[Clemenza]

Because Edison is 35-40% Indian and the most Indian city in the western hemisphere?

Here in the northeast, we are used to seeing Irish, Puerto Rican, and now Indian flags flying on ethnic parade/festival days, but taking down the veterans flag is not something that even Shiva would tolerate.

[Argus]

Yeah, I grew up in that part of New Jersey and was just back visiting and kind of stunned to see that Iselin could just as well be Bombay (or would that be Mumbai?).

[Maneesh]

I am a proud American of Indian origin and strongly oppose removing a veteran flag to fly the Indian flag. This is American soil and the US flag reigns supreme. I see no problem with the celebration of the Indian independence day and if they want to fly a flag they can get a separate pole for the duration of the ceremony.

The issue is not whether Indian veterans have made sacrifices to keep India free, that is a non issue. This is the United States of America and even if Edison is 40% Indians, this is still the USA. Multiculturalism is suicidal even regarding Indians who are a model immigrant community. There should be one dominant culture in America which has made it the greatest nation in the world.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Here in the northeast, we are used to seeing Irish, Puerto Rican, and now Indian flags flying on ethnic parade/festival days, but taking down the veterans flag is not something that even Shiva would tolerate.

I'd imagine most Americans of Irish, Puerto Rican, and Indian heritage also have no desire to disrespect veterans or see the veterans' flag taken down. They don't deserve the blame for a goof committed by somebody at the town hall.