By the way, Stanford Electronics at the corner of Everett Avenue and High Street was the first business with a flag up after the Sept. 11 attack. They put one up early the same day. Everyone else started on the next day.
I remember noticing it and thinking, "We really are at war," and also thinking what a great company that has been over the years in terms of serving the community. They've been around and very helpful for emergency repairs for years. Stanford Electronics showed it's integrity again on Sept. 11.
Seth Yatovitz
High Street
Pentv1@pacbell.net
"I find the yellow ribbons on city property offensive to my senses, as they are posted in support of violators of international law. I do support our troops that are not involved in illegal activity," Yatovitz wrote to the council.
Seems we have another UN worshipper who thinks you have to get on your knees three times a day and face New York and the UN before anything is legal.
That said, I would never criticize somebody for putting them up. That is their political expression, and they are welcome to it. I only say so here on FR because we are all big boys and girls who can take a little criticism.
I find the yellow ribbons particularly offensive because they were first widely used during the Iranian hostage taking, and were an idea borrowed from a Tony Orlando song about a woman who displayed a ribbon to welcome back man getting out of prison. I thought it was wrong that our US Embassy personnel were being compared to prisoners. I thought that the notion that the hostages would not be welcomed back to be ludicrious. But mostly I did not like them because for 444 days the country just tied ribbons on lamposts and did nothing else to effectuate their release. The yellow ribbons became, for me, a symbol of an impotent government, powerless in the face of Islamic thuggery.
After that, the whole ribbon thing just rubbed me the wrong way. If you want to display your patriotism, put up a flag!
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There's always at least one in every crowd. (nutcase that is)