Good reply, Phil.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Flag debate
> I wrote this in debate with someone on a list years ago.
>
> this statement was made:
>
> "I'll swear, if people aren't worshipping a 2000 year old
dead
> man, they're worshipping a multicolored rag. And, I thought
we
> were evolving."
>
> Here were my comments:
>
>
> First, He might not be dead.
>
> Second, the symbolic meaning of that flag is what gives
you
> the freedom to say what you did. You can now even stand out
in
> front of your house and burn that flag without being
prosecuted.
> You can spit on it, drag it around in the mud, or sew it on
the
> back of your pants or use it for toilet paper if you like.
Not
> many flags like that around any more. Do we need the flag?
No.
> Does it have meaning? simple answer. Do people really
worship
> the flag or is the meaning of the flag the thing that
is
> important to them? You can stand in the parade as the flag
goes
> buy in this country and while you are giving it the
finger,
> others will stand at attention, place there hand over
their
> heart, remove their hat, and others, who have served
their
> country to give meaning to that flag and its colors, will
salute.
> In this country, you don't have to like the flag or even
the
> country it represents. Try that in some other countries.
Too
> many people have died, justly or unjustly, it makes
no
> difference, to give that flag meaning. Worship?
homage?
> reverence? If not, how about just some common old respect?
If
> you don't think things have symbolic meaning then you can
skip
> that, too. Respect I mean. It's a free country after all.
>
> Phil.
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