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[Travis Fast]

Honestly Doug, suggesting that the anarchists are 14 symbolic steps ahead 
of the general population...really, no I just do not believe it.  Only in 
the US could anarchists raise the antithetical symbolism of flag burning to 
that of cross burning.  Only in the US could people be that upset by 
it.  If you burn our flag you get caramelized maple sugar, but, then, 
Canadians have always suffered from flag envy.

Travis

At 02:43 PM 15/10/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Chuck0 wrote:
>
>>I stand by my words about flag-waving. You bring an American flag to a
>>demo these days, be prepared to see it burn.
>
>Fucking hell, Chuck. I can see not wanting to wave a flag - I couldn't do 
>it myself. But burning it? What does that accomplish except to marginalize 
>yourself? You're not going to win any friends that way. And you'd alienate 
>people like me, who aren't terribly sympathetic to the "reclaim the flag" 
>argument, but still see no point in such acting out. What's your idea of a 
>political base if you can tolerate alienating about 99.8% of your onlookers?
>
>Doug