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To: epicure who wrote (60208)	7/23/2001 9:06:52 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

When all that controversy was going on over the SC flag flying over their capitol I did a humor column on that very issue that ran with two very serious pieces, once from each side. I was always surprised that I didn't get nasty notes from one or both of them since I essentially was saying, oh get a grip. We have choices in how we perceive our world. We don't have to see insults and hate everywhere we turn, and we also have it in our power NOT to insult and hate, to be sensitive to the results of our actions on others. Is hanging a Confederate flag in the back window of the pickup really necessary for someone to feel pride about his heritage when he knows what that flag is saying to a large group of people whose own ancestors suffered under that symbol? Of course not. But I also don't believe that it's necessary for someone to look at it and immediately decide the flagowner is a racist, ignorant redneck and demand that the flag not only shouldn't be in his truck, but not allowed in his yard, home, or tattooed on his chest if he wants. I loved your last sentence because it was a perfect example of the difference between taking pride in something and being insensitive about it. Then there's people like my husband who has ancestors that came over on the Mayflower and thus some who fought in every war we've had, including the Civil War--one great-great uncle was a doctor who came home and refused to practice medicine ever again after what he'd seen- but don;t ask Dan for which side the uncle fought. He doesn't know and he doesn;t care.