Word: symbolization
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...minority religious groups, as well as on those who many reject all religion, is to convey the message that their views are not similarly worthy of public recognition nor entitled to public support." Burger argues that the creche is "passive," but the point is that it is a passive symbol of governmental approval. Even a swastika is technically "passive" when placed in front of City Hall...
...does the majority's implication that surrounding the creche with other, strictly secular, symbols negates the endorsement ring true. It's like saying if the city put a cross on the lawn of its City Hall and surrounded it with candy canes, reindeer and polar bears, the cross would no longer signify any real religious endorsement. What if the symbol had been a Star of David or a Koran...
PAWTUCKET is not intolerant, and by all accounts the creche, which had been set up for almost 40 years, was not a symbol of religious oppression in the town. The creche seemed to reflect the majority's sentiment and the minority did not seem to care. Excessive entanglement or approval of a particular religion may not be a serious problem in the Rhode Island community, but there are some places in the United States where setting up a creche would be just one more symbol of a community where it is difficult to be a Jew or an atheist. Places...
First came the green card. Introduced by American Express in 1958, the sliver of plastic quickly became a status symbol. Later the Gold Card, brought out in 1966, took over as the first-class way to pay. Now American Express is about to play its most exclusive card: platinum. Said a company spokesman: "This will raise the prestige level to new heights...
...retelling of atrocious crimes has produced a genre almost as pernicious as the criminals. Typically, the malefactor is made-into a symbol of his surroundings: his private ailments are seen as social ills, his wrongdoings merely the carrying out of humanity's dark impulses. In his psychobiography, the victims become only walk-ons, subordinated to a drama in which everyone is somehow responsible and therefore no one is truly guilty...