Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Disrespect

This shit just drives me nuts. To my mind, flying a tattered and torn National Ensign is as disrespectful as publicly burning one:


It's not as though that flag is flying from the mast of a ship in a Force 9 gale. That flag is not flying from a fort that is being shelled by the Royal Navy. That this flag is flown in such a condition shows that the people who are flying it are casually and carelessly disrespectful of the flag.

Hell, I think it is even more disrespectful than burning it in protest. At least the protesters know what the flag stands for and, in a twisted way, they are acknowledging as much. Here, the flag is being treated more like a piece of decor, an ornament, and not as a symbol of our nation.

This is so wrong that it is not merely wrong.

If your flag is in such a condition, then shame on you. Better a bare pole than a tattered flag.

4 comments:

montag said...

Whoever flew that flag is still one step above those with the flag clamped into their car windows, whipping it to shreds at highway speeds.

Morose Recluse said...

And while we're on this subject, Can we mention the flags mounted on my local firetrucks, in line with the rear wheel, directly in the mud spray on rainy days?

Anonymous said...

Um...I am not bothered by flag-burning per se, though I am dismayed by the hostile intent toward Americans symbolized by flag-burning. Nevertheless, I do find it indicative of a profound laziness & ignorance of the principles the flag stands for when people who display it don't follow the correct protocols for display.

BobG said...

That's disgraceful; I've seen old battle standards that were in better condition.