[Magdalen] Enjoying a colleague's accent

[ROGER STOKES]

Indeed that is the right place for them. It acknowledges history but does nit suggest past mistakes siould guide present actions.
Roger, currently in O'Hare
 


     On Monday, 22 June 2015, 15:56, Raewynne Whiteley <raewynne1 at gmail.com> wrote:
   

 Last night at the memorial service I attended, a state legislator made the
point that we too have historic flags in our statehouse, some with blood
and/or bullet holes on them.  Some of reside in display cases in the "Flag
Room", which has flags from 1812 through the Gulf War.  It is clearly a
historical display.  Seems to be the correct place for them, rather than
being flown.

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You got it, Allen. And there was more than one southern state that
> included the battle flag as part of their state flag until fairly recently.
> A. Carolina may have been the last. Then they got the compromise of flying
> it on the capitol grounds as an artifact of their history.
>
> Around here the flag indicates hatred and bigotry. I get a clutch in my
> stomach every time I see it. A few years ago I was having some windows put
> in, and one young man showed up wearing a bandana of the flag. I told him
> he would have to remove it before he came in my house. He did.
>
> > On Jun 20, 2015, at 1:32 AM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Seeing a photo of what I've now learned was the Confederate battle flag
> > flying over the state capital in South Carolina reminded me that
> > I've casually wondered, ever since coming from Canada 70 years ago, why a
> > flag with what looks like a St Andrew's cross was called the stars and
> bars.
> >
> > So, I looked it up. I don't think I'd ever seen pictures of actual
> > confederate flags before, which actually do have bars.
> >
> > So in South Carolina they still fly a flag that was actually a battle
> flag,
> > apparently symbolizing the Civil War is actually not yet over?
> >
> >
> > On Friday, June 19, 2015, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> This reminds me that I have wondered why the name for the French
> >> speakers in Belgium
> >
> > --
> > Allan Carr
>