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Originally Posted by Suinia
To be honest I've never really understood that obsession America seems to have with it's flag o_o
I mean burning a flag to dispose of it? o_0
-garbage receptical please thanks-
o_o I mean it's just a flag..... o_O
I think I'd burn one if I was in the US in pure spite e_e
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Well, most countries have the same feelings, just not as strongly expressed. Probably the same customs, as well.
The US is still a relatively young country, so it's not unusual that we're still taking ourselves seriously, especially since the US has been a major power for most of its existence.
The rest is just a way of showing respect for the symbol of a country. Just as in England, it used to be illegal to deface pictures of the Queen or King, even on postage stamps, in America we have no monarchy, so the flag stands in as symbol for that personage.