--- Kakki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People probably have varying motivations for displaying a flag, but to me (someone who by the way has never displayed an American flag for any purpose ever before in my life) it felt like the only way I could send a signal to others around me that I shared in our national grief - to me it was the only way to outward indicate empathy for the victims and each other at that point. The flag should mean many things to people because it stands for many things, most of all our collective heart.
>>>>>>>>> So so true. This very point was made by a panel of U of Chicago professors I saw this weekend. One in particular had a history of involvement in radical '60s activism, and though he himself has not chosen the flag as his symbol of grief, he cautioned others at unilaterally assuming that every flag-flyer intends it as some jingoistic battle cry. Clearly he was overly influenced by Marxism. (JOKE!!!!!!!!! ;-) ) --Michael NP: Artful Dodger, _It's All About the Stragglers_ NR: Zadie Smith, _White Teeth_ (When did I become such an Anglophile?) ===== ___________________________________________________________________________ "[Naipaul] is devoutly read wherever literacy in English prevails, as well as in parts of America." --Gavin McNett, "The Black Sheep." http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/10/14/naipaul/index.html Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
