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Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen:
i've found it possible to acknowledge the world around me without feeling uncomfortable. it y'haven't, i think thats unfortunate, but should hardly require me to.
You made a big leap of faith there, Rob. I never said any such thing. Furthermore, I haven't--and would never--"require(d)" you do so.

Looking through some of your posts, I see your emphasis on symbolism to be our major point of departure. A symbol can represent whatever someone wants; they can be twisted and molded to fit in any number of ways.

I'm interested in ideas. Ideas don't stand for anything precisely because they're ideas. No one can burn an idea: it stands on its own. Now, if you take away the flag (don't ask the Native Americans here in New Mexico what it symbolizes to them) and what do you have?

What does America look like when the flag is set aside and the patriotism dies down?