I suppose if some moron thinks it appropriate that the physical condition of the flag represents a snapshot of the current conditions of this country, they ought to fly one covered in IOUs signed by the government.
Is it a law that the flag can't touch the ground, must have a light on it if displayed at night, etc?? or is it just flag etiquette??
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Looney tunes deductive reasoning:
--Me smell Mohican burning
--Me last Mohican
--Must be me!!!
--EEEOOOWWW!!!!!
While I don't agree with using the flag as a prop, I do think that his protest is justified.
This country is in a financial mess, we're militarily involved in a number of other countries as the world's police department, our southern border is basically a four lane highway to anywhere you'd like to go, and our leadership is ignoring the people they were elected and appointed to serve.
Both guys in the story I posted were morons. Both were ignoring "etiquette" and perhaps the law to make a point. Yet, both had valid points.
I understand vc. My question about flag etiquette was just a general one and I'd like to know if there really is a law, if anybody knows.
As far as them BOTH being morons, I don't neccesarily agree. I don't believe the flag represents just us. Not just the U.S. at this particular moment in time. I think it represents our entire history, including those that have sacrificed everything to protect it and should never be disgraced. I would think that anything less than pristine flag displayed under the appropriate conditions would be an affront to many veterans, and I can see their point....as, imo, it should be an affront to all red-blooded americans.
If the real estate guy was trying to make a point, i suggest he use another medium to display his disdain
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Looney tunes deductive reasoning:
--Me smell Mohican burning
--Me last Mohican
--Must be me!!!
--EEEOOOWWW!!!!!
What this says to me is how on edge the average person is.
And this is partially why:
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This country is in a financial mess, we're militarily involved in a number of other countries as the world's police department, our southern border is basically a four lane highway to anywhere you'd like to go, and our leadership is ignoring the people they were elected and appointed to serve.
BTW, you think that's where we should be?
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We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a civilization, it expects what never was and what never will be.
So the one who essentially trespassed and stole the flag is not a moron?
nope, not in my book.
"I'm not talking about your book. I'm talking about the building and loan"....Mr Potter...It's a Wonderful Life
Would it be wrong for a man who sees a bunch of hoodlums urinating on the flag to go and take it away from them (while hopefully wearing latex gloves)???
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Looney tunes deductive reasoning:
--Me smell Mohican burning
--Me last Mohican
--Must be me!!!
--EEEOOOWWW!!!!!
Would it be wrong for a man who sees a bunch of hoodlums urinating on the flag to go and take it away from them (while hopefully wearing latex gloves)???
We're going to split hairs here, but that was my intention when I posted this thread.
The veteran Moron trespassed, stole, and violated the property rights of the tattered flag-flying Moron.
The flag-flier has a right to fly any flag he wants on his property. If he were doing it on public property, and if the veteran could remove it without assaulting him or otherwise committing a crime, I might go along with your idea. To me, both constitutional rights, free speech, and property rights are parts of the essence of what the flag stands for in this country.
In the example you gave, you seem to be comparing the business owner with hoodlums. Not the case, in my book. The business owner was making a statement which essentially says, "This is what the present crew in DC has done to our nation."
In my opinion, he was using a flag to display that those in DC had disgraced it, and therefore, he was not directly disgracing the flag in the same way one might by say, burning it.
I guess I made the mistake of asking, by comparison, if the actions of the vet were "wrong" . When actually the problem I have is categorizing the veteran as a "moron". Perhaps he is just a proud and determined ex-soldier whose sense of what is right supercedes his fear of consequences for violating any trespassing/petty larceny laws....afterall, he left a note.
I see your point though.
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Looney tunes deductive reasoning:
--Me smell Mohican burning
--Me last Mohican
--Must be me!!!
--EEEOOOWWW!!!!!
Sometimes both sides are right...
