[Peace] Fwd: peace flags

[Al Kagan]

>Delivered-To: akagan at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
>From: "Katherine" <powellkatherine at hotmail.com>
>To: <kagan at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
>Subject:
>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:46:14
>Status:  
>
>A web site, http://peaceflags.org , is
>offering American peace flags -- Betsy Ross style
>flags with the 50 stars in the shape of a peace
>symbol.  It is a means for people to show
>patriotism without apparently showing support for
>war, something many flag bearers in this country
>have been conflicted about. So many Americans
>following the attacks have wanted to express
>sadness and show solidarity -- as Katha Pollitt
>wrote in last week's "Nation Magazine", the
>American flag is the only available symbol -- but
>have worried that waving a flag means joining in
>on the cries for retaliatory bloodshed.  There is
>more discussion about this at the site,
>http://peaceflags.org (note that peaceflags is plural)
>
>Peace
>
>- Katherine Powell

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Al Kagan
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