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I got it.

REB — 7/14/2006 4:56:56 PM (archived)

To you, the flag is a piece of cloth, but what it represents of value to you.

To some, that piece of cloth is those same values. That actual flag is to them, those values. Just like paper money is literally just paper (Okay, more of a cloth for you technical folks), but to most of us, it is actually much more. How many people would burn a towel? How about a hundred dollar bill? Both are very similar in what they are literally made from, but one represents something of great value, where the other one does not (Unless you are Hitchhiking across the galaxy).

Just as the paper dollar represent something more and something very real to most of us, the flag is the same.

That is all I am saying. That is why some folks get so upset about seeing the flag mistreated. To them it is more than just a piece of cloth. It does have a value far greater than a rectangle of cloth.

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Another liberal with flag allergies... - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2006 6:53:13 PM
- re:Flags are ok for sport events...but - Raoul - 7/13/2006 5:45:20 AM
  - There is nothing wrong with having pride in your country. - REB - 7/13/2006 1:35:33 PM
    - You teach history? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/13/2006 9:34:11 PM
    - Or - REB - 7/13/2006 1:48:53 PM
      - re: A huge difference - Raoul - 7/15/2006 10:14:08 PM
        
        No difference. - REB - 7/18/2006 3:18:50 PM
        
        re: Ridiculous!!!! - Raoul - 7/19/2006 5:34:04 AM
        
        There is no difference Raoul. - REB - 7/19/2006 12:30:28 PM
        
        re: Yes there is! - Raoul - 7/19/2006 4:41:51 PM
        
        You have not shown a differnce. - REB - 7/20/2006 12:33:49 PM
        
        re: You cannot punish a country after it has accepted no to be a threat again - Raoul - 7/20/2006 4:41:28 PM
        
        And Saddam was forced into his post Gulf War position. He didn't do it on his own free will. - REB - 7/20/2006 6:06:33 PM
        
        Saddam was still a threat. - REB - 7/20/2006 5:24:12 PM
        
        re: Saddam was no threat anymore to countries next to Iraq - Raoul - 7/20/2006 6:14:43 PM
        
        Do you really believe your rhetoric? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/20/2006 2:59:18 AM
        
        re: Gulf war one had ended - Raoul - 7/20/2006 5:46:22 AM
        
        Had it? Saddam's army still shot at American planes. - REB - 7/20/2006 3:17:36 PM
        
        re: Above Iraq, yes - Raoul - 7/21/2006 7:18:43 AM
        
        A M E R I C A ... Heck Yeah! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/18/2006 10:55:27 AM
- Americans are weird about their flag, in general. - alcaray - 7/12/2006 8:36:11 PM
  - For some, the flag represents America and what she stands for. - REB - 7/12/2006 8:40:27 PM
    - I think that's true of all countries and their national emblems - alcaray - 7/12/2006 10:22:03 PM
    - Precisely. That's why using it as litmus paper is so despicable. (n/t) - ER - 7/12/2006 8:44:35 PM
      - You must be a RightWinger if... - Robert - 7/12/2006 9:53:02 PM
        
        Free speech - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/12/2006 10:09:13 PM
        
        re: Free speech - Robert - 7/12/2006 10:56:30 PM
        
        killing people is (rightfully) against the law (n/t) - alcaray - 7/12/2006 10:14:01 PM
        
        Define rightfully. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/12/2006 10:28:21 PM
        
        In this context "ightfully"meant that I was in agreement that there should be laws against killing people. - alcaray - 7/12/2006 10:50:10 PM
        
        lost my "r" and some spaces (n/t) - alcaray - 7/12/2006 10:50:53 PM
- I have no problems with the flag. - ER - 7/12/2006 8:14:39 PM
  - The flag is just a piece of cloth................ - Publius - 7/12/2006 11:50:56 PM
    - re: The flag is just a piece of cloth................ - REB - 7/13/2006 3:51:57 PM
      - Seeing the American flag flying in Bagdad................ - Lindy - 7/15/2006 10:02:43 PM
      - Er, REB---did you read the post? or just the headline? (n/t) - Publius - 7/14/2006 4:46:26 PM
        
