Pissed off again
Government Teat-sucker
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Virginia Beach
Your new avatar is distracting.
I both understand the reason you wave the flag and the fact that it might be distracting to passers-by. I can't see how it is such a distraction as to be dangerous, though. I fully support your right to show your patriotism, but, unfortunately, I also fully support the rights of people to complain. You are clearly a patriot, but you can't force others to be the same. If there is, indeed, a law forbidding what you're doing, then you really shouldn't complain when someone enforces the law. I think I may have an alternative for you, though...
...spray paint an American flag on the overpass.
Something like this:
I both understand the reason you wave the flag and the fact that it might be distracting to passers-by. I can't see how it is such a distraction as to be dangerous, though. I fully support your right to show your patriotism, but, unfortunately, I also fully support the rights of people to complain. You are clearly a patriot, but you can't force others to be the same. If there is, indeed, a law forbidding what you're doing, then you really shouldn't complain when someone enforces the law. I think I may have an alternative for you, though...
...spray paint an American flag on the overpass.
Something like this:
Moderator
Joined: May 2007
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From: Greenfield, MA
You're a bad boy Hank...I guess you'll have to find some other place to wave the flag...the flag of the greatest country on earth!!! I can understand that the laws are in place for a reason though.
FTE Legend
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From: Millersville, MD
He doesn't want to get shot - he wants to wave the flag of the United States!
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Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Southern Louisiana
I will practice a little free speech of my own now. While you say you are patriatioc, I beleive that you enjoy the idea of being patriotic more then you are actually showing. Actions speak louder then words, and your actions is showing no respect for anything that the country stands for, from repeatedly causing enough of a scene that the police have been called out and told you to leave more then once (according to your original post), to having a disrespectful remark about the country's leader in your signature. Despite opinions and beliefs about the job he is doing, IMO his position should be respected. Being a patriotic American goes beyond waving a flag sir.
You still haven't answered the question as to what you are hoping to accomplish.
Super Duty
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: NW IN.
Postmaster
Joined: Apr 2000
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From: North of Tulsa, Oklahoma
I'm a veteran and appreciate your patriotism and enthusiasm. But please find a better way to display the colors and maybe put a lighted flag pole in your yard. The rubber neckers on the highway are just going to slow even more trying to get a good look at someone waving a big flag on an overpass.
Ooooohhhhh. Better yet-----put a flag pole in your truck bed and let the colors fly everytime you drive. We had a few guys do that locally when Sept 11th happened. It was inspirational and i was very proud to see them displayed that way.
Ooooohhhhh. Better yet-----put a flag pole in your truck bed and let the colors fly everytime you drive. We had a few guys do that locally when Sept 11th happened. It was inspirational and i was very proud to see them displayed that way.
Last edited by cigarxtc; Apr 22, 2011 at 06:20 PM. Reason: more info
Post Fiend
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 9,176
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From: Western Central NV
One thing I know is that an overpass is a bad place to be doing what your doing. For one, as said, it is a distraction. But please remember that is wasn't all that many years ago that people were shooting guns, & throwing things off of overpasses in California. So Police & drivers that remember that, I'm sure it causes fear when they see someone hanging anything off the overpasses. Because of all the problems most all overpasses have extra high fences, or now high walls, because of all the crap like that. I'm not sure but there may also be ordinances that prohibit hanging out on overpasses.
A true patriot doesn't take actions that can cause injury or fear to others. There are much better ways to show your Patriotism. Like a guy does in Southern Nevada he walks the streets handing out copies of the Bill of Rights, He carries a flag & a sidearm on his hip, & waves to passing people. Open carry is legal in most of Nevada. Pretty much everyone knows him & the Police leave him alone. He is a very interesting man to talk to. He is very non threatening.
Craig
A true patriot doesn't take actions that can cause injury or fear to others. There are much better ways to show your Patriotism. Like a guy does in Southern Nevada he walks the streets handing out copies of the Bill of Rights, He carries a flag & a sidearm on his hip, & waves to passing people. Open carry is legal in most of Nevada. Pretty much everyone knows him & the Police leave him alone. He is a very interesting man to talk to. He is very non threatening.
Craig
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Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Whittier, CA
Hank, maybe you ought to try just hanging the flag on the overpass every morning, and picking it up every night. Waving it at the cars is probably the distraction. If I saw some guy every morning on my commute, on the overpass every morning, waving a flag, I would probably think he has a screw loose. And if there is a screw loose, no telling what the guy might do. Remember, we know you here and you ain't crazy, but the drivers don't. They just see some crazy guy. It's pretty low down for them to call the cops, but I am not surprised.