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Sundae · 01-19-2009, 08:41 AM

Sorry to post writing in a picture thread, but I am regularly baffled by the store some Americans set by their flag. It's a piece of material. It's a symbol, NOT the country itself.

Griff has already posted a picture to show that using the flag for political means is pretty much as old as the flag itself.

I read something recently about the way that we (as a nation) hold the monarchy in the same esteem as the Americans hold their flag. Not everyone thinks the same about them, the armed forces are more likely to be respectful of them, and at the end of the day they only have the same meaning that people assign to them. I suppose ours cost us more money, but bring in more tourism. On the plus side, yours can be folded away into a box - and still come out again the next day!

01-19-2009, 08:41 AM	#6501
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Sorry to post writing in a picture thread, but I am regularly baffled by the store some Americans set by their flag. It's a piece of material. It's a symbol, NOT the country itself. Griff has already posted a picture to show that using the flag for political means is pretty much as old as the flag itself. I read something recently about the way that we (as a nation) hold the monarchy in the same esteem as the Americans hold their flag. Not everyone thinks the same about them, the armed forces are more likely to be respectful of them, and at the end of the day they only have the same meaning that people assign to them. I suppose ours cost us more money, but bring in more tourism. On the plus side, yours can be folded away into a box - and still come out again the next day!