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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
Just watch out for the Good Ol' Boys, the coke-snorting Sherriff and the bent coroner who signs the death certificate as "death by drowning while waving a flag in the town square"  The mentality level sure don't go much above that when flags are involved.
Love this bit - the waving of a red flag at a bull
Sounds a fine and rational piece of legislation with modest penalities They frightened of something or is it just another law of oppression?
It's ironic that many people gave their lives for the symbol of a flag and under often "just" circumstances. It's the "call to arms" symbol which we supposed to respect and support for some vague undefined reason - because we were told. At the same time, while waving flags, there has been genocide, torture, oppression, slavery, murder, rape ad nausea - and that's still happening now. What we may see as a flag can be a symbol of terror to others - expecially in victims and survivors.
There may be a couple of "innocent" countries, but most have nothing to be proud of in their flags and sure is nothing 'honorable' about em. |
People used to believe in the flag because it used to stand for something worth supporting and worthy of respect. It not stands for the things you mentioned, so alot of people now don't give it much respect. People who exploit patriotism for various motives cannot stand this, if people don't respect the ultimate symbol of patriotism - the flag - anymore, then they cannot continue their exploitation of patriotism. I think the patriotism exploiters know the country is collapsing, know that it no longer stands for what it once did, know that people are starting to figure it out and that terrifies them so they pass laws like the ones I have highlighted here. Its a last-ditch attempt to keep control.
I wonder if that satisfies the requirements of both sections all in one nice flag. Look, with that, I have defiled the flag AND publicly displayed a red flag supporting a belief in anarchy. Now what would be interesting is if I'd hit the trifecta and get prosecuted for a third charge if I burned it.