to lower or not to lower, zis eez zee question.
Main Entry: fe·tish
Variant(s): also fe·tich /'fe-tish also 'fE-/
Function: noun
Etymology: French & Portuguese; French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from feitiço artificial, false, from Latin facticius factitious
1 a : an object (as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner; broadly : a material object regarded with superstitious or extravagant trust or reverence
b : an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion : PREPOSSESSION
c : an object or bodily part whose real or fantasied presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression
2 : a rite or cult of fetish worshipers
3 : FIXATION
Friday, June 22, 2007
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It's friggin' silly to lower the flag every time some American warrior or former president or dignitary or annointed passes from the secular. When Ford died, I think the damned flags were at half mast for a month (at least it felt that way). We left the nobility in Europe, folks.
You guys probably already know this, but in WWII (even WWI: click here) the American domestic front had a different way of recognizing the fallen, and that was with a system of stars that mothers and fathers placed in the windows of their homes. They used a certain color of star to denote that they had sons abroad, and another color to denote that their child gave the ultimate sacrifice (to straighten up Pepe's Homeland, and post-war, to pump billions into its infrastructure).
Yes and the whole debate is even sillier. The passion around the flag is, as far as i know, a uniquely american thing. Nowhere else that I know of does that symbol create so much emotion. Any of you travelers have counter-examples (although deciding on a metric for this might prove challenging) ?
and post-war, to pump billions into its infrastructure
I had no idea cash was that dangerous to handle: they really died doing that?
Pepe, it's kind of similar to when you freak out about the defacement of NAMBLA flags and signs.
A rather poor analogy: the constitution protects citizen's right to sodomize whoever they wish whenever they wish, regardless of the recipient's point of view on the matter. To deface that flag is an act that amounts to high treason as it conflicts with our most sacred values. In contrast, the stars & stripes is just another flag.
I thought there was even a danger in knowing too much about the sodomy laws in any of the States (save the weirdos in California).
I can just see that Mississippi Cop (his father, grandfather, and greatgrandfather invariably a 'former' Klan Wizard; his greatgreatgrandfather a French Plantation Owner) saying to Pepe: "So boy, you read the sodomy laws pretty heavily, eh?.... HOW COME!?!"
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