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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Perceived? There was nothing perceived about it. It was a flagrant act of disrespect. I might even go so far as to say that it is a spit in your face insult.
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I'm having trouble seeing why this is such an outrageous act, when a multitude of companies purposefully put the flag on their merchandise for their profit and their own advance - bumper stickers, decals, license plates - just to feed off of the current political atmosphere. From the very same section of the US code, this too is illegal, and I consider it many times worse. Why aren't people up in arms about that?
I say the disrespect was perceived because the man was ignorant of the law. That doesn't make it right, but it also doesn't mean he meant to say "fuck you" to America - I think had he known what he was symbolizing he wouldn't have done what he did.
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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
I see. Do they no longer teach civics in school? These were things that I knew by the third grade.
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I never remember learning that. Then again, in the 3rd grade I was an idiot. Curriculum also differ depending on location. Maybe if they taught it in high school, the law would be more popular.
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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Whoa there. This has absolutely not one damn thing to do with immigration. This has to do with the flag of a foreign nation given the position of superiority over the flag of a sovereign nation, on that nation's own soil. There was a time when that would have constituted an act of war.
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I know that this isn't solely a race thing. I was just pointing out an observation from the reaction over at Digg. That community is dumb anyways - I should've left that part out.
I would think that when it happens upon their own soil...
yes, everyone in every country probably
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