The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58389   Message #926387
Posted By: Blackcatter
04-Apr-03 - 06:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: US Flags at Half Staff?
Subject: RE: BS: US Flags at Half Staff?
Just like parking in a driveway and driving on the parkway?

While there's official rituals for a lot of things, no one is duty bound to follow them. I follow many of the rules whe it comes to the flag, because it is a symbol of something I hold dear and therefore, I should treat it with respect.

Everyone remember the flag shortage immediately after 9-11? 50 years ago, few people would have had to go out and buy a flag to show just how patriotic they were - they would just go to the closet drawer and pull out their flag. That's what annoys me - people these days are only patriotic when "it counts."

I've been flying a flag on ever national holiday since I had a place to do so. When I have lived in an apartment, I fly it in the window.

What did Thomas Paine say about the "sunshine patriots?"

pax yall