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Originally Posted by omk3
Well said, ardeegee.
I've been fighting not to post here, because nothing good will come of it, but I really wonder, why do people who live in their own country, and are this country's citizens, are on this country's soil and this soil is not occupied, and it's not a national holiday or anything, why do they feel the need to display the flag every chance they get?
That's in all the countries I've been, some more than others. I feel uncomfortable seeing flags everywhere, why do they need to shout out the blindingly obvious?
Not hanging your beliefs out your window for the world to see is a matter of aesthetics for me, not of freedom of speech.
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I accept it's a personal choice about whether folk display flags or not.
But when I see it in my community, I can't help feeling there's a tribal element to it.
Personally, I empathise with the sentiment of the Rush lyric:
"Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world,
Than the pride that divides when a colourful rag is unfurled."
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back in my Christian affiliated days, shortly after I came back from Germany the first time, I was elected as an elder in my Presbyterian Church. when I was growing up in that same Church, there was always the Church flag and the American flag in the front of the sanctuary, off to each side bracketing the cross high on the wall. while I had been gone, a spate of political correctness had infused the Church and the flags had been moved to the narthax. I moved them back to the front of the sanctuary. the next week they were back in the narthax. I moved them back... this went on for a month. finally one Sunday I waited in the narthax until the "announcements" had started, and brought the American flag back up front and put it back in its place. I excused myself to the congregation, went up to the pulpit and said something along the lines of; "this flag behind me is the symbol of what gives you the freedom to sit in these seats and look at the symbol of your religion up above you. if this congregation has found it untenable to have the symbol of freedom in their view while gazing at the symbol of their religion, then maybe I need to rethink my participation in this church. I'll be open for discussion of this topic at the next meeting of the session." the flag never moved again, and no one came to talk about it.
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Originally Posted by MJK2111
Not to stir the pot, but I seriously doubt that a book first published in 1776 has any relevance to today's economy.
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except many history professors still feel it is relevant to understanding the nation's development