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Solly Mack

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Mon Feb-28-05 08:34 AM
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46. The tattered flag is the greater symbol (as far as symbols go)

the longer America is in Iraq the more the flag becomes tattered and damaged...

like watching America go from being whole to being in shreds...

True. It's not proper flag etiquette. True. Some will not see the greater, unintended, symbolic meaning. True. Some will be offended that a tattered flag is still flying.

Who cares?

Some people are so fucking concerned with how others show patriotism and respect when those same people would not pass someone else's sniff test for being patriotic.

I'd wager Long isn't so much offended by the improper display of the flag as he is afraid of the conflicting emotions that tattered flag brings out in him. People often react in anger at those things that test their beliefs in an uncomfortable way.

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Reply #46: The tattered flag is the greater symbol (as far as symbols go) [View All]