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Re: [OM] God bless the USA

Subject: Re: [OM] God bless the USA
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 10:16:46 +1000
Postmodernism mate. 
The response of the viewer is just as valid as the intent of the creator!  :-)
BS of course.
Andrew Fildes
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On 13/05/2013, at 2:14 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> While Jesus and the USA are tightly linked in many places in this 
> country I think you guys are reading too much into this little sign.  In 
> how many other ways could this little (short and very wide) sign be 
> displayed?  Yes, it's a cross-bar on an upright but the bar is not 
> centered on the upright.  If you ask me the old post and support 
> probably used to support a mailbox.  The guy made use of what he had. 
> Similarity to a cross is a bit strained I think.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> On 5/12/2013 6:34 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> Chris
>> 
>> I'll have a look through your collection, something I admit that I have done 
>> for a few years.
>> 
>> I had forgotten that link between Jesus and the USA (is that an "inalienable 
>> right", I wonder).
>> 
>> But I suppose that I meant that the patriotic message was somehow 
>> compromised by its position on the cross, an instrument of death, of 
>> ignomony.  That positioning compromises the message of the country's 
>> greatness.  But it also adds to the artistry and perhaps to the humorous 
>> irony of the image's message.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> On 12 May 2013, at 11:06, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> You'll find in my photos of Indiana that patriotism and Christianity are
>>> often indistinguishable here. People here truly think Jesus Christ loves
>>> only Americans, NO ONE else.
>> 
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