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[Wayne Price]

Paul,


YOU are 100% right  about this!  It all has to be placed in CONTEXT!   
Amazing how many people commented about this one and haven't seen it.
And talk about a tempest in a tea pot!

Let me give you an example. Today there is splashed in Vision 2020, a  
musical group that was at the Farmers Market, and when I was passing  
by they were singing a song that
could be considered to be a "pro-spousal abuse" song. I don't see any  
gnashing of teeth or renting of cloth over that one!


Wayne Price











On Jul 14, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Paul Rumelhart wrote:

>
> We're talking about a historical display in which the use of a flag  
> from that time period simply as a prop makes sense.  Do you think it  
> was the intent of the historical society to offend people who... are  
> easily offended by this symbol?
>
> You seem to be arguing that we shouldn't, for example, show an image  
> of a swastika on a web page that explains what the swastika is.  Are  
> these images *so* offensive that we need to eradicate them from our  
> society completely?  If so, how do you plan on getting every single  
> person on-board with this?
>
> I just think that the right not to be offended is subordinate to the  
> right to free expression.  Of course, we're talking about the  
> Courthouse here which brings in different issues, I realize.  But  
> generally, I think this is true.
>
> I'll leave it to the historical society or whoever it was that put  
> up this display to defend it's educational value.
>
> I just don't understand the vehemence here.  I get offended  
> occasionally by things I see on TV or signs or the occasional  
> commercial or advertisement I run across.  When that happens, I  
> shake my head at their foolishness, recognize that people have other  
> viewpoints and the right to express them, and move on without  
> creating a big stink about it.  In my opinion, if everybody did that  
> we'd live in a much less confrontational and less divisive world.
>
> Paul