24-03-2003 03:07									#241
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quote: Originally posted by Alexnm Typical. Since I'm anti-war, I guess I'm one of the "bad people". If this is true, I only ask the marines to kill me swiftly, without pain. Thanks.

actually, i think the bad people being refered to are Iraqis who work under Saddams regime.

Marines dont kill dissenting normal people, only enemy military people.

	24-03-2003 03:08									#242
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quote: Marines dont kill dissenting normal people

At least not yet/not where you can see...

	24-03-2003 03:11									#243
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What do you know of it, Frogger ?

	24-03-2003 03:20									#244
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I waskidding around, slow.

But go ahead and be offended by it.

	24-03-2003 03:22									#245
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quote: Originally posted by Frogger quote: Marines dont kill dissenting normal people At least not yet/not where you can see...

no no my friend, that is left up to Bush's secret police

	24-03-2003 03:25									#246
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Didn't mean as harsh as it read, I guess.

	24-03-2003 05:17									#247
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quote: Originally posted by Alexnm Typical.

If you had bothered to notice that happens to have been my sig line for sometime now.....not just for the purpose of this thread.

	24-03-2003 06:18									#248
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You realize the Iraqi people are damned glad we're there, right?
Their one concern? That we'll leave them hanging alone, like last time.
Not this time. The U.N. has no say, this time.

	24-03-2003 07:25									#249
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand You realize the Iraqi people are damned glad we're there, right?

So were the Afghani people

	24-03-2003 07:29									#250
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Yes, they were.


Tassadar!?!

What did I tell you!?! Come here!
I'll shave you like your damned old cat.

	24-03-2003 07:32									#251
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Yes, they were.

We see whats happend to THEIR country, with or without the UN

quote: Tassadar!?! What did I tell you!?! Come here! I'll shave you like your damned old cat.

If you were standing before me, I would.....

Declare WE LOVE THE MING DAY

	24-03-2003 07:33									#252
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Don't anybody press Mod Alert.
Bunch of wimps, whiners, and wusses.

This is between me, Tassadar, and his cat.

So mind your own damned business, for a change.

	24-03-2003 07:39									#253
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quote: Originally posted by Tiamat If you had bothered to notice that happens to have been my sig line for sometime now.....not just for the purpose of this thread.

And a great sig line it is too. That's the best chuckle I had in ages. You have perfectly encapsulated the mentality of the American government and the level of its maturity.

	24-03-2003 07:43									#254
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Hong Kong sucks.

	24-03-2003 07:48									#255
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I heard your cat got a job.

	24-03-2003 08:28									#256
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The United States flag has important cultural symbols behind it -- that is the significance of our flag.

I can never bring myself to burn our flag in any protest that I would participate in, no matter how strongly I feel.

But, I also believe that we cannot ban flag burning for the same reasons we have not outlawed Ku Klux Klan activities, or banned the display of the treasonous Confederate flag -- it wittles away our freedom of speech.

But I do not understand how some who worship the Confederate flag, can claim to be patriotic Americans. It's oxymoronic in my opinion.

	24-03-2003 09:10									#257
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Quite frankly I'm surprised that any public burning of flags, cds or any other combustable material is allowed.
It seems inherently stupid and, particularly in the US, prone to lawsuits should anything untoward happen.

quote: But I do not understand how some who worship the Confederate flag, can claim to be patriotic Americans. It's oxymoronic in my opinion.

Its an American flag. Southerners fought and died for it. Whether or not they agreed with all it stood for. To many it represents these memories and symbolises opposition to government "oppression" rather than the racial hatred angle it has come to signify.

	24-03-2003 09:11									#258
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Listen to yourself. More power to the flag burners I say.

I agree, with the caveat that they have Agathon rolled up inside of it.

	24-03-2003 09:12									#259
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Military training is only part of it... It's indoctrination, too. Everyone wears the same clothes, everyone shaves their head, everyone is trained and they salute the American flag each morning(?), that kind of thing. It all works brilliantly at the end, but it is a form of indoctrination mixed in with training...

