Boy I tell you, I’ve got my Great-Great-Great-Grandfathers (picture hanging on the wall in full uniform. He survived, many of his friends did not. They were fighting for a nation’s sovereignty, and I seriously doubt they were concerned with social etiquette with a blackpowder and cannon staring at them.
Extreme example? I don’t think so. What’s the difference. The Future of our Nation due to the precedant setting bell ringing that will occur will effect some of our families primary language. It may be 300 years from now, 500 years from now, but hey, I’m not just looking at what the flag will look like when it goes over my coffin, I’m worried about the one’s growing up and looking back and thinking...”why didn’t they try to stop that”.