P. J. Alling wrote: > Which confederate flag. The official flag, or the battle flag, (which > never had an official standing, as far as I know), but was used to > minimize confusion between the "Stars and Stripes" and the "Stars and > Bars").
Yes, I understand the deal with the battle flag (what most Americans call the Confederate flag). > I doubt most minorities would even recognize the "Stars and > Bars", which as a "Yankee" I would find much more offensive. Regardless of what it is/was (and knowing that it had no official standing) the confederate "battle flag" is a symbol of racism to most black Americans and it just baffles me why it is flying over the Capitol at Richmond, Virginia. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
