Nonverbal gestures and actions that are meant to communicate a message. The term symbolic speech is applied to a wide range of nonverbal communication.Many political activities, including marching, wearing armbands, and displaying or mutilating the U.S. flag, are considered forms of symbolic expression.he Supreme Court's decisions have regarded flag burning as protected symbolic speech, however, so this argument can only prevail if the Court's interpretation is overridden by an amendment to the Constitution.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bethany Meilani Hamilton Dirks (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off, but ultimately returned toâand was victorious inâ professional surfing.
Here, at Tunnels on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, about 8am on the morning of Halloween, 31 October 2003, 13-year-old Bethany Hamilton was floating on her board in the crystal-clear waters of the Pacific, dreaming of the perfect wave, when a 15ft tiger shark knifed up out of the water alongside her.