Comments on: Oppose Flag Idolatry

By: VirusHead

VirusHead — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:31:59 +0000

Thanks for the terrific comments!

By: VirusHead

VirusHead — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:30:25 +0000

[...] In the previous post, I made mention of the language of the sacred. If the government decrees that something is sacred, does that violate the separation of church and state? [...]

By: kevin

kevin — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:58:54 +0000

I second Darius’s comment. Actually, really, I think that flag burning is a crappy thing to do, I mean, what a person is doing when they ‘“desecrate” on it, is that they are saying that this so- and-so symbol (that means ‘this’) and ‘this’ I hate and despise or I think is wrong so I will burn it as a way of telling you how I feel about ‘this’.

My point is that symbols mean different things to different people, for “flag burner’ the flag is a image of oppression. For the patriot the flag is a symbol of his love of nation. To burn it is a crappy thing to do I think because what is burnt isn’t really what the flag burner intends. Am I making sense? I think it is more a sign of powerlessness, because the flag burner can’t affect the oppresion he sees, so he burns an effigy of it instead.

I think I am ranting. sorry. But yes! I agree, it is mearly a deversion “issue”, I mean I can’t afford to pay my health bills, gas, and groceries – who frickin cares if a few people get angry at a piece of cloth? What is wrong with these people, isn’t there something more important to be solving??

By: Darius

Darius — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:35:29 +0000

I guess if there’s anything scarier than our corporate sponsored leaders, it may be that they’re capable of duping such a large segment of the population. Flag waving, gay bashing, prayer in schools – I mean, excuse me, but who gives a frank shit? Ya wanna pray – pray! I pray. I don’t need anyone to publically make time for it. In the gospels, Jesus says, “Ya wanna pray? Go in your room to pray and close the door behind you. Don’t make a big public show of it.” (That’s not a quote, but a very accurate paraphrase.) These guys just pick over the bible for whatever quotes suit their purposes. Period. That’s what they do.

Meanwhile, with such burning “issues” taking up congressional time whenever they manage to get leave from their most recent vacation or break, minor stuff like health care, poverty, global warming and the environment, just goes by the wayside…

By: Christy

Christy — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:24:40 +0000

I once explained it this way: we live in a country so free and so strong that we can stand and watch one of our most beloved symbols destroyed, feel anger at the disrespect implied and yet know in our hearts that the very freedom to do so is what ensures the republic’s strength and endurance.

By: Pisces Iscariot

Pisces Iscariot — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:50:43 +0000

If you allow yourself to be insensed by the burning of a tricoloured rag then you make it easy for your children to be killed in corporate war.

By: Lois

Lois — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:02:18 +0000

This one drives me nuts. Well, mostly everything they do drives me nuts. But this one gets on my nerves. You see, they really need to read a book or something — the one Supreme Court case that isn’t as well know that I know the title of is Texas v. Johnson, the case that they declared flagburing was protected under the first amendment. So how exactly they thing they can try this, yet again, is beyond me, but then I guess it really shouldn’t. LOL It’s an election year.

Lois