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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: txradioguy on July 27, 2012, 01:59:12 PM
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A controversy is brewing over whether the United States might break tradition and dip the American flag at the opening ceremony for the London Olympics. However, the American Legion said to do so would not only violate the U.S. Flag Code, but would also be un-American.
Scott Blackmun, the CEO of the United States Olympic Committee, told Reuters they were discussing the matter internally.
“We’ve talked about that a little bit and you never know what is going to happen,†Blackmun told the news agency.
But later a spokesman for the USOC sent Fox News a statement Blackmun’s comments and calling the Reuter’s report “not accurate.â€
“We have made an official recommendation to the athlete, not to dip the flag,†the spokesperson told Fox News. “We have also spoken to the athlete advisory committee and they are in agreement.â€
“We have traditions, Britain has traditions, everybody has traditions,†Blackmun said in remarks covered by Reuters. “It is not an issue that we see as a big issue.â€
But Mike Buss, deputy director of the American Legion, said it is a very big issue.
“No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States,†he said reading from the U.S. Flag Code. “The flag should not be dipped to any person or thing.â€
He said he believes dipping the American flag at tonight’s ceremony would be un-American.
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/will-u-s-dip-american-flag-at-olympic-ceremony.html
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Our flag had better not dip.
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No intention of watching any part of the Olympics.
So please update on what happens...
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Whether or not Barry has anything to say about this, the political reality is, if that flag dips, it's another nail in his political coffin.
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Agree, it cannot be dipped, ever. The fact that there is any discussion about this is very discouraging to me.
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No intention of watching any part of the Olympics.
So please update on what happens...
Yeah I need to know too...I'll already be in bed.
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Easy fix.
No nation should dip their respective flag.
Issue over.
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In 1942, the United States Congress introduced Public Law 829 in the United States Flag Code Public Law. It reads: "That no disrespect should be given to the flag of the United States of America, the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing." In other words, the refusal to flag dip is not a tradition. It is a written law.
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No intention of watching any part of the Olympics.
So please update on what happens...
Same here. I'm already disgusted with the non-stop commercials.
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Needs more boobies.
Then maybe I'd watch.
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Considering that the tradition of not dipping the flag started at the 1908 London Olympics, it would be good to not break it now.
Four years later, in London, England, he repeated as the shot put champion. At the opening ceremony Rose, the US flag bearer, refused (supported by a majority of his mostly Irish-descended US teammates) to dip the flag to the royal box, as other countries did. Martin Sheridan supposedly explained Rose's action with the terse statement, "This flag dips to no earthly king." According to legend, this caused acrimony between the United States and Great Britain. Several decisions by British judges went against American athletes during the games, and U.S. spokesmen felt they stemmed from bias, caused in part by the flag incident. However, there is no reliable evidence that the British spectators objected to Rose's action, nor that Sheridan ever uttered his famous quote, which did not appear in print until 1952.[1]
Ralph Rose Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Rose)
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I WILL BE SO PISSED IF THEY DO THAT!
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"This flag dips to no earthly king." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Rose)
That standard was set at the LAST London Olympics (1908).
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"This flag dips to no earthly king." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Rose)
That standard was set at the LAST London Olympics (1908).
Actually, there have been 3 London Olympics: 1908, 1948, and 2012. But otherwise a correct statement
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Did they reuse to dip it?
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Did they re[f]use to dip it?
LA Slimes says no dip.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/27/sports/la-sp-on-olympic-games-no-flag-dip-for-united-states-at-opening-ceremony-20120727