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    Confederate flag dress at the prom?

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    But...I generally disagree with the SC on the issue, as I fail to see how the display of a symbol can constitute an immediate threat.  Particularly one such as the Confederate flag, which symbolizes racism and slavery to some...and states' rights to others.  Which definition of the symbol is more accurate?  Whose job is it to decide?  The essence of the First Amendment is to keep the responsibility for answering those questions out of the hands of the federal government. 

     

    Your final quote, though, is most telling.  You want to practice freedom of speech and display the Stars and Bars...fine.  That's your right.  But with freedom comes responsibility...so if you want to be free to display the Confederate flag, you better be responsible enough to understand and handle the ramifications of your actions.  Which means, if someone wants to point out to the world that they think your a racist pig for displaying it...well, even if it was only a statement for states' rights, you should have known what you were getting into.

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    It might not constitute an immediate threat but, it serves to intimidate. By creating an intimidating demeanor you are abridging one's freedom to live peacefully.

     

    Wouldn't the Confederate battle flag be considered the same kind of symbol as a KKK burning cross? What fear did that flag bring to a African-American during the war? Wouldn't they have been treated as run-away slaves by the approaching Confederate Army? So, I argue that the flag since its inception has instilled and ingrained the fear amongst African-Americans that it upholds the return to slavery.

     

    There has been a lot of revisionist fancy footwork in the last 140 years. Cut through it all and it symbolizes that if you were of African decent and came across an approaching Confederate Army you would be:

     

    1. Returned/took into the bonds of slavery.

    2. Killed.

     

    Or... If you were in Union uniform and taken prisoner... Immediately lynched or shot... That flag represents those dire consequences... Nothing good has ever come from it for African-Americans.

     

     

    The last part of your post I couldn't agree more with.

    I think everyone should switch their avatar....

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Great...the percussion section's filled out.  Now we need strings and some woodwinds...  :P

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    Something about the string section and "band" has me a little jumpy... I keep thinking about that Woody Allen scene (as a kid) where he attempted to play in the "band" as a cello player... He kept stopping, sitting down, only to keep picking up his chair as the band moved on. Too funny!

     

    What movie was that again? Brighton Beach Memoirs?

     

    :doh::D

    Don't say Merry Christmas!

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted

    Good way to keep the discussion going. Find one little word amongst many, twist it into something its NOT and then accuse the poster of something reprehensible based on that one word.

     

    Dont be an !@#$. I was just trying to say that if I'm speaking with someone who is most likely jewish.

     

    Care to comment on the REST of the post, or would that ruin your pathetic attempt to hurl a stupid insult for no damned good reason?

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    You are such a stand-up guy.

     

    Lighten up... I was just being funny... It just struck me as so "Archie Bunkereque."

     

    "He who laughs last, lasts"

     

    Oh... Feliz Navidad

     

    :P

    Does anyone get the impression that some fee....l

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Rudy, it seems like the Xanax isn't doing much for you. Are you familiar with Thorazine?

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    :P

     

    That leads me to one of the best songs ever!

     

    Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go

    I wanna be sedated

    Nothing to do, no where to go, oh

    I wanna be sedated

     

    Just get me to the airport, put me on a plane

    Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane

    I can't control my fingers, I can't control my brain

    Oh no oh oh oh oh

     

    Just put me in a wheelchair, get me on a plane

    Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane

    I can't control my fingers, I can't control my brain

    Oh no oh oh oh oh

     

    Just put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show

    Hurry hurry hurry, before I go loco

    I can't control my fingers, I can't control my toes

    Oh no oh oh oh oh

     

    Just put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show

    Hurry hurry hurry, before I go loco

    I can't control my fingers, I can't control my toes

    Oh no oh oh oh oh

     

    Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated

    Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated

    Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated

    Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated

    How is the weather in Amherst

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    I say PRESS ON! How bad can it be?... I remember many a trip driving down the middle of both lanes on I-90 between Erie and Buffalo... Those bands of snow squalls can be a son of pup... Yet, short lived.

     

    Just take it easy and use your head. If you really don't feel comfortable... Rest.

     

    Take care and Godspeed!

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