Mr Glezos is famous for tearing down the Nazi swastika flag from the Acropolis in May 1941.

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By definition symbols convey meaning, and people therefore tamper with them at their peril (witness the mixed emotions of race and tradition when the Confederate flag is flown in the South, or the horror when some white supremacist burns a cross or daubs a swastika).

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