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Originally Posted by DeepIron
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Tearing down some other countries flag is hardly something to concider a patriotic act.
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I guess the guys on Iwo Jima were pretty "unpatriotic" by your definition... |
Now you are taking things out of context. The soldiers at Iwo Jima were fighting in a war where strong symbols like that are important for morale. They were patriots by the merrit of figthing for their countries defence.
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Also waving your own nations flag arround everywhere doesnt make you a patriot, while standing for your country and its ideals does.
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So, what's the problem? I'm standing by my patriotic ideals by posting my convictions in this forum and I'm close to being condemned for them... I am a patriotic citizen. I stand by my country for what our Founding Fathers believed in and what the Constitution of the United States guarantees. I'm as much a patriot for my country as anyone else is for theirs.
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I did'nt condemn you. While I dont agree with everything you say I never dondemned you. All i said was that I don't see the tearing down of that flag in that case as being patriotic.
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As far as the flag incident is concerned, it boils down to this:
The National Flag of Mexico OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY has NO, repeat NO, reason or right to be flown in this OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY outside of the lawful and prescribed manner as SUBMAN1 points out.
Maybe someone who questions "patriotism" should proudly and unabashedly display a Nazi flag at their home. See how many "patriots" show up on your doorstep...
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Thats your opinion. The school I went to had two flags up the poles, both at equal height, our countries flag and the flag of the country our partner school was, Finland in thsi case. I concidered it as sign of respect to have the flags at equal height, but this is again a mater of opinion wether you think the country in question deserves the respect or not.