tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post8512671442375695586..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: UPDATED: A 'right' to desecrate the flag?Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-87329559225877437792008-04-17T13:57:00.000-04:002008-04-17T13:57:00.000-04:00Libby, thanks for letting us know that not everyon...Libby, thanks for letting us know that not everyone there condoned this action.<BR/><BR/>So, you're saying the woman who did this is 40? That's something I did not know...<BR/><BR/>As I posted earlier - you and your fellow students need to make stand. You'll certainly have national support for doing so.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-18619467050330095192008-04-17T13:54:00.000-04:002008-04-17T13:54:00.000-04:00Corey - thanks for commenting!I did notice that ma...Corey - thanks for commenting!<BR/><BR/>I did notice that many stepped around the flags and appreciated that.<BR/><BR/>And I agree - if the 'student' can do this, the Veteran certainly can do something as well.<BR/><BR/>What needs to happen is for all the students who object to this to speak up. The military blogs and MSM are picking up on this, so you'll have lots of support for making sure such ridiculousness isn't a continuing practice on your campus.<BR/><BR/>thanks, again, and good luck effecting change!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-25347641303535382762008-04-17T13:03:00.000-04:002008-04-17T13:03:00.000-04:00I am a UMF student, and I just wanted to let peopl...I am a UMF student, and I just wanted to let people know that not all UMF students agree with the administration!! It was absolutely disrespectful, disgraceful, disgusting and anyt negative descriptor I can think of! Please don't think less of UMF students just because of the way in which the administration dealt with this. It never should have happened. Susan Crane, the 40 yr old student who carried out the project, does not represent the student body as a whole in any way whatsoever. Charlie Bennett was completely within his rights to demonstrate against it, and had I been there when he was, I would have stood by his side as would many of my fellow students. As a reminder, many UMF students DID NOT walk on the flags and followed the path that Ms. Crane set up like the little sheep she wanted us to be. It was set up in the most heavily trafficked hallway of our campus, and there was no way around it. It was absolutely inappropriate for her to do such a thing to our national symbol. I don't care what your political views are, you should respect the flag that symbolizes your freedom! Nothing illegal happened here, but the morals that our country was founded on were disgraced and that, to me, is just as bad. I am so disappointed in our administration, and it truly saddens me that the general public now looks upon UMF in a negative light.LibbyBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888413691239439718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-18953860683486136892008-04-17T12:44:00.000-04:002008-04-17T12:44:00.000-04:00Hello,I came across your blog because somebody fro...Hello,<BR/><BR/>I came across your blog because somebody from my school posted a link to it in a facebook forum. I'm a freshman at the University of Maine at Farmington, and I've seen so many news articles and blogs about the event that happened Tuesday. I just want you to know that the majority of us, the huge, probably 95% majority, did step around the flags and many of us were upset about this "social experiment". What angered me most was how our administration treated the veteran. They should have simply allowed him HIS right to protest the event as much as they allowed Susan Crane to do her project.<BR/><BR/>There's a lot of backlash going on because of this, and we're all worried that our tuitions may go up next year due to a lack of applications. This poorly planned event may cause people to turn away from our school - which is really sad, because it is a great place to be.<BR/><BR/>- CoreyCoreyNicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07581532715685022766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-67019878301091282472008-04-16T16:30:00.000-04:002008-04-16T16:30:00.000-04:00If only people could put that much effort into act...If only people could put that much effort into actually doing something instead of trying to prove a point. Got a problem with this country? Make an effort to find a solution. Walking on the flag is only going to piss people off and turn them off to what you are trying to say.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966847290906915571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-61837975496308560802008-04-16T15:44:00.000-04:002008-04-16T15:44:00.000-04:00That reminds me, isn't it about time for spring cl...That reminds me, isn't it about time for spring cleaning..., in the colleges and university, that is...Hooda Thunkit (Dave Zawodny)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13176392380086227377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-793932010470638072008-04-16T12:32:00.000-04:002008-04-16T12:32:00.000-04:00Maggie,I understand that the right of free speech ...Maggie,<BR/><BR/>I understand that the right of free speech is guranteed in the Constitution. I further understand that the First Amendment even guarantess the right to say stupid things. <BR/><BR/>I am forced however to wonder in this PC society of ours, if such free speech would be protected by the college if it were soldiers standing at attention with a flag? I wonder if this had bee a symbol of the Muslim religion it would have been thought about in the same way? I wonder if it had been the flag of another college, would this have been allowed? <BR/><BR/>Unless all points of view are treated equally, this is not free speech.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-46449127956211615172008-04-16T12:12:00.000-04:002008-04-16T12:12:00.000-04:00This is utterly disgraceful! As a former military ...This is utterly disgraceful! As a former military member, it makes me very angry to see our beloved flag being used as "art" ( I use this term very loosely) in such a classless way. Too many men and women have sacrificed their lives for this "piece of cloth" for someone to simply trash it. If you don't like what our flag represents, then move to another country!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00257918101344948032noreply@blogger.com