Veterans' Day
Other types of public schools have today off, but not universities. Darn. Who knows what kinds of trouble we'd get into with another "bank holiday" vacation.
This comic pretty much says it all for me. I tend to cringe when I see people plastering their cars/homes/bodies with the American flag. In many cases, these people turn out to be the ultra-conservative right-wingers that annoy me so much. I've also noticed that people who put flags and christian "fish" images on their cars are those with whom I have the least in common.
Veterans' Day should really be about the veterans, and what they've fought for, including the freedom of speech and other principles of the Bill of Rights. And now, more than ever, it seems, we should be making our voices heard in continuing to protect these ideals, particularly, in my case, Article I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Or, we should just move to Canada. :-)
Comments
I don't know about you all, but I have never burned a flag, and see no reason to do so. Nevertheless, the day that flag burning becomes illegal, I will burn a flag in protest.
Posted by: flag burning | December 13, 2004 06:59 PM
Where in Canada? Is it harder to transport dogs across that border? I like to fly a flag, but I don't support a fish. I want people to know I'm a Christian by my actions.
Posted by: Mom | November 15, 2004 12:47 PM
Becka's grandfather, a decorated WWII veteran when asked about flag burning observed that, "the constitution protects his freedom to do that, if that is what his conscience tells him, it also protects my right to punch him in the nose when he does". As a 20 year old lieutenant in 1945, he felt it was these freedoms that were what they were fighting for.
Posted by: becka's mom | November 11, 2004 11:44 AM
I thought you were already going to Canada...Scott made it sound like he'd already gotten the job at Bioware! ;-)
Posted by: Doc Dregs | November 11, 2004 10:22 AM