Confederate Battle Flag:Hate or History

[B Wilson]

do provinces in Canada need federal approval of provincial flags and where they can be displayed ?

[flowerjohn]

http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/ECO_FlagPro_14.pdf

There's some good info about pei there. There is a national flag act in canada from the sixties. It's more about protocol than laws. Hope that helps.

[dutchhunter]

did anybody watch the SONS OF LIBERATY last night ,,,great show ,,the americans must really hate the british flag should it be banned to ,,,this political correctness is going way to far ..D

[JoePa]

Another big mistake people make is that they judge people who lived long ago under entirely different circumstances with the attitude that exists today - slavery for instance was a common thing throughout history - as long as recorded history exists - tribes made war on other tribes and took prisoners and made slaves out of them - many people were bond servants - that is just the way things were - it wasn't until the 18th century that the moral question of slavery began - and I'll tell you something - there are things being done today that no doubt will be looked at in the future as something terrible - and people will wonder how in the world was these things done -

[fishermccann]

So when you realize that they are wrong, you fix them, not carry on because that is the way they were done in the past.

[flowerjohn]

So when you realize that they are wrong, you fix them, not carry on because that is the way they were done in the past.

I'm just not sure what an all out ban on the flag fixes. It just kind of seems revisionist and patronizing to me. I think that if the United States is serious about addressing what is an extremely complicated and lengthy cultural lack of dialogue with the black minority and its treatment they may want to look at making reparations. Now don't you all jump all over me too bad for that. It's just a white Canadian guys opinion which according to some shouldn't matter anyway. This is a very important dialogue IMO. Cheers

[JoePa]

Reparations - what do you think the welfare system is - generations have been living off the public - food stamps, housing, medical care, education, cash - you name it -

[flowerjohn]

Reparations - what do you think the welfare system is - generations have been living off the public - food stamps, housing, medical care, education, cash - you name it -

Yeah. I know the r word is not very favourable to most Americans. I get it. It's a tough issue.

[yellow dog]

What country does the confederate flag represent, it represents an ideal which a lot of people who live in the south do not agree with so it doesn't belong on any public buildings.They should have been forced to take it down by the federal government when they lost the war.

Exactly !

[fishermccann]

52 % of South Carolina is black, if they put it to a vote do you think that flag would still fly?