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Friday, October 9, 2009
Image, Power, and Politics
I tried and tried to post the image that i had found about Image, Power, and Politics. I couldn't quite get it to post to the blog site. I know everyone has seen an image of the American flag being burned . Its an image that really bugs me actually. There is always some radical group somewhere across the world that finds it necessary to burn our flag. Being the proud American that I am, i have a real hard time understanding why they feel the need to burn our flag. I know there is alot of animosity and hate directed toward our country for reasons many of us have no idea. I know that our govornment has created most of these feelings from other people and religious groups. Granted our country has been far from perfect in world relations, but at the same time we have also done more good across the world than any other country. It just seems like these other religious groups spend all their energy focusing on every negative things our country has done, and then relate it directly to each American as an individual. Our country has been there for so many different countries during times of distress or disaster, and it pisses me off that none of the great and good things we have done get exposed or appretiated. I mean we have saved several countries and ethnic groups from being wiped off the planet. Where's the "thank you so much!" for all those things. There are so many complex reasons why our country is looked at the way it is, but I feel like we deserve alot more appretiation along with the hate. I hope someday we can achieve a little peace in the world and people can stop warring over nonsense and religion.
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Jim,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Instead of giving news stations across the country video of American's saving a dying mother with child, or a child from a burning building for what our troops are doing overseas, they would much rather send us video of American's waving guns and making us out to be bully's or selfish in getting what we want. We need to hear and see more of the good stuff that our troops are doing, but you know as the media world nows "Bad sells". Thanks for a great piece. Pat K.
Countries seem like they are all hormonal people in a giant gym locker, we don't understand eachother and tend to look at the outside more than the inside. I'm glad you have pride in what your part of and that you notice the pros and cons of America.
ReplyDelete(I'm not really being serious in this but it might make you laugh if you think that maybe by burning our flag, they're calling America hot. Sort of like when a boy would push the girl he liked.)