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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mucus: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by an'on: [qb] Families passing out flags to their children to wave as the parade passed by...patriotic right? ... Has the flag been reduced to a superficial symbol of patriotism without any meaning, thought, caring, or respect behind it? Or even worse, is it just a toy to the general population? [/qb][/QUOTE]Well, from a foreign perspective, where we aren't nearly as keen with the flag waving, it sounds like you've just got into a cycle. Only so many people are genuinely patriotic, past a certain point people must be waving the flag just out of peer pressure or tradition. On a trip into New York state, I noticed that there were literally streets where every house had a flag posted. I was previously under the impression that this kind of thing only happened in movies. Thus, you have people who get into waving the flag for whatever non-patriotic reason, then get their kids to do it for the same reason, that passes to their children, and etc. Or perhaps there's a simpler definition. Rare things tend to be valuable, things that are common tend not to be. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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