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Poet fined for insulting Mexican flag

World May. 09, 2008 - 02:18AM JST ( 4 )

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SezWho2May. 09, 2008 - 09:36AM JST

Utter inanity.

Flags are symbolic and have no value in themselves. Poems about flags are one step removed from the value of flags.
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WhiteHawkMay. 09, 2008 - 10:52PM JST

People get Nobel Prizes, Oscars, and NEA funding for doing that to the U.S. flag...
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SezWho2May. 10, 2008 - 08:47AM JST

WhiteHawk,

I don't think they get the award for doing that to the flag. I think they get the awards for making observations and the flag is one of the symbols they use to express their observations.
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unscrejectsMay. 10, 2008 - 11:20PM JST

"My ode to the flag"

Flag, flag, oh ugly flag How I hate thee You fluttering rag

What could be so special To have you wave in such majesty Cinqo de Mayo perhaps Or the death throes of NAFTA I suppose

Whatever it is that nature's bellows Find so pleasing as to blow you full spread Unabashed o'er the hot Chihuahua sun I say bollocks to both the two of you You misreable mix of cheap nylon and yarn