tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post380520933826373313..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: On the creepy confederate flagSriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-27711967966186196492015-07-09T23:09:10.403-07:002015-07-09T23:09:10.403-07:00When Ramesh commented that the world has other pre...When Ramesh commented that the world has other pressing issues, I let him off with silly humor.<br />But, when Anne writes "it has never affected me personally," ahem, I need to draw both Anne and Ramesh into the conversation.<br /><br />Most of the stuff that I blog about here doesn't affect me personally. Grexit? Not my hassle because it doesn't affect me personally. The Armenian Genocide? Heck, my grandmothers had barely been born by then and I was not personally affected at all. You get my point.<br />Methinks that you two are ducking out of a critical conversation.<br /><br />Imagine having a conversation on whether the Confederate Flag is as evil as the Nazi one!Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-73004960512469792422015-07-08T21:18:53.154-07:002015-07-08T21:18:53.154-07:00I am undecided on this issue, probably because it ...I am undecided on this issue, probably because it has never affected me personally. I have never lived in the South nor have I lived in a city with a large Black population. <br /><br />Germany banned the Nazi flag. I imagine some people would relate the two flags in their representations of evil and inhumanity. Yet it is part of our country's past. Should we hide it away forever? How will people learn about it if it is so hidden? Is there a theory that the more something is forbidden, the more power it gains?Anne in Salemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-3700414035593462892015-07-08T16:32:37.985-07:002015-07-08T16:32:37.985-07:00Other pressing issues like the Baseball All Stars ...Other pressing issues like the Baseball All Stars game? or Modi in Central Asia? or Kim Kardhashian pregnant? Or ... muahahaha ;)Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-35191647914060731792015-07-08T08:46:32.460-07:002015-07-08T08:46:32.460-07:00A very American issue. I'll leave you guys and...A very American issue. I'll leave you guys and gals to worry about that - the world has other pressing issues occupying its mind :)Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com