Re: "Stars and Bars"

Cheryl Singhal wrote:
>
> On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Timothy O'Leary wrote:
>
> > Mike, I thank you for your post.
> >
> > Symbols mean what we teach them to mean. It may be that the Confederate
> >
> > Let us use the Stars and Bars to remind us of our history of oppression,
>
> Tim, I'm sorry, but I just can't let this slide off my back.
>
> The men and women, black and white, who fought under the Stars and Bars
> were doing what they believed to be the right thing.
>
> For that courage, we should respect the visible emblem of that belief.

As a career military person, I frequently spent time in other
countries. When I was at a sporting event, especially one between teams
representing two countries, it was common courtesy to stand politely,
while national anthems of these countries, abeit not my own, were being
played. We also slauted officers of other nations when we saw and
recognised them. Again, common courtesy.

I will admit that I was a bit surprised when I discovered that a nearby
southern state had the Stars and Bars as its state flag, but then I was
a bit surprised by hominy grits when I first went into the deep south,
too. Different strokes...as the Yamaha dealer said.

Dave

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