tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post4363918531660977030..comments2024-01-11T04:31:58.232-08:00Comments on oxymoronredundancyparadoxtrap: illegal t-shirtsBenjamin Adyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-52710065179802965312007-06-07T09:40:00.000-07:002007-06-07T09:40:00.000-07:00This is psychotic. These soldiers have been nothin...This is psychotic. These soldiers have been nothing but a symbolic exploitation of our "amazing", "unbelievable", "terrific" military. And when used in the context of the right wing agenda its perfectly fine even positive to use their names EVERYWHERE. However, the moment it becomes a different message...our first amendment is torn away from us like candy from a baby. These people chose to be part of something that is so severe, so extreme. They chose to be part of an invasion. The families need to accept that they are more than family members. These dead soldiers are symbolic of a severed relationship between the American Administration and many of its people. Deal with it.<BR/><BR/>Hopeful <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-91418234026653555022007-05-26T10:53:00.001-07:002007-05-26T10:53:00.001-07:00I guess I was thinking about wearing the shirt as ...I guess I was thinking about wearing the shirt as a great conversation starter, hopefully with the idea of getting to *listen* to other people's thoughts and ideas.Benjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-79208345440469462242007-05-26T10:53:00.000-07:002007-05-26T10:53:00.000-07:00John, Yeah, I kind of feel for the families as we...John,<BR/><BR/> Yeah, I kind of feel for the families as well. The thing is, .... it seems to me that by choosing to be a soldier and get involved in the war, these individuals chose to somehow place the meaning of their lives, and their names, in a bigger context than just that of their families. So it seems to me that somehow their families no longer own the meaning or the use of their names so specifically. Does that make sense? Mabye that's just incredibly arrogant of me to say. I hope not.<BR/><BR/> Glad you like the name of my blog =)<BR/><BR/> Sonja,<BR/><BR/> yeah, it's intersting to me how the way in which our nation was birthed in violence and individualism continue to be played out. Do you think it's reasonable to gently imagine that this flag, and the way in which it was violently stood up for, is somehow connected to our current flag, and the way in which we continue to use violence to promote our own intersts as a nation?Benjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-85591380647140676892007-05-25T20:30:00.000-07:002007-05-25T20:30:00.000-07:00How have I missed a blog with as cool of a name as...How have I missed a blog with as cool of a name as yours?!<BR/><BR/>I personally don't care a whole lot what the government thinks on this one, I care what the family's think. And if they're upset by the use of the names, then I'd personally respect that.<BR/><BR/>However, I think that these shirts make a very necessary political statement that I do support. And I think that each person who died could have been represented some other way. For example there could be an "x" or something representing every solider who's died.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335936.post-90437522421011298052007-05-25T13:09:00.000-07:002007-05-25T13:09:00.000-07:00Yeah ... I'll buy one of those t-shirts. Here's wh...Yeah ... I'll buy one of those t-shirts. <BR/><BR/>Here's what I think about the government intervention ... <BR/><BR/>The First Amendment.<BR/><BR/>OTOH ... if the families are "chagrined" they are "free" to file suit against the manufacturer and get him stop producing them. The government should not be in the middle of it at all. I can think of several rather unbecoming gestures I'd like to make ... but I won't.<BR/><BR/>But it brings to mind this <A HREF="http://www.gadsden.info/" REL="nofollow">flag</A> that was popular during the Revolutionary War.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com