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Torn flag

uploaded by osseous May 23, 2008 at 05:25 am
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Title: Torn flag

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Created: Fri, 05/23/2008 - 5:25am

Modified: Fri, 05/23/2008 - 5:25am

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osseous

at 06:06 on May 23rd, 2008

Perhaps the dilemma lies in not in the piece of cloth but in the meaning behind the fabric. Objectively, why would anyone care about anything more than a torn pillow case? The problem is of course in the symbolism, and representation the flag stands for. A torn flag could conjure images of a torn America for some people and disrespect for what America is. I saw this torn flag in front of a residential home and found it interesting that the inhabitants were proud enough to go through the trouble of flying a flag yet careless enough to neglect it.