Flag Desecration
Whatever the fate of the proposed amendment that would make it illegal to desecrate the U.S. flag, I hope one form of desecration is covered. On July 1, small plastic flags were placed in the yards of my and other houses in Westchester, with a note and the smiling face of a local real estate agent. Each flag was in fact an advertisement for the agent’s services.
If some people object to the commercialism of Christmas, I object to this transparent and cynical commercialization of the flag. Or perhaps in our aggressively capitalist society using the flag to make a buck is sacred but using the flag to make a political point is not.
HENRY HESPENHEIDE, Los Angeles
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