On burning the flag....
I don't think I could ever, in good conscious, do it. No matter how disillusioned I get with the country. I'd fly the flag upside down to signify peril before I'd burn it.
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Elessar · 31-35, M
I can relate to the feeling. Also I'd experience/interpret that as hating the country as a whole. I could get disillusioned with the government, with the average citizen mentality - but I could never hate this country, its territory, its history, its art, its culture, its biodiversity, its uniqueness.
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
Exactly. The protests with burning flags only have meaning in context. Therefore they're meaningless.
Context is unavailable for war mongering nations.
Context is unavailable for war mongering nations.
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SpaceJesus · 46-50
@jshm2 It's what it stands for that would prevent me from burning it. I don't see myself as hoo-ah patriotic and all that. But yeah I see your point.