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Default Vet cuts down american flag - 10-06-2007, 10:06 AM



I wish more people had the attitude that this guy has


  
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Default 10-06-2007, 10:11 AM

I hate to sound dumb but what just happened?


  
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Default 10-06-2007, 10:13 AM

The fuck was all that about? Did grizzly adams not like the fact that it was flying under the mexican flag or something?

Apparently that was the reason

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=57960


Fucking idiot.

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Default 10-06-2007, 03:07 PM

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omg, funniest thing evar



  
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Default 10-06-2007, 03:58 PM

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omg, funniest thing evar

Shut yer hole blitz.
  
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Default 10-06-2007, 10:24 AM

Lame.



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Default 10-06-2007, 10:27 AM

did his little rant even make much sense?

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I took this flag down in honor of my country with … a knife from the United States Army. I'm a veteran, I'm not going to see this done to my country. If they want to fight us, then they need to be men, and they need to come and fight us. But I want somebody to fight me for this flag.

Who the fucks talking about fighting anyone? Because some store in reno flew a mexican flag above an american flag its a declaration of war or something? Think that guy needs to go back to the crackpipe.
  
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Default 10-06-2007, 10:25 AM

lol i would have sued the bastard for destruction of property. cant do shit like that it was probably set up.
  
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Default 10-06-2007, 02:26 PM

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lol i would have sued the bastard for destruction of property. cant do shit like that it was probably set up.

glad that people like you have no position in our government

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did his little rant even make much sense?




Who the fucks talking about fighting anyone? Because some store in reno flew a mexican flag above an american flag its a declaration of war or something? Think that guy needs to go back to the crackpipe.
he was most likely caught off guard by the camera, i'd say. As much as I hate to realize it, its very sad that most of our nations' citizens think the same way you do, which probably explains why we have the morons we do in our country.
  
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he was most likely caught off guard by the camera, i'd say. As much as I hate to realize it, its very sad that most of our nations' citizens think the same way you do, which probably explains why we have the morons we do in our country.



How many people in America do you think have any kind of clue that makes the flying of flags in a specific order illegal? Probably a couple of percent at most. To me it seems more childish than anything else "zomg we needs teh top spot!!!!!111".

I could understand old bumfluff there being pissed if the flag was upside down or something (international sign of distress) but just because it wasn't on top of the flag pole..well thats hardly enough to start spouting a little rant about.

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Default 10-07-2007, 01:25 PM

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How many people in America do you think have any kind of clue that makes the flying of flags in a specific order illegal? Probably a couple of percent at most.
How would you even know, Gerv? How in the world could you even guess at that? I can gaurantee it is a lot more than a couple percent.
  
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Default 10-07-2007, 02:15 PM

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How would you even know, Gerv? How in the world could you even guess at that? I can gaurantee it is a lot more than a couple percent.

I agree with him. Look at the statistics for how many people cant find specific countries on a world map. THAT is general knowledge, and yet its only a fraction of people that know - Flag ettiquete? How could more than a fraction of the population possibily know that.

I think you expect too much from people if you think they should just know about flag ettiquete.
Anyone that gets angry/offended by an average citizen not knowing this is a little too patriotic and/or touchy, and should just remember that not everybody is from the military, and it is most certainly not an everyday fact - Because It didnt even occur to me, and i'm no idiot - I also know flags are treated with respect - But this particular rule I had no idea existed.

The destructive guy in the video needs to learn to control his emotions.
  
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How would you even know, Gerv? How in the world could you even guess at that? I can gaurantee it is a lot more than a couple percent.

Because its more than likely something most people would have no knowledge of. Last i checked milla is in the armed forces and even he didn't see what the fuss was about in the video.

And i can guarantee its about a couple of percent using the same means that you can "gaurantee" its more than that. I know about the rules regarding flags not touching the ground with the exception of marks of respect as that kind of thing is observed by many countries around the world, a book i have about flags around the world makes note of it, it doesn't however make note of flags having to be flown in specific order, with the obvious exception of signal flags on ships.

Or how about you ask yourself this, how many people do you know who are well versed in law in general let alone laws regarding flags? Should i await the typical bs reponse to this? Probably something along the lines of people reading several law books a night just in case this scenario were to come up?

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Default 10-06-2007, 06:18 PM

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glad that people like you have no position in our government



he was most likely caught off guard by the camera, i'd say. As much as I hate to realize it, its very sad that most of our nations' citizens think the same way you do, which probably explains why we have the morons we do in our country.
conservative hick is not surprising.


it's a flag above a fucking store. nobody gives a shit that this guy cut it down. in fact, if it hadn't been filmed, nobody would have even heard about it. what he did isn't symbolism, it's just pointless. It's people like you that make it so mildly intelligent people in this country get shoved aside by BING BONG

the midwest. fucking bumpkin.

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Default 10-06-2007, 10:54 AM

The Mexicans are taking over.
  
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