Re: American flags

[Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, March 26, 2004 at 06:52:41 (+0100) Gassler Robert writes:
>We can either reject an important symbol for all sorts of
>intellectual reasons, or embrace it and tap into the emotions of a
>majority of the population. If the flag has been used against the
>left so effectively, why insist on letting the right keep using it?

All sorts of (intellectual) reasons such as the rejection of using
state symbols and emotion to sway people, otherwise known as
demagoguery.  The flag is not an instrument.  To use it as such is
dangerous and irresponsible.


Bill