the trouble with symbols is that they may convey different meanings to different people who see them. I remember once there were at least
3 interest groups procaliming that red ribbons stood for their cause:
Drug-Free School campaing, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, AIDs research and cure, and Boycott Aparttheid in So. Africa. So what are you saying when putting a red ribbon on? hard to tell...
and yellow ribbons were used as some sort of solidarity with loggers
a while back in northern california...and still some are seen tied
to antenae of pick up trucks with chaing saws in the back with bumper
stickers that say Earth First--we'll log the other planets later..
and crude remarks about wiping your ass with a spotted owl.
sheesh...you might un-knowingly allign yourself with that campaign
by "tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree..."
and BTW the plural of scarf is scarves...