Is there a distinction between a flag and a picture of a flag?
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Natter 36: But We Digress...
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§ ita § - Jun 22, 2005 2:34:53 pm PDT #3897 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Jun 22, 2005 2:36:00 pm PDT #3898 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
See my edit -- you're not really supposed to print it on anything impermanent, so a picture of a flag is problematic on its own.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2005 2:36:28 pm PDT #3899 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, that's too funny.
msbelle - Jun 22, 2005 2:39:30 pm PDT #3900 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Poor carrot top Bob.
I KNOW WHO BUDDY BELL IS!!!
I skipped 200 messages, so everyone who said nice stuff about me in the previous 200 messages, please to repeat it. KTHNX
I need to eat some food soon, but preparing it seems like such a big task. I think food will be shrimp and feta cheese with lemon juice and dill.
Connie Neil - Jun 22, 2005 2:39:56 pm PDT #3901 of 10001
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So the flag, in flag design and flag proportion, should not be on the back of my car. I'll mention it to Hubby. I suppose all those stickers with billowing stripes of red white and blue are a way to get around that, then.
DavidS - Jun 22, 2005 2:41:35 pm PDT #3902 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I KNOW WHO BUDDY BELL IS!!!
He did play for the Texas Rangers.
DavidS - Jun 22, 2005 2:44:01 pm PDT #3903 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jessica - Jun 22, 2005 2:44:30 pm PDT #3904 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The rules are stricter in DC:
Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale, or to public view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words 'flag, standard, colors, or ensign', as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America.
Yikes.
Jesse - Jun 22, 2005 2:45:38 pm PDT #3905 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Poor Bob!
I wonder if, like, ten stars and three stripes counts as "The Flag."
Tom Scola - Jun 22, 2005 2:45:51 pm PDT #3906 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Gahh!
That needs to come with a stronger warning.