maybe you should clean your ears more frequently. a flag is just fabric. they wave in the wind, drape coffins and wrap delluded minds in the warm glow of nationalism.

the concepts that people associate with various flags are the things that people need to focus their energies on more. anyone who claims to fight or die for a flag is entirely missing the point. few people would argue with you that liberty, freedom, democracy or justice shouldn't be destroyed. sadly, the very people who should be protecting those ideas are destroying them. i'd rather that they go out and burn some fabric.