Posted on 11/16/2001 1:26:56 PM PST by ouroboros
No I noticed you two cranks follow me around and whine about my posts.
But now that I have your attention, why don't you learn something about the flag:
This Ain't No Rag It's a Flag:: by Charlie Daniels - order here.
Any nazi girls here, Reese says he is available. What a charming fellow!!!
I feel the same way--I don't have a small flag, but the day after 9/11, I tied large red, white, blue, and black, in honor of all those people, on my antenna, and they're still there, getting tattered. But they'll stay there until this evil is dealt with.
It's amazing how people want to say who should fly a flag when where how - such elitism and crankiness. Short of abusing the flag, which I am not nor are any of the others with flags in their car windows, I think it's great that folks are appreciating the freedoms we have and expressing that in the way that they can.
LOL....gee that's a good idea for 'Charley's Angels'. I bet he's a real charming fellow too, and such a deal. I guess if you went out with Charley you could get a two-fer - bashing Israel AND Americans who fly the flag. (-;
One week after 9/11, my husband & I drove from California.....to our Florida home.
We were still in shock from the past week's tragedies...........and I can tell you....
...our spirits were encouraged with the symbolism displayed EVERYWHERE we went.....
....from little modest homes, to giant buildings......from small shops, stores and Mom & Pop businesses ...to large hospitals, grocery store chains, and corporations......
...yes, and cars, cars, cars, trucks, motorcycles and everything else that moves..........we saw our beautiful flag honored!!
....Many times, driving on the freeway, there would be banners draped on the overpass .....with God Bless America and United We Stand....
...Sure, it looked strange to see such an abundance of patriotism on the main drag of Las Vegas ----literally everywhere one looked!
...but we have suffered such a dearth of anti-patriotism for such a long time..........a little overkill feels just about right!!
...Those who know better try to honor their flags just like you want it, Charlie.
...They put them out in the morning & take them in at night.
...but many don't understand this, and need to be taught...........and right now, they just want to be part of this groundswell of feeling good about the USA!!
Get with the program, Charlie :^)
This strict adherence to the proper ways of displaying the flag becomes ingrained behavior for the rest of your life.
I, like Charlie Reese, do not like to see it displayed in any other way than the proper way.
If you are not sure of the proper ways in which the flag is to be displayed there are many sources available for that information.
I like seeing the flag. To me it says "America" whether it is on a pole, a shirt, or a mug. It's a way I think that everyone can show their support no matter where they are or what they're doing.I disagree. A flag, properly flown and respected shows patriotism and says "America."
However, anybody who disrespects the flag is showing disrespect for America. I certainly don't have any respect for foriegners who burn the flag in the streets yelling "Death to America." But I don't have much respect for someone who places a flag on their advertising flyer, so that hundreds of people can throw it away, either.
The only thing that puts them slightly above the foreigners burning the flag in the street is that the business printing the flag on their advertising (probably) did it out of ignorance. I usually send a letter with a copy of 4 USC Sec. 8 with the part that they have violated highlighted to the president/owner of the business. If I see a repeat of the disrespectful display, I consider it deliberate, knowingly disrespectful, and I avoid that business. Since September 11, I haven't been writing as many letters as I should because there are so many people showing so much disrespect for the flag out of complete ignorance.
Perhaps one thing that would help would be if the makers of real flags would include some instructions about how to properly display and respect a flag. Perhaps they could include a synopsis of 4 USC Sec. 8 with their products. Of course, those making American flag T-shirts and other disrespectful products wouldn't do this, because nobody who wants to honor the flag and the nation would buy their products if they knew the proper way to respectfully display the flag.
Yeah figures the sight of an American flag would make you feel queasy too.Seeing a bunch of people who hate this country burn an American flag publicly in a street riot doesn't make me feel good. That's disrespect for the flag and for our country.
Seeing an American flag printed on a plastic shopping bag also gives me a bad feeling. Not because I don't like the flag, but because that flag won't get the respect it deserves. The people who printed it there are almost as bad as the people who burn the flag in the street riot. The only mitigating factor is that the people who print the flag on disposable items do it out of ignorance, not hatred. But in the end, it's still disrespectful. Most will stop if you point out how disrespectful they are being. Show them a copy of 4 USC Sec. 8 and highlight the part that shows their disrespect.
I might just print a few copies to carry with me and leave tucked under the windshields of cars with tattered, dieing flags on them.
My dry cleaner has American flags now on the covers they put the clothes in. Should I switch cleaners?
Everyone is doing what they can, expressing themselves and I applaud that. I am sure the POTUS would approve.
My dry cleaner has American flags now on the covers they put the clothes in. Should I switch cleaners?And when you get home, you display these flags proudly? When they are no longer fitting symbols of our republic and our freedom, you arrange a dignified and reverent ceremony, play taps for them and burn them with the respect that they deserve?
I'll bet that most people throw them in the trash can when they get home. They are throwing the symbol of your freedom and my freedom in the trash can. I find that extremely disrespectful. That's where the problem is.
Like I said, I would take the cleaner a copy of 4 USC Sec. 8 and point out that their new plastic covers show disrespect for the flag, and disrespect for the great republic and the people and the freedoms that the flag represents. Specifically, they are showing disrespect in these ways:
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