Sacred Relics, or distractions?

Frau_Phillips · 05-23-07, 09:48 PM

I may be the only one who thinks about this, being a piece of liberal scum among you salty sea-dogs

but I thought I'd bring it up while you all still think I'm a frigging angel (heh) and I've got a little elbow room to piss some people off.

I've been seeing a lot of stuff around lately concerning to "holiness" of certain artifacts. The bible, the Koran, the American flag, etc. To the respective cultures these things represent, if you so much as look at them funny, it's sacrilege.

Aren't these things just symbols for a bigger ideal? If I don't feel like pledging my alligence to a piece of cloth with stars and stripes every single morning, why am I labeled anti-American?

I was late for class one day, and very worried about missing some instruction on a subject I have trouble with. The Pledge was on the loudspeaker, but I didn't pay much attention, I had bigger fish to fry. However, as I was walking at full speed, a large teacher who had planted herself in the middle of the Hall yelled "STOP" at me. Confused, I did. She wouldnt speak until the Pledge was over, and then I was taken to the front office and made to sit, missing the entire class because I was listening to a woman call me a commie in front of the entire administration.
(I failed the exam, too. Algebra sucks.)

What I gathered from that was, the American dream is to stand, wasting time I could be using for more valuable things (like school) reciting the same words every day that I don't mean.

I understand though, that it goes both ways. If I burn the flag, shouting anti-American slurs, I'm being a bitch. But if my flag falls into a fire while I'm burning leaves, why should I even feel bad? It's the same with a bible. If I rip the pages out, speaking in tongues, yeah I might be posessed. But if I leave it in the car, should some religious nut key my car and post a note about my actions being worship to the devil?

Does anybody feel that way? Or am I really a devil posessed communist? Can I support an ideal without worshipping something that's material?

05-23-07, 09:48 PM	#1
Frau_Phillips Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2007 Location: The wrong side of the ocean Posts: 122 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sacred Relics, or distractions? I may be the only one who thinks about this, being a piece of liberal scum among you salty sea-dogs but I thought I'd bring it up while you all still think I'm a frigging angel (heh) and I've got a little elbow room to piss some people off. I've been seeing a lot of stuff around lately concerning to "holiness" of certain artifacts. The bible, the Koran, the American flag, etc. To the respective cultures these things represent, if you so much as look at them funny, it's sacrilege. Aren't these things just symbols for a bigger ideal? If I don't feel like pledging my alligence to a piece of cloth with stars and stripes every single morning, why am I labeled anti-American? I was late for class one day, and very worried about missing some instruction on a subject I have trouble with. The Pledge was on the loudspeaker, but I didn't pay much attention, I had bigger fish to fry. However, as I was walking at full speed, a large teacher who had planted herself in the middle of the Hall yelled "STOP" at me. Confused, I did. She wouldnt speak until the Pledge was over, and then I was taken to the front office and made to sit, missing the entire class because I was listening to a woman call me a commie in front of the entire administration. (I failed the exam, too. Algebra sucks.) What I gathered from that was, the American dream is to stand, wasting time I could be using for more valuable things (like school) reciting the same words every day that I don't mean. I understand though, that it goes both ways. If I burn the flag, shouting anti-American slurs, I'm being a bitch. But if my flag falls into a fire while I'm burning leaves, why should I even feel bad? It's the same with a bible. If I rip the pages out, speaking in tongues, yeah I might be posessed. But if I leave it in the car, should some religious nut key my car and post a note about my actions being worship to the devil? Does anybody feel that way? Or am I really a devil posessed communist? Can I support an ideal without worshipping something that's material?