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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (31212)10/8/2001 3:09:38 PM
From: J. C. Dithers  Read Replies (3) of 82486
 
Do you feel private businesses cannot set there own policies?

I sure do, X. And you would too, if the policy were that women can only be employed as typists.

The flag-banning was reported in the one firm and in one university (big surprise) that I know of. It likely happened in other cases that I did not see or which were not reported. These two institutions quickly bowed to public pressure, but I would favor a law guaranteeing every American the right to display our country's flag at a place of employment. Exceptions would have to have a real good reason, which most definitely could not be that "it might offend someone" -- the reason give in in the two known cases.

What astounds me is that we are always being cajoled to respect other cultures when we travel and not to insist on forcing American ways upon others. It is taken for granted that we certainly have no right to be "offended" by what we see in these other cultures, most definitely not by the sight of their own flag flying somewhere..

So, when we are in our own homeland, why are we being told that we must be careful not to offend others by displaying our own flag? Who are "these others," and what right do they have to be offended at the mere sight of an American flag ... in America?
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