of Hitler's SS troops and labeled 'The Dead Man Rune.' Revived in the sixties by hippies and others who protested nuclear weapons, Western culture, and Christian values, it became a worldwide symbol of a new age of global peace and earth-centered unity. But many heavy metal rock fans would agree with Nero and have used it to mock Christ and His followers.
EVEN THOUGH they say to mock his followers I am one of his followers I believe this to be a sign of peace…just as the Nazi turned some thing meaning harmony into a symbol of death, racism, persecution and fear….a sign’s meanings can be changed I am no hippie but I do want peace and I believe that wearing this symbol shows my want for peace not for the persecution of my own kind.
