Comments on: Does that star-spangled banner yet wave? https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/31/does-that-star-spangled-banner-yet-wave/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/31/does-that-star-spangled-banner-yet-wave/#comment-16923 TB Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:46:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19166#comment-16923 <p>And now, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5930450/all-the-american-flags-on-the-moon-are-now-white" rel="nofollow">-the bad news...-</a></p> Hey, you! Yeah, the French guy over there! Stop laughing! And now, -the bad news…-

Hey, you! Yeah, the French guy over there! Stop laughing!

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/31/does-that-star-spangled-banner-yet-wave/#comment-16868 bowser Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:41:17 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19166#comment-16868 Not meant to be political, simply semantic nit-picking. Not meant to be political, simply semantic nit-picking.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/31/does-that-star-spangled-banner-yet-wave/#comment-16856 bowser Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:06:22 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19166#comment-16856 "We came in peace for all mankind." Wouldn't you think the UN flag would be more appropriate if that sentiment was sincere? And why say "We came in peace"? What does that add, except the implication that we are a warlike country which is giving up something. Would you expect a Lichtenstein or Samoan expedition to say "we came in peace"? Of course not. It's a real feel-good statement with uncomfortable implications. “We came in peace for all mankind.”

Wouldn’t you think the UN flag would be more appropriate if that sentiment was sincere?

And why say “We came in peace”? What does that add, except the implication that we are a warlike country which is giving up something. Would you expect a Lichtenstein or Samoan expedition to say “we came in peace”?

Of course not. It’s a real feel-good statement with uncomfortable implications.

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