Irony for Veteran's Day
Nov. 11th, 2005 07:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saint_monkeySo, the other day we were watching the news, and it was all about this guy that had a US flag stolen from his yard. He had been flying it 24-7 in support of his brother in Iraq. He was going to give the worn, weatherbeaten flag to his brother after he returned, as a symbol "of something that showed how long you were over there." But one of his neighbors, not knowing the symbolic nature of his gesture, took his flag in secret, and left a new one with a note that said "Treat this one with more respect."
This did get to me, because this guy had made the flag a touching personal symbol, a representation of a concept that was important to him, and his intentions were undermined by someone who thought that he was disrespecting something that was a touching personal symbol, a representation of a concept important to them.
I can not find a link to this story, but apparantly theft of flags is a big deal on slow news days.
Fortunately, his brother will probably be in Iraq long enough for the new flag to get nice and tattered as well.
This did get to me, because this guy had made the flag a touching personal symbol, a representation of a concept that was important to him, and his intentions were undermined by someone who thought that he was disrespecting something that was a touching personal symbol, a representation of a concept important to them.
I can not find a link to this story, but apparantly theft of flags is a big deal on slow news days.
Fortunately, his brother will probably be in Iraq long enough for the new flag to get nice and tattered as well.
