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Old 06-04-2003, 10:57 AM   #37
Rokenn
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Join Date: January 22, 2002
Location: california wine country
Age: 61
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Quote:
Originally posted by Morgeruat:
I know that it's also a relatively American idea to place the kind of emphasis on our flag as we do, but perhaps it's an attitude the world would be better off having more of.
For a flag yes, but other countries have this sort of symbolism problem. For instance in Thailand it is a very grave offense to disrepect a picture of the King (not Elvis, the King of Thailand [img]tongue.gif[/img] ). Both legally and in a personally safety sense
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