Ramcharger's Doorbell
Cerwin said
To comment on this photo:---
For every person i met or talked to 2/5ths displayed an american flag on there person.
For every STREET i went down.. every other house had a FLAG.. just like in the picture.. and if not every other house.. you can garantee that SOMEONE on that street will to make my point true..
Im just curious Because we do this here in canada but not as intense as you boys!
Cerwin,
Jeez...of all the posts I could have made, I couldn't have possibly thought that a deers butt could've provoked a political response. I could have come back with a smart *** comment like "Well, I found this Canadian flag in the woods one day and figured I'd just put a doorbell in the middle of it." But I like all of our Candian friends far too much to be so insulting. I know you don't know my history, but my Dad was originally from Northern Wisconsin (Pretty much just across Lake Superior from Canada) and we used to spend quite a bit of time up there and I had quite a few Canadian friends, drank Canadian beer and whiskey and listened to Canadian bands. :headbang: I don't know if in your "travels" you have spent much, or any time in that part of our fair country, but if you did you would know that many businesses and privately owned homes display both the US and Canadian flags. Brinkaplan could probably attest to this as well.
As I write this, I'm listening to the Canadian band, Rush, who you may be familiar with even at your young age. A line to one of their lyrics states "You can't have something for nothing, you can't have freedom for free!" Which brings me to my next point. You may have been traveling during Independence Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, or soon after the WTC Disaster. All times when most US Citizens proudly display our colors in support of those who have sacrificed so much for not only our freedom, but the freedom of others as well, including the French, Chinese, and English. I remember as child that we had many WWII veterans on our street who would raise and lower the flag every day in rememberance of those who did not make it back. The flag means so much more to them than just some sort of blind nationalism, as it does to me as well.
My Dad a Marine, fought in WWII, made three beach heads, and served as an Honor Guard in China, survived to have ten children, of which I'm the last. I watched him get buried in God's green earth, with a 21 gun salute reverberating through the graveyard, in a coffin covered by the flag, which was then presented to my mom by my nephew who was serving in the Marine Corps. Until you have experienced this, which you never will, you have absolutely no business commenting on something you know nothing about.
Those Canadians who fought against Hitler and Hirosito I'm sure are proud as well, and those may be the flags that you see raised in your own country. I'ts a sad thing that many kids, such as yourself, don't understand and appreciate the hardships and sacrifices that your elders have made to ensure that you have the right to fly, or not fly the flag of your choice.