That is an offensive statement, Darren. I know Native Americans, and I am in contact with Native American groups. My college was originally founded as a school for Native Americans and has a very dynamic program for recruiting Native American students and providing them with scholarships.
Many Native Americans have strong patriotic feelings about there country. There is, for example, a strong tradition of service in the Marine Corps by Native Americans. To equate the American flag with the Nazi flag is totally uncalled for and inappropriate in a list like this one. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What I read there is that the little girl behind that flag is not waving to >> anyone but putting up her hand to prevent that flag from smacking her in the >> face ... some subtext there, too. > > In line with Ann's comments, I have to admit to feeling that it is > more than a little incongruous seeing Native Americans waving the > American flag. Probably similar to the way I would feel if Germany had > won WWII and left a remnant of Jewish people survive and then a > century later I saw a parade of Jewish people waving the Nazi flag. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
