From: Richard W. Blalock <>

On Tue, 23 May 2000 08:53:41 -0700, "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l"
 wrote:

>Nah -- not a BIG deal -- but an important small one, as it ignored the
>possibility of the "dual-use" for a given symbol by hateful
individuals who
>have some sort of OTHER claim to the symbol.

OIC. I'm sure there are some "dual-use" individuals when it comes
to the SC battleflag. Mostly uneducated jackoffs.

>Bottom line: This still begs the question about the USE of the symbol by
>those with hateful intent... given that it has an alternate use.

I'm pretty sure there are hate groups who use the US flag as a symbol, like
the far right militia types. The Oklahoma bombing comes to mind. Symbols
mean what we choose them to mean.

- Richard

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