        I got it too. - ER - 7/14/2006 5:34:14 PM
        
        I got it. - REB - 7/14/2006 4:56:56 PM
      - When you lose the capacity for outrage, you are no longer human. - ER - 7/13/2006 5:19:09 PM
    - re: The flag is just a piece of cloth................ - ER - 7/13/2006 12:50:53 AM
- commercial exploitation of the flag - Robert - 7/12/2006 7:44:37 PM
  - Nice try. - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2006 10:38:47 PM
    - Incidentally, I see that a lot of people missed the point. - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2006 10:50:46 PM
      - How about the "A man's home is his castle" point? - Mary Anne - 7/14/2006 3:53:21 PM
        
        Go back and read the original post again, and what quotes I thought were important. - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 7:45:17 AM
        
        It's all about elitism, Tom. - Mary Anne - 7/16/2006 3:24:26 PM
        
        You're right. The title was bad. - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2006 4:58:33 AM
      - Well, you know. As long as the snide condescension is saved for those who don't fly flags we should be allright. - alcaray - 7/12/2006 11:00:45 PM
        
        "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" - Robert - 7/13/2006 12:02:20 AM
        
        I just realized I'm trying to explain "wet" to fish. - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2006 5:40:49 AM
        
        What matters to me is what I believe. Not what you dredge up in some trivial opinion piece. - alcaray - 7/13/2006 3:21:40 PM
  - It really DOES matter where you live. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/12/2006 9:48:03 PM
    - Woah! Just noticed this: - alcaray - 7/17/2006 10:15:31 PM
      - Things have likely changed since I left... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/21/2006 2:49:59 AM
    - re: It really DOES matter where you live. - Robert - 7/12/2006 10:16:46 PM
      - re: It really DOES matter where you live. - Publius - 7/13/2006 12:01:20 AM
      - Tolerance. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/12/2006 10:57:49 PM
      - Tolerance. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/12/2006 10:57:47 PM
      - Proof of your "urban vs. non-urban" point - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2006 10:56:17 PM
        
        re: Proof of your "urban vs. non-urban" point - Robert - 7/12/2006 11:58:31 PM
        
        re: Proof .......cows and sheep vote red (n/t) - Publius - 7/13/2006 3:17:45 PM
        
        re: Proof of your "urban vs. non-urban" point - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2006 12:20:41 AM
        
        "How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm..." - Robert - 7/13/2006 5:33:14 PM
        
        re: "How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm..." - Tom Brosz - 7/14/2006 1:31:44 AM
        
        Do Republicans hate freedom? - Robert - 7/14/2006 4:02:01 PM
        
        P.S. "economic understandings." - Tom Brosz - 7/15/2006 6:01:48 PM
        
        Lakoff? That explains a lot. - Tom Brosz - 7/15/2006 5:35:40 PM
        
        Orwell would be proud - Robert - 7/15/2006 7:31:49 PM
        
        I haven't read the book. - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 12:52:03 AM
        
        re: I haven't read the book. - Robert - 7/16/2006 6:02:41 AM
        
        re: I haven't read the book. - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 7:38:59 AM
        
        Maybe this is what's going on here - alcaray - 7/18/2006 5:20:01 PM
        
        re: I haven't read the book. - Robert - 7/16/2006 5:46:20 PM
        
        Do the numbers. - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 10:31:09 PM
        
        Burning another straw man - Robert - 7/17/2006 4:56:56 PM
        
        Not yet. - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2006 6:32:42 PM
        
        Typo - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 10:32:27 PM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 7:48:57 AM
        
        Now that's just plain silly - Robert - 7/16/2006 6:10:48 PM
        
        Carville & Begala - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/16/2006 9:52:48 PM
        
        Uh...do the numbers. - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 10:37:41 PM
        
        Yes. It's a well oiled machine. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/16/2006 11:27:29 PM
        
        re: Now that's just plain silly - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 9:45:46 PM
        
        re: Now that's just plain silly - Robert - 7/17/2006 5:45:38 PM
        
        Impressive. - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2006 6:48:31 PM
        
        Has your dad disowned you yet? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/15/2006 9:10:12 PM
        
        re: Has your dad disowned you yet? - Robert - 7/16/2006 5:25:20 AM
        
        Lakoff - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/16/2006 11:07:40 PM
        
        On small town values - dtb - 7/13/2006 1:39:40 AM
        
        Show me the property values. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/13/2006 9:05:29 PM
        
        Mythical Smallville - Robert - 7/13/2006 5:15:33 PM

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