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So what's YOUR favourite anti war slogan?

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Char Aina

18:24 / 14.02.03

eh?
well?

about iraq, but other conflicts would do...

Tezcatlipoca

19:51 / 14.02.03

Does my bomb look big in this?

Which, incidentally, I'm seriously contemplating writing on the back of a white t-shirt for the march tomorrow.

Mr Tricks

20:24 / 14.02.03

"Bombing for Peace is like fucking for virgenity"

The Tower Always Falls

20:32 / 14.02.03

"We Have Always Been At War With Oceania"

Brigade du jour

20:38 / 14.02.03

"Stick Your Bombs Up Your Fucking Arses You Halfwitted Cunts!"

I like to think that what it lacks in wit it makes up for in outrage.

Warewullf

20:51 / 14.02.03

Blair> Bush's Bee-otch

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

23:13 / 14.02.03

I did intend to make a banner for tomorrow reading "Drop kecks not bombs" but forgot.

Char Aina

23:23 / 14.02.03

i am currently being annoyed at my wee bomb logo and its desire to not get on my shirt.

stencilz!

Mourne Kransky

23:26 / 14.02.03

My slogan will be "The Chairman says drop your kecks for peace NOW, boys!" and I will have a digicam for later study of relative antibelligerence of male bottoms. There may be a prize.

Char Aina

23:33 / 14.02.03

i might have to wear one that says "does my bum look relatively antibelligerent in this?", then.

Brigade du jour

01:45 / 15.02.03

I'm not dropping my kecks, I may never get them back up again. And the Mail will say the whole protest got hijacked by the Naturists.

Saint Keggers

04:52 / 15.02.03

How about "Mr.Christ never said, "Bomb the fuckers".

pointless and uncalled for

08:22 / 15.02.03

"It's nothing to do with us, we were never there at the time, honest guv'"

Baz Auckland

03:00 / 16.02.03

Saw one today:

"Man is born free and everywhere he is wrapped in plastic and duct tape"

"I'm so bored with the USA"

Mourne Kransky

06:40 / 16.02.03

We passed a group of devout and dedicated-looking Muslim boys in flowing robes en route to the march today, all carrying banners with simple, sensible slogans like "Don't Attack Iraq".

Then I saw one of them said, "Fuck Me, Not Iraq" which I thought very effective.

Cavatina

08:05 / 16.02.03

I was amused by 'Fight plaque, not Iraq'. There were lots of really good, straight political statements and lots of punning on 'Bush'.

Cosmicjamas

09:05 / 16.02.03

I read this on another website rather than on a placard, but I thought it was pretty succinct:

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" - Ambrose Bierce

LL&P

Punji Steak

10:06 / 16.02.03

"Clotted Cream, Not Ruptured Spleen! Cornish Ravers Against The War."

Liked that one, got a photo of it...

The Strobe

11:16 / 16.02.03

Favourites so far (both of which I have photos of)

"FUCK OFF BUSH YOU CUNT"

and

"GULF SALE -->"

the latter making more sense when you see it.

telyn

11:30 / 16.02.03

My favourite yesterday was

Librarians against the war say:

Shshshshshshshsh!

No war on Iraq!

All on a pink placard too.

ONLY NICE THINGS

11:56 / 16.02.03

FUCK OFF BUSH YOU CUNT was brilliant for several reasons.

1) It had "POMPEY" written along the side, and thus expressed opposition to the war and support for Portsmouth FC.

2) Its creator had obviously started off with "FUCK OFF BUSH", then had stepped back, looked at it carefully and decided that it was lacking something, so added "YOU CUNT" over the stars and stripes.

I liked the tiny child holding up a placrd saying "NOT IN MY NAME (Lucy)", which was soooo sweet. Also, for sheer "what was I saying?" value, BLAIR IS A NOB-BRAINED WANKER. Stop the war". It was the afterthought quality to stopping the war...

