May your colors never fade

[curry1]

Yes, the subject of our flag does rile me up. And I'll tell you why, for Motherland brings up a good piont about my avatar.
Over the years I have seen folks put down the Confederate flag, hang labels and stigmas on it, and generally make it out to be a bad thing. My ancestors died for that flag just has they have for the stars and bars we have now. I wouldn't be surprized if one day they completely outlaw it. Most folks already will tell you they find it offensive.

I see the same thing happening to my American flag these days too. One has to look no further then Arizona to see it. Did anyone catch the video where the Army vet noticed a Mexican flag hanging above the American flag outside a bar in Arizona. Or the Mexican kids waving their flag and stomping on our flag outside of a school in Arizona?

Americans have a bad habit of letting things slide to the point that one day it'll all be taken from us. Then everyone will wonder wtf happened. People, if you truely believe our nation is the best in the world....you have to fight for it to keep it that way. Not let others come in and take the things from us that make us who we are.

[Penguin]

See Rule #4

[Bronk]

See Rule #4

[Motherland]

Indoctrination at its finest here folks... sad.

Naive as it may be, I'm not sure how you can call it indoctrination.

[Bronk]

Naive as it may be, I'm not sure how you can call it indoctrination.

I'd discuss it with you but I'd be rule #14 in a heartbeat.

[Plazus]

See Rule #2

[Rino]

      When you take the oath to "protect and defend" when you enlist, you don't get to pick and
choose whom you are going to protect.  One of the things that does get me steamed is the way
some folks spit all over the things you are putting your life at risk to defend.  Yet even while they
demean the sacrifice, they enjoy the benefits without a single twinge of regret.

[thndregg]

Americans have a bad habit of letting things slide to the point that one day it'll all be taken from us. Then everyone will wonder wtf happened. People, if you truely believe our nation is the best in the world....you have to fight for it to keep it that way. Not let others come in and take the things from us that make us who we are.

I agree. Our vigilance has slipped over the years-especially since WW2. We are increasingly catering to what other countries expect us to be. Envision this on a smaller scale; Your own home. Do you bow down to everything your next-door neighbor wants you to do all the time (within reason, of course)? I sure as hell don't!

[Penguin]

See Rule #4

[Penguin]

See Rule #2

[Tupac]

See Rules #2, #4

[Skuzzy]

Ok, some just will not take the hint.  I am not closing this thread, but if you find you cannot make a post in keeping with the intent of the thread, then you will find yourself suspended from the forum.

Why is it you guys cannot keep from responding to trolls?  Do you really enjoy being manipulated that much?  Get a kick out of empowering others?

You know why we have trolls?  Because too many of you cannot keep your fat fingers off the keyboard and are so easy to control and manipulate!

There is nothing more irritating to me than to see a good thread go to crap because people simply cannot stop themselves from posting and/or responding with garbage.  All you have to do is ask one question, "How is my post going to make a positive contribution to this thread topic?"

[jdbecks]

Atleast in America, they allow you to hang your flag from windows, have a flag pole errected in your garden etc. If you do that in the UK people get offended, claim racism etc.. I find it so disapointing that someone who immagrates to the UK, then gets offended when people hang flags outside the window etc or someone bans them as they could cause offence.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article47306.ece

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1285492/Council-workers-banned-flying-England-flags-OWN-cars.html

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/World-Cup-Fury-as-offensive-England-flags-banned-by-housing-association-in-Cambridge-article464951.html

[Babalonian]

Atleast in America, they allow you to hang your flag from windows, have a flag pole errected in your garden etc. If you do that in the UK people get offended, claim racism etc.. I find it so disapointing that someone who immagrates to the UK, then gets offended when people hang flags outside the window etc or someone bans them as they could cause offence.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article47306.ece

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1285492/Council-workers-banned-flying-England-flags-OWN-cars.html

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/World-Cup-Fury-as-offensive-England-flags-banned-by-housing-association-in-Cambridge-article464951.html

Time you guys took a leason from us Yanks.  We have a saying over here, it goes: "You and what army?".

[USRanger]

Time you guys took a leason from us Yanks.  We have a saying over here, it goes: "You and what army?".