This, btw, is what Purrybonker posted before he thought to edit himself in his last post:
"This I can't leave alone -
superman's (iconically speaking) goosebumps and eyewetting - while considering the flag is very close to the root of anything/everything that is bad about America. It is exactly that emotion (pride, melancoly - or any other piddling emotation) that eclipes collective reason as to how America sees itself in relation to the rest of the world.
Pride had a place in the building of America. Now it's time to evolve to a plane of existance that seeks sustenance in intellect and compassion rather than base emotions.
I'll duck now..."
You can duck, Canuck, but you can't hide! (The quote+backspace keys are not your friends).