Puzimandias

12:06 / 16.02.03

The first big home-made I saw had George W saying "I wants it, my precioussss." Another onew just said "No" which I thought was pretty succinct and multi-purpose.
Thwe most telling one however was one I saw just outside Westminster which said "This is probably all quite useless."
I was tempted to get one done up in big Arabic letters which just read "Hello Mum". But I didn't.

that

12:10 / 16.02.03

That Gollum one kicks so much arse.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

12:42 / 16.02.03

Haus pretty much covered what I was gonna say... I just had to re-emphasise his point that the toddler's "(Lucy)" one was quite possibly the most heartwarming thing I've seen in ages. And I'm a cynical, cold-hearted bastard. Obviously.

Oh, and the "Puppies for peace". For no other reasons than that the puppy was really cute, and didn't seem to care that it was wearing a banner (my dog wouldn't stand for that kind of pinko shit, no way!) and was in receipt of serious hugglage from HIr human friend, and seemed to be having a great day.

William Sack

12:48 / 16.02.03

The banners and slogans were fantastic, I even saw a copper pointing one out to a colleague and them having a good laugh over it. I thought I overheard someone talking about "Voyeurs against war" which for me wins the bizarre award. Dyeing the water in the Eros fountain red was a good touch too.

Ganesh

12:58 / 16.02.03

Umm... I think the 'Voyeurs Against War' comment was me, loudly speculating as to the possible allegiance of those people who clustered on bridges, gawping over at the marchers.

The 'Fuck Off Bush, You Cunt' one was my overall favourite, although the yellow placards of Sacha Baron Cohen as a moustachioed Borat (not really) had a certain surreal appeal. The childrens' ones hovered on the cute/twee borderline, and the official Shittest Banner award had to go to that finger-daubed effort which appeared to depict a transparent stick-figure with coloured jellybeans in his stomach. I was tempted to approach the Modern Parents stereotypes holding the banner and congratulate them on the shittiness of their effort.

William Sack

13:17 / 16.02.03

It's a pity that not one of those bridge-clusterers had the imagination to unfurl a "Voyeurs Against War" banner. Chairman Maominstoat's comment that "Shit won't fuck itself up y'know" was choice as well.

Ganesh

13:18 / 16.02.03

Mmm. And even with all our encouragement, not one of them had the commitment to jump.

Hattie's Kitchen

13:30 / 16.02.03

"Dykes Against Bush"...

Tezcatlipoca

13:44 / 16.02.03

As we passed the Ritz, there was a chap standing atop a public toilet with a banner bearing the contemplative slogan, Have Sex With Bearded Folk.

And much in the vein of the Not In My Name (Lucy) banner was another fantastic example of British understatement, Nora Says No.

Ganesh

13:48 / 16.02.03

British politeness was well-represented by the rather charming (if somewhat multi-purpose) 'Thank-You For Coming' - and no, it wasn't carried by a spunk-heavy Bill Posters...

invisible_al

13:48 / 16.02.03

Well 'Hedgehogs against the War' was a nice one, with a lovely hedgehog decorated with glitter on it.

"Wouldn't it be nice if Schools and Hospitals were well funded and the Army had to hold jumble sales to buy guns?"

"Dissenters behind bars.
Manchester Publicans against the war."

And the slightly puzzling
"Bush the 21st Century Foxy Mongle"
Their mate had the banner explaining the Mongle's lost when they invaded Bagdad.

Best one had a very badly drawn picture of Yoda (might have been Golum for all I know) Saying "War you Have will not".

Tezcatlipoca

13:53 / 16.02.03

Did anyone else notice the large banner of Bush's explanation for war, with a number of the words being substituted for oil company puns (Shell prevail, BPrepared, etc.)?

rizla mission

14:22 / 16.02.03

I saw some people on the train back who had a big placard that said
'I ONLY CAME OUT TO GET IN THE PAPERS'.

I thought that was really funny.

trouble at bill

14:47 / 16.02.03

'I ONLY CAME OUT TO GET IN THE PAPERS'.

Always one isn't there?!

I thought one stuck in a baby's pram reading:

Not In My Nappy

was classic.

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