Originally Posted by
trax
Yeah, RiM, go carve a swastika into your forehead and come back and ask me. People are what they are, but RiM makes a good point, people are also, and symbols are, what the individual perceives. Individuals are going to make those perceptions based on emotional rather than logical thinking, pretty much everytime. If I see someone with a Muslim crescent on his t-shirt I'm not going to go ask his opinion of the state of Israel. Similarly, I see a lot of Che Guevera flags and t-shirts, are all those people ready to start some kind of revolution? Probably not. My thinking is, you've got one country, that flag represents when you had two. Now, here where I live, I see a lot of people flying a Metis flag to show their pride in their heritage, it's a royal blue background with a white infinity symbol. My understanding is that the colors were chosen because of the colors of Quebec's provincial flag. An awful lot of Quebec wants their provincial flag to be their national flag...they want out. I think, until that happens, if and when sort of thing, we're one country and we live under one national flag. I've never seen as much national pride among Canadians over their flag as I see among my American friends and it's something I admire about America, so I think if someone wants to fly a separatist flag, tell them to go ahead and try separating and see how that works out for them.
