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Originally Posted by Tarheeler
And once again, apparently it does.
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So you're saying that you have less respect for the image because of what Time did?
Somehow, I doubt it.
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I don't have a problem with them using the picture. It's the fact that they altered it that I think is wrong.
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You are entitled to that opinion, of course. I fail to see the harm or disrespect.
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I'd feel the same if the replaced the flag's stars with M&M's or the Statue of Liberty's torch with an ice cream cone or if they put 'Ol George in a washtub with Donald Duck paddling across the river.
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So do any of these bother you?
M+Ms
Consumerism flag
Tootsie Roll flag
Baseball flag
Jesus flag
Statue of Darth
Photoshopped Liberty
Bush Liberty
Christian Liberty
Armed Liberty
Sword and shield Liberty
Personally, I don't have a problem with any of these uses. Some I think are in better taste than others, but I don't see any of them as innappropriate uses of the imagery.
It's not disrespect.
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I would rather they recognize it correctly, not as a ploy by the media.
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A "ploy"?
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Otherwise, what's the point?
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The image is being used, and thus is circulating in the public consciousness. I think that's a good thing.