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I like pritschkes idea! I know several hospital board members that could use a pie. :D </font>[/QUOTE]For some reason, many Americans have a profound attachment to their flag - they seem to think it represents everything the country was intended to be - a bastion of freedom. It's completely beyond me (and inhabitants of virtually any other country, by the looks of it) why a piece of cloth should be imbued with such symbolism, but no doubt many would say thwe same of the UK and the Monarchy. Each to his own, i guess. On the matter of making it illegal? I tend to agree with TL and the others. I mean, what's next? Anyone who says "America stinks!" on the street is arrested? It's a little too paranoid-seeming to me. |
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<font color = lightgreen>Those who wish to ban flag-burning have failed to separate the symbol from what it represents. A flag is just a piece of cloth; burning it doesn't harm what America means (or what it should mean) in any way. This is animism at its finest....
On the other hand, they'll probably get the votes to pass the measure. Oh, well....</font> |
I can see where the symbolism of the Flag fails to stir comprehension for nonAmericans. But, Old Glory is not just a symbol of the US. In every feature of it is tied the symbolism of the very ideals that this nation was founded on and those that died to create it. I admit, it's a very abstract concept, but then, the ideals that founded the country are abstract.
While I do find burning offensive, I don't think it should be illegal. Timber's probably right, some Repug tucked away waiting for the right moment. |
I cant see the problem, shares in the ACME flag making company must go through the roof whenever there's a war.
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Me, I'm all for overthrowing the government. Now. Today. Give me my gun. See, that's about 4 technical felonies right there. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] Actually, I'm just joking. ;) (he said to cover his ass) |
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A flag is a totem and a symbol. A totem is a mundane object that is elevated in importance and infused with symbolism to hearken back and recall a time when the group felt a collective effervesence upon experiencing a moment of liminality. A flag is exactly like the cross. At least, that's what Emile Durkheim would say.
Oh, and all flags have a lot of symbolism in them. So, the US flag isn't distinguishible in that way. Not really. |
<font color = lightgreen>Ah. A small clash of philosophical perspectives, I see. Oh, well...these things are bound to happen every now and then.
Well, don't let me continue to derail the thread. I still think the time isn't right (or they just won't have the votes) to ban burning the leitmotif of America, at least from a Constitutional point of view. They could make it a Federal offense, though. </font> [ 06-03-2003, 07:44 PM: Message edited by: Azred ] |
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