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Originally posted by Vick@Nov 23 2003, 05:52 AM
[Labret] - I take serious offensive with your US flag burning avatar
Now you may be trying to express something or making some statement I don't get
While I respect your right to burn the US flag I also reserve the right to plant my foot in your ass for doing so
Many people have served and died for the country, freedoms and other things that flag represents.
Your using that avatar disrespects the past 4 generations of my family along with millions of others
Your using an avatar of the US flag being burned is lacking in respect, distasteful and ignorant
If you have problems with this great nation either work to solve them ..... or get out
and don't tell me you are leaving when ever .... go now....
In fact in you dislike America so much put your money where your mouth is and no longer accept US traffic and no longer take US dollars
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LOL Vick, I respect the way you express yourself I really do, But that avatar, although not offensive, makes me wana yack!! LOL guess my stomach is too weak to consider using a turkey leg in quite the same way>
as for Labret, I used to get livid when i saw someone, esp an American who benefits greatly by the rights afforded to them by the mere fact that they are US Citizens, burning any symbol of our freedom. I thought about the blood that paid for our freedoms, I think of the tenacity of our ancestors, and what it took to build this country into what it is. I think of how little respect it takes to do something so offensive to the great Americans of the past.
I used to get livid, now I recognize it for what it is. It is only ignorance and immaturity (irregarless of age). I view it as offensive as someone saying the word nigger. The word itself is powerless. We assign it its power by the affect it has on us personally. So to is the act of burning a flag. It is done to offend. Allowing it to have that effect gives power to the person who wishes that effect. I give them the power to offend (or piss me right the fuck off) by buying into their bullshit. I add credibility to their argument by allowing passions to get the better of me.
As for me, let him keep the avatar, let him revel in its beauty to him. Time will heal his eyes and he will see what he has done, and then it will matter.
spaz