It was a curious thing to note today. Down at LSU....in Louisiana...the campus had a bit of excitement today. Some guy (Graduate communications student Benjamin Haas) had decided that a US flag had to be burned to say something personal about the killing of bin Laden and the evil American government.
Unlike situations that occur in California....this is Louisiana, where I spent three years of my life. Flag burning...at any campus in the state....is generally not tolerated very well.
The school had given Haas permission to burn the flag....but since he lacked a burn permit.....a key factor in a state that has grass fires left and right during leaf season....he was told burning wasn't going to be allowed by the local county.
Then a problem came up with students who eventually decided to chase the flag burner dude...even with campus security around him. Things didn't go well....as kids shouted: "USA, USA".
At this point of reading up on the event....I kinda stopped and paused.
It's a strange thought process. When it comes to flag burning....you just don't see IHOP managers, Dairy Queen employees, 7-11 guys, folks on welfare, folks who get food stamps, or roofers ever attempting to burn a flag.
So I continued on with this thought process. I've never seen a guy who was a Ford mechanic, or a guy who fixed lawn mowers, or a gal who was a beautician.....who might be willing to burn a flag.
In fact.....I came to realize that it's generally always college students from fancy colleges....not technical colleges or community colleges. You'd never see some 1st year student at a Bible College doing something like this. You wouldn't see an electrical engineer doing something like this.
Generally, the flag burners are all punks who settled in for a four-year degree deal....without much engineering tied to their degree. If it was....they'd be asking themselves questions....which the other flag burners would hate.
In the entire history of America....I doubt if a single septic tank salesman has ever burned a single flag. The same could be said for farmers, diesel mechanics, and blacksmiths.
This might leave you with a long pause in thinking....if you got that point of wondering about things.
Just something to think about.
