{"id":432,"date":"2007-01-30T09:47:26","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T14:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=432"},"modified":"2007-01-30T18:47:40","modified_gmt":"2007-01-30T23:47:40","slug":"a-far-better-use-of-little-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/01\/30\/a-far-better-use-of-little-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"A far better use of little flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in September I had <a href=\"http:\/\/unhinderedbytalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/09\/11\/what-do-we-choose-to-remember-about-september-11th\/\">a good moan<\/a> about some students here sticking a bunch of <em>American<\/em> flags in the ground to commorate September 11th, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Desert Donkey just gave me a pointer to a far better use of little flags.  At the University of Oregon a group is setting out flags to represent those killed in the fiasco in Iraq &#8211; red for American soldiers and white for Iraqis.  Very powerful stuff.  There&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/media.www.dailyemerald.com\/media\/storage\/paper859\/news\/2007\/01\/22\/Slideshows\/Iraq-Body.Count.Memorial-2656979.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailyemerald.com&#038;MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com\">nice photo essay<\/a> that does an excellent job of giving a sense of the thing, and I definitely recommend it; the photo below is one such image:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/media.www.dailyemerald.com\/media\/storage\/paper859\/news\/2007\/01\/22\/Slideshows\/Iraq-Body.Count.Memorial-2656979.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailyemerald.com&#038;MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.collegepublisher.com\/media\/paper859\/stills\/ws9b4hr0.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"Iraq war rememberance flags at U of Oregon\" vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in September I had a good moan about some students here sticking a bunch of American flags in the ground to commorate September 11th, 2001. Desert Donkey just gave me a pointer to a far better use of little flags. At the University of Oregon a group is setting out flags to represent those &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/01\/30\/a-far-better-use-of-little-flags\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A far better use of little flags&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[20,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-6Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":777,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/01\/17\/stalking-the-elusive-union-jack\/","url_meta":{"origin":432,"position":0},"title":"Stalking the elusive Union Jack","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"17 Jan 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Coming from a country where we thump our chests and wave our flags at nearly any provocation, one is struck here by the near absence of flags and their waving. They can be found, however. You just need to sneak up on them very, very quietly...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":384,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/09\/11\/what-do-we-choose-to-remember-about-september-11th\/","url_meta":{"origin":432,"position":1},"title":"What do we choose to remember about September 11th?","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"11 Sep 06","format":false,"excerpt":"Today our campus mall was graced with zillions of little paper American flags as part of one of the many \"Don't forget\" events on this, the 5th anniversary of the tragedy of September 11th. 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