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Originally posted by Snakeeye@Mar 28 2005, 04:25 AM
As an offshoot of this topic, when I was in Seattle two summers ago, I found myself in a rather upscale, beachfront neighborhood across the bay from Seattle Harbour as I was looking for a good shot of downtown. In that neighborhood especially (and in many other communities I've seen in the states) virtually every single house had an American Flag hanging from the front of their houses.
Personally, I couldnt help but to laugh to myself, as it did not come off as being truely patriotic, but rather an entire neighborhood looking at their neighbor and thinking "I had better fly the flag or I will look out of place." It struck me as being false patriotism.
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I think you find that alot with all kinds of things. The ol' 'keeping up with the Jones' phenomena. I think it goes beyond monetary issues into many other aspects of life.
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