I have a question about a smilie

[JessicaS]

I have had some questions about this smilie

hale:

When it was being added there was the impression that it was related to environmental issues and also for promotion of awareness of HIV/AIDS. Now it appears that saying is also attached to a different movement.

I was wondering about member impressions of this particular smilie and if it does seem that it is related to anything other than environmental or HIV/AIDs.

[Marlet]

I thought it was a funny, nothing serious. I had no idea it was for HIV/AIDS at all. I don't follow threads on smilies though so maybe I missed it but that seems a bit far fetched. Maybe environmentalism but really I just thought it was meant as a joke....sorta like the throwing tomatoes one.

[flapjack]

Whilst it looks at first sight like a Douglas Adams reference (which would be very cool) I believe it's pro-life, anti-abortion. Sorry, I know that wasn't the answer you were looking for

[calpurnia]

i associate it with amnesty international, but i just googled it & that's not coming up, so i don't know where i have that idea from...

[GiantGi]

Originally Posted by OtherMother'n'Madre

I thought it was a funny, nothing serious. I had no idea it was for HIV/AIDS at all. I don't follow threads on smilies though so maybe I missed it but that seems a bit far fetched. Maybe environmentalism but really I just thought it was meant as a joke....sorta like the throwing tomatoes one.

That is kind of what I was thinking too

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by OtherMother'n'Madre

I thought it was a funny, nothing serious. I had no idea it was for HIV/AIDS at all. I don't follow threads on smilies though so maybe I missed it but that seems a bit far fetched. Maybe environmentalism but really I just thought it was meant as a joke....sorta like the throwing tomatoes one.

No..it was intended to be about the environment. I am just wondering the different was it is being used

[Tilia]

Oh I thought it was just supposed to be funny. Kind of like the whales saying, dude, you need to work on yourselves first.

[Rhiannon Feimorgan]

Originally Posted by Tilia

Oh I thought it was just supposed to be funny. Kind of like the whales saying, dude, you need to work on yourselves first.

That was always my impression of it. I can be kind of clueless though.

[~savah~]

Originally Posted by Tilia

Oh I thought it was just supposed to be funny. Kind of like the whales saying, dude, you need to work on yourselves first.

At first that's what I thought, but then I saw it being used along with white ribbons so now I think it is being used as a pro-life smilie.