We never saluted the flag in basic training either.

	24-03-2003 09:20									#260
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Anyone who uses our flag is giving us their power, whether they worship it or burn it. So everyone who loves this nation should thank the nice commies for giving their power away by using our symbol instead of their own. Our symbol is very powerful because we are powerful, and worshiped around the globe by people who believe that we are far more powerful than we actually are. Suckers.

	24-03-2003 10:07									#261
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quote: Originally posted by Sikander Anyone who uses our flag is giving us their power, whether they worship it or burn it. So everyone who loves this nation should thank the nice commies for giving their power away by using our symbol instead of their own. Our symbol is very powerful because we are powerful, and worshiped around the globe by people who believe that we are far more powerful than we actually are. Suckers.

Exactly

	24-03-2003 10:35									#262
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quote: Originally posted by ravagon Quite frankly I'm surprised that any public burning of flags, cds or any other combustable material is allowed. It seems inherently stupid and, particularly in the US, prone to lawsuits should anything untoward happen. Its an American flag. Southerners fought and died for it. Whether or not they agreed with all it stood for. To many it represents these memories and symbolises opposition to government "oppression" rather than the racial hatred angle it has come to signify.

I strongly disagree. I see the display of the Confederate flag outside of museums and Confederate veterans' cemeteries as smacking of treason.
It doesn't matter if this flag is still seen as "states' rights" symbolism -- it's still treason in my eyes.

Immediately after the tragedy of 9/11, it was the United States flag, not the Confederate flag that was draped over one wall of the Pentagon.

The Civil War is over, and you lost, ok?

	24-03-2003 10:46									#263
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quote: Originally posted by MrFun Immediately after the tragedy of 9/11, it was the United States flag, not the Confederate flag that was draped over one wall of the Pentagon.

You've completely lost me on that one.
Why on Earth would somebody want to drape a Confederate flag over the Pentagon?
Its not even associated with the South in any way that I know of - Nor would it be appropriate to use the Union flag of the time - the incident happened today, as far as flags and history are concerned ...

Your other point - Do Union war museums in the North have the old Union flag outside? Why shouldn't Confederate museums do the same?

What about the old guys who re-enact civil war battles? Start telling them that they can't use their respective flags anymore and you may have another civil war on your hands.

	24-03-2003 19:52									#264
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Ravagon -- my point is that the Confederate flag is anathema to patriotism with the example of the Pentagon.

And you misread my statement about museums -- the Confederate flag DOES belong in museums. And yes, battle reenactments is a third place where the Confederate flag is appropriate.

	24-03-2003 20:09									#265
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quote: I see the display of the Confederate flag outside of museums and Confederate veterans' cemeteries as smacking of treason.

Why shouldn't there be Confederate flags on the graves of those men that fought for that rebellion?

quote: The Civil War is over, and you lost, ok?

Um... he's from Australia, dude. He lost nothing.

	24-03-2003 20:11									#266
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MrFun, get off the War Between The States.
Iowa wasn't even involved.

I've decided to be a cross-burner (Cross burner, not cross dresser).
I'm not against religion. Not against Blacks. I just decided I like fire.

And hey, I have a right, to freedom of expression.

	24-03-2003 20:21									#267
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You know, at first, I though that this is a white fence down there.

	24-03-2003 20:24									#268
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It is.

	24-03-2003 23:00									#269
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: I see the display of the Confederate flag outside of museums and Confederate veterans' cemeteries as smacking of treason. Why shouldn't there be Confederate flags on the graves of those men that fought for that rebellion? quote: The Civil War is over, and you lost, ok? Um... he's from Australia, dude. He lost nothing.

Go back and read my post.

There are three instances where the Confederate flag can be appropriately displayed:

1) Confederate veterans' cemeteries

2) historical museums and sites

3) battle reenactments

And Slowwhand -- Iowa was involved. We sent soldiers to the Union cause as the other Union states have done.

	24-03-2003 23:06									#270
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Are battlefields historical museams .

What about state capitals? After all, many of them have statues of people from the past.