Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many of us envy you that, BD. May we one day mature to that level. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Sep 4, 2005, at 1:10 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > B. D. Colen offered: > Subject: Re: [Leica] my flag project is online/ Karen Schreiber > > > >> More to the point - If we live in America, and are Americans, why >> do we have >> to fly flags or plaster flag stickers on our cars to tell people >> that we're >> Americans? The flag has, unfortunately, become a political symbol.<<< >> > > Hi B.D., > We Canadian's have rarely if ever been as demonstrative as you > folks south of the border about who we are, ie: flying the flag of > our country. > > Even Canada Day, celebrated on July 1, one hardly saw but a few > flags here and there any time. But after 9-11 and the show of flags > in your country we kind of changed some what, but still not a big > deal. > > Actually the last time I remember seeing lot's of flags about, car > antennas, homes and other places was.... "When we won the Gold > Medal for hockey at Salt Lake City in the Winter Olympics beating > yer guys! ;-) Now that was a show of flags! :-) > > But politically? Hell that doesn't count around here as the flag > belongs to our country not the game playing image making of > politicians! No matter whom they are. > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >