Talk:Seal of Colorado

Merger
It would be very unwise to merge the Motto of the State of Colorado with the Great Seal of the State of Colorado IMHO. --Buaidh (talk) 13:26, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

The Axe
"the Roman fasces, ... The axe symbolizes authority and leadership." Uhhhhh, the axe symbolizes the death penalty. It also symbolizes authority, sure, but these things have meaning. I understand why people would shy away from that factoid. Who knows what the original intent was in the First Territorial Assembly, the symbol certainly picked up some luggage 80 years later. But the subtext of "Fit in with the bundle of sticks or we'll axe you to leave" goes way back to the Roman era. As does the symbolism of a frasces WITHOUT the axe head. Should the article be blunt about the symbolism of the fasces? 71.211.174.108 (talk) 17:56, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
 * No, because that's opinion or original research and Wikipedia is an electronic record of the conventional wisdom of our time. There's plenty of scope elsewhere for expressing your thoughts about the Seal of Colorado. You could visit the Capitol and talk to your representative and senator about it, they'd be glad to meet you. JacquesDelaguerre (talk) 23:15, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

File:Colorado state coat of arms (illustrated, 1876).jpg to appear as POTD soon
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