BC Buddy
2007-10-25 08:25:35
From the time I was in kindergarten, I have protested against “showing my patriotism” through proscribed public rituals. They mean NOTHING about patriotism, and demonstrate only that one can follow the crowd.
Wearing a ceramic pin, slapping a magnet on your car, or denigrating the military service of candidates for public office are not patriotic acts.
Neither is holding one body part a certain way for a certain amount of time while some harpy screeches out a “tune.”
Watching for public displays of patriotism is a bit like reading tea leaves, IMO. And I can’t help but wonder if Saddam had worn an American flag pin, or posed with his hand over his heart during the playing of our national anthem, would he still be alive?
