Rant about people and COVID19 (mostly people)

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Platapus

But wait, it gets worse


While I was stuck in grocery traffic, I noticed this woman wearing an improvised face mask. The issue was that this face mask was made from an American Flag. Not material with the flag pattern, but a genuine flag. I could see the seams and hems.



Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Why would anyone think this was appropriate? Yikes. I don't understand people and the more I am around them, the less I want to understand about them.

An off topic question

Don't you have laws when it comes to your flag.
If I understand what you wrote this woman have violated the flag.
In Sweden it would mean a fine or in severe case prison.

Markus

[Buddahaid]

Yes, but they are just generally ignored even to the rules regarding displaying the flag by those who are proud to do so. It's just ignorance mostly.

[Skybird]

Don't get me started. You don't really want it, so just don't do it. Really. Don't get me started.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by mapuc

An off topic question

Don't you have laws when it comes to your flag.
If I understand what you wrote this woman have violated the flag.
In Sweden it would mean a fine or in severe case prison.

Markus

Yes there are laws but when it comes to the National Flag they're treated more like a request for polite etiquette and any breach of said etiquette is normally protected free speech.

[Buddahaid]

I remember how disgusted I felt after a Giants game when about a thousand of the little US flags handed out to wave during the seventh inning stretch were just tossed under the seats. I still have mine.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by mapuc

An off topic question

Don't you have laws when it comes to your flag.
If I understand what you wrote this woman have violated the flag.
In Sweden it would mean a fine or in severe case prison.

Markus

We do have a law.

18 USC S 700 However the Supreme Court rendered a decision that this law was unconstitutional.



The courts would be overwhelmed if everyone who broke the flag laws was prosecuted.



Even our Olympic athletes use the Flag as a sweat rag and pose for pictures.

[blackswan40]

Cometh the Hour Cometh the men