[Leica] New Paw

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

I think you covered it pretty well, ken.

Ric Carter
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On Jan 8, 2006, at 6:34 AM, Kenneth Frazier wrote:

>
> On Jan 8, 2006, at 6:00 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>> but what does it mean if people in the States show it today?
>
> It means a number of different things to different groups of  
> people.  I was born and reared in the Southern United States, and  
> when I was in the 6th and 7th grades, the Confederate Battle Flag  
> was still displayed in our classrooms, and we sang, every morning a  
> song called "Dixie."  It was, I think, a way of affirming an  
> allegiance to a long-lost past, a past that was still revered and  
> honored by many older people, whose memories of their grandparents  
> went back to the Civil War, or the War between the States, as it  
> was also called.  My maternal Grandfather still recalled his  
> families losses during that war, and recalled them with bitterness.
>
> For many now, it is something different, I suspect.  It has come to  
> be used as a means of affirming allegiance to a particular  
> lifestyle, which could be called "redneck."  It is also used as a  
> way of affirming the individual's right to total independence and  
> individual liberty, as in the right to bear arms, as is indicated  
> in Tina's photo.  It is also used by folk who are racial  
> segregationists, or, to put it bluntly, racists.
>
> Others on the list can probably add more to this.
>
> Peace,
>
> Ken
>
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