The First Flagging

[Barrycdog]

Southern Confederacy, Mar. 18, 1862 -- page 2

 

[Pat Young]

So it is ok to desecrate the U.S. flag?

 

[Barrycdog]

Well apparently its a 1st Amendment right like at Valdosta State College. I am not familiar with Bermuda's laws though.

 

[Pat Young]

Well apparently its a 1st Amendment right like at Valdosta State College. I am not familiar with Bermuda's laws though.

So it is a Southern tradition?

 

[Barrycdog]

I think its a college/academia tradition.

 

[Pat Young]

I think its a college/academia tradition.

I have taught at a college for many years and have never seen a flag desecrated.

 

[Barrycdog]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/23/vets-fraternity-members_n_7129150.html

 

[Barrycdog]

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/28863745/valdosta-state-student-protester-now-wanted

 

[Pat Young]

Students from U of Florida and Emory spitting on United States veterans and desecrating an American flag? Sounds like the Civil War is not over in parts of the South. Or maybe they were really drunk.

 

[Barrycdog]

Or maybe they were really drunk.

Another part of academia

 

[Frederick14Va]

Youth and ignorance... regardless of the location or region.... usually found protesting/promoting some political statement... They know it will get media attention..... Its definitely not only found in Southern states as has been implied... It can be found everywhere... however when it occurs in southern states it tends to be more "news worthy" to some of the modern media slants...

On a side note... colleges located in the South are rare to only have a local/regional resident student body... Ive known plenty of students from Northern states attending colleges in southern states... At least at one time the out-of-state tuition rates at many southern based colleges were still less expensive than in-state tuition rates in many Northern states... so they go down south for collage... Just because an individual participating in such deplorable acts is attending a given Southern based college isnt confirmation that they are indeed "Southerners" doing it...

Bermuda... at the time it had a lucrative trade and economic interest in doing business with the Confederacy... would not be far fetched that some vandals didn't care much for the folks there trying to squash that.

 

[RobertP]

Southern Confederacy, Mar. 18, 1862 -- page 2

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All's fair in love in war!

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Well, Bermuda being headquarters to Confederate agents, and a staging post for blockade runners' cotton shipments to England...I can imagine they wanted to show their support to the Confederacy. In their "Bermuda National Trust Museum", they have a section: Rogues and Runners:Bermuda and the American Civil War."

 

[RobertP]

Youth and ignorance... regardless of the location or region.... usually found protesting/promoting some political statement... They know it will get media attention..... Its definitely not only found in Southern states as has been implied... It can be found everywhere... however when it occurs in southern states it tends to be more "news worthy" to some of the modern media slants...

On a side note... colleges located in the South are rare to only have a local/regional resident student body... Ive known plenty of students from Northern states attending colleges in southern states... At least at one time the out-of-state tuition rates at many southern based colleges were still less expensive than in-state tuition rates in many Northern states... so they go down south for collage... Just because an individual participating in such deplorable acts is attending a given Southern based college isnt confirmation that they are indeed "Southerners" doing it...

He knows that.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

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Barry...well, you've done it again. Thanks!

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Side note of Bermuda--with arguably the most beautiful golf courses in the world (I know I took a fair amount of photos there)...I am no golfer, and shanked my entire bag of golf balls on the 9thhole near the ocean; they bounced on people's house roofs and into the drink. I winced.

 

[RobertP]

Side note of Bermuda--with arguably the most beautiful golf courses in the world (I know I took a fair amount of photos there)...I am no golfer, and shanked my entire bag of golf balls on the 9thhole near the ocean; they bounced on people's house roofs and into the drink. I winced.

It is a gorgeous place. We used to stay at the Southhampton Princess, which has their own course. Just beautiful. Like you I'm not a very good golfer but did play a round each time and went through more golf balls than I will admit!

We've got some good friends who lived there for 5 years when he was an insurance exec. He says things are changing, it's not as friendly and open as it once was.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

It is a gorgeous place. We used to stay at the Southhampton Princess, which has their own course. Just beautiful. Like you I'm not a very good golfer but did play a round each time and went through more golf balls than I will admit!

We've got some good friends who lived there for 5 years when he was an insurance exec. He says things are changing, it's not as friendly and open as it once was.

I noticed;

 

[RobertP]

I noticed;

I haven't been back in 15 years but from what I understand the character of Bermuda has changed as they have moved more from a resort mecca to a business, mainly insurance center. Front St. used to have the old local department stores, Trimmingham's and Smith's, which gave it so much local character but are now gone. There has been a rise in racial tensions over the past decade, you used to see none of that.

 

[18thVirginia]

Students from U of Florida and Emory spitting on United States veterans and desecrating an American flag? Sounds like the Civil War is not over in parts of the South. Or maybe they were really drunk.

There are a bunch of emergency meetings currently going on to deal with the out of control level of drunkenness on Panama City Beach by college students during the Spring Break season. Usually, some of them fall off their balconies during this time, some dump their friends whom they think have alcohol poisoning off at the local ERs.

And they need "souvenirs" like American flags to take home.