[Gocamino] The new "Xacobean" symbol

[Blaroli@aol.com]

Dear Patricia, Glen, Paul et. al,
For one, I couldn't agree with you more. 
At Mass today I showed the new symbol  to a few New York pilgrims and their 
reaction went from howls of laughter to outrage.  To me, it looks weird and 
silly and it reeks of insensitivity:
What about bicycle and rider pilgrims?
Why two male right feet and only one female foot, and a left one, at that.
Why only the colors of the European flag?  What about the thousands and 
thousands of us who go to the Camino from other continents at a huge additional 
expenditure of money and time to do it?
What about pilgrims on crutches, wheelchairs, etc.?

Maybe I'm too much of a New Yorker suffused with ADA and Title VII 
considerations....... but even discounting such regional considerations, the purpose of 
painting the bottom of toes is totally incomprehensible to me.
That  Msgr. Barrio, the Archbishop has stated his liking of the thing might 
be explained by the fact that he is (very) computer-shy and may believe the 
statements by the creators and approvers of the thing  that "visual affective 
dependency" has become paramount in means of communication.  According to the 
designer of the symbol, the figure represents "the basic elements of visual 
communication while referring to the situational objective"   ??????

I've been thinking of collecting comments from us and sending them to Sr. 
Fernando Blanco who was in charge of the project, to the Xunta and to the 
Archdiocese..  If the comments could be sent under the rubric of, let's say, the 
"American Pilgrims on the Camino" in the USA   (KAT, where are you?) and the Saint 
James Confraternity in the UK they may carry some weight.

What do you all think?

Rosina