Controversal photo?

I saw this news article this morning talking about controversial photo.  Honestly I don't get the fuss.  Do you? abcnews.go.com/US/photographer-fights-ba...re/story?id=29557727

We've become a nation of whiners, and our media loves to beat it to death. They made you look, no?

I got drawn into this one too.  

effron wrote: We've become a nation of whiners, and our media loves to beat it to death. They made you look, no?

+ 1

And welcome to politics.

Kelly

I am an Australian and I high respect our service people and those who serve their country. I think it is good photo and do not get the fuss. to me it look patriotic. why would anyone think otherwise?

It's not considered to be a proper way to display the US flag. I don't think they may have realized that or meant any disrespect, if anything it seems to be meaningful to them. It might have been worth checking with an organization like the scouts or retired military etc. as to what's considered appropriate ways to display the flag.

The idea of using it as a sling to put a baby in isn't a good idea anyway (from my perspective in early intervention). Those type carriers can be dangerous depending on the baby's age if the child is positioned with the chin on the chest; if the baby cannot yet lift the head the child may not be able to breathe.

So this was probably not the best idea although it might have had good intentions.

icepics wrote: It's not considered to be a proper way to display the US flag. I don't think they may have realized that or meant any disrespect, if anything it seems to be meaningful to them. It might have been worth checking with an organization like the scouts or retired military etc. as to what's considered appropriate ways to display the flag.

The idea of using it as a sling to put a baby in isn't a good idea anyway (from my perspective in early intervention). Those type carriers can be dangerous depending on the baby's age if the child is positioned with the chin on the chest; if the baby cannot yet lift the head the child may not be able to breathe.

So this was probably not the best idea although it might have had good intentions.

There's actually a Federal Law covering that.    See United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10.

www.usflag.org/uscode36.html#36

hghlndr6 wrote:

icepics wrote: It's not considered to be a proper way to display the US flag. I don't think they may have realized that or meant any disrespect, if anything it seems to be meaningful to them. It might have been worth checking with an organization like the scouts or retired military etc. as to what's considered appropriate ways to display the flag.

The idea of using it as a sling to put a baby in isn't a good idea anyway (from my perspective in early intervention). Those type carriers can be dangerous depending on the baby's age if the child is positioned with the chin on the chest; if the baby cannot yet lift the head the child may not be able to breathe.

So this was probably not the best idea although it might have had good intentions.

There's actually a Federal Law covering that.    See United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10.

www.usflag.org/uscode36.html#36

Wow, that is really detailed

icepics wrote: It's not considered to be a proper way to display the US flag. I don't think they may have realized that or meant any disrespect, if anything it seems to be meaningful to them. It might have been worth checking with an organization like the scouts or retired military etc. as to what's considered appropriate ways to display the flag.

The idea of using it as a sling to put a baby in isn't a good idea anyway (from my perspective in early intervention). Those type carriers can be dangerous depending on the baby's age if the child is positioned with the chin on the chest; if the baby cannot yet lift the head the child may not be able to breathe.

So this was probably not the best idea although it might have had good intentions.

I agree 100%. People want to make this a issue of disrespect but it should be one of the safety of an infant.

I find so much humor in this.  Not so much of the image, just how this get's blown out of proportion! 

Don Granger wrote: I find so much humor in this.  Not so much of the image, just how this get's blown out of proportion! 

+1 Agree!!

 Not seeing this a big deal 

Roy Wilson wrote:

Don Granger wrote: I find so much humor in this.  Not so much of the image, just how this get's blown out of proportion! 

+1 Agree!!

+2
People getting all worked up with this just need to go out and find something to fill their empty hours, because it is obvious that they have too much idle time on their hands. A flag of any kind is merely a symbol of a country, nothing more noting less. I think our flag represents a mere shell of what this country was, and as such is meaningless to me. Clinging to it like that shows that some peoples priorities are out of whack, the only thing that this country still has, but barely after 9/11, is our founding principles, and its documents The Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. Everything else in my opion is pure fluff, because without the countries leaders following the second the flag itself is meaningless.

+3 what ever makes the media happy

Tony Bisson wrote: +3 what ever makes the media happy

Um, did you read the article?

The media didn't cause/create all the rabid knee-jerk response on Facebook, which is where this started; they only reported it. While I'm not clear that this does not violate the flag code (OMG talk about anal....) you'd think folks understood that a serviceman approved, for his family, and it's really no one else's freakin' business.

These nut jobs don't care about freedom, they care about control. As long as they're in control.