I concur. And as Bob said, it's based on experience. I too have the flag that was draped over my father's coffin. Like most Americans of his generation, my dad was a world war two vet. By the way, he was born in Sweden and had been here only a dozen years or so when he was called to serve. But he went willingly. Born a Swede, he died an American. Paul On Jan 8, 2007, at 9:36 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
> Tim Øsleby wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Adam >> Maas >> Sent: 9. januar 2007 00:46 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence >> >>> One thing is that Americans tend to have a far more personal >>> relationship with their flag than most other countries. >>> >> Pardon me, but this is nonsense. >> >> This assumption is like assuming that gay people feel deeper >> because gay >> bars (according to clichés) are louder. >> >> Let me put it this way. I have a very close and personal >> relationship with >> Tiny Tim. But I don't make poster of him ;-) > > > It's not nonsense. It's distinct in my experience with Americans and > dozens of other nationalities, which indicates that most people > (including Canadians like myself) tend to talk about their country's > flag, while Americans tend to talk about 'their' flag. It's a personal > relationship at a much closer level, the flag is owned by the people, > not the country. It's by no means universal, but it is far, far more > prevalent in the US than elsewhere. > > >> >>> Remember that there's essentially no other >>> universal symbol of the US, ... >> >> This struck another key in me. Could it also be because US >> basically is a >> multiethnic society? I wonder if we have a less diverged culture >> in Norway. >> >> >> Tim >> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) >> > > The latter comment is fairly accurate, also it may be because the US > didn't really evolve an identity like most countries, but explicitly > attempted to establish a particular one with the War of Independance. > There really aren't any symbols that are really acceptable to the > entire > country. > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
