Flag waving.......Flag burning

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I don't know, I am not against the current actions in Iraq, if only because the sanctions will be lifted and general life will probably be better for normal Iraqis afterwards. Also WoMD can threaten the US mainland (or the EU for that matter) if they get in the wrong hands. It would be easier to release spores/gas in a US city than it would've been for the Vietcong to acquire ICBMs and threaten the US mainland...

In Europe, most kids get raised to be sceptical about nationalism, as we have learnt first hand in the 30's and 40's what happens if a country (be it Germany or Japan) takes it too far. The lack of physical effects on the US mainland (bar Hawaii) of WW2 was non-existent, so they might never had the nationalism knocked out of them. Or it might be the whole "young nation" syndrome...

[Ned]

Re: Re: Flag waving.......Flag burning

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
Flying the flag upside down is a signmal that the country is in DISTRESS. Not a symbol of disprespect.

And the rest is simply hyper-patriot drivel.

Tass, You and your kind are among the most evil people who ever existed. You side with tryanny against liberty. You side with monsters against freedom. You laugh at the those who take freedom and liberty seriously. You sick b*astard.

[Nubclear]

Re: Re: Re: Flag waving.......Flag burning

Originally posted by Ned


Tass, You and your kind are among the most evil people who ever existed.

Ned is in "hyper HYPER patriot" mode And hes a bit grumpy....But just the better to troll him with

[SlowwHand]

Flag burners, need the same consideration and treatment they give.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Flag burners, need the same consideration and treatment they give.

Burn the flag of flag burners!!!

[Nubclear]

Re: Re: Re: Flag waving.......Flag burning

OK, now I'll respond.....

Originally posted by Ned


Tass, You and your kind are among the most evil people who ever existed.

Yes, I know. Maybe we should be thrown in concentration camps like the Japanese or Arabs?

You side with tryanny against liberty.

Can you QUOTE me?

You side with monsters against freedom.

Quote me please

You laugh at the those who take freedom and liberty seriously.

You do know that a flag isn't "freedom" and "liberty", right? Freedom and liberty are about being free, not about waving a flag.

I laugh at those whom blindly follow the flag thinking its some sacred object as opposed to those who couldnt care less about what happens to a piece of cloth and truely want to help their country.

You sick b*astard.

Thanks.

[Az]

Ok. I really didn't want to say what I will say now. Time after time again, I stopped from saying something offensive. But I think that enough is enough. I could easily countertroll but I won't.

Tassadar, you're an *******.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Azazel
Tassadar, you're an *******.

Not as much of a ******* as the people who are bombing baghdad are.

[Alex]

Tia, isn't your post self-contradictory? If there is freedom to protest and the legal system gives them the right to burn the national flag, so what's your point? It's like saying: "Hey, I worked hard during the whole year to give you this money, so you could do what you wanted to do with it, and now you are spending the money!"

[SlowwHand]

Tassadar, you're late for your lobotomy appointment.

[General Ludd]

It's just a flag.

What really bothers me are the people who worship the flag and take insults against their government as if they where personal. It's that sort of nationalist feeling that disgusts me.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Osweld
It's just a flag.

What really bothers me are the people who worship the flag and take insults against their government as if they where personal. It's that sort of nationalist feeling that disgusts me.

Same here. I could care less if someone burns the Russian flag or the Soviet Flag or any other flag on the planet. They are all simply cloth.

Its the ideals that matter. Its what you do with those ideals that matter. And trust me, flying some cloth is NOT a good way to celebrate those ideals.

And sloww: That one is too boring to get to me at all. Sorry.

[Az]

Same here. I could care less if someone burns the Russian flag or the Soviet Flag or any other flag on the planet. They are all simply cloth.

Then remove it from your avatar, dummy.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Azazel

Then remove it from your avatar, dummy.

And replace it with what?

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Tassadar5000


And replace it with what?