A Flag?

I have many mixed emotions on this, and part of it is, I no longer understand parts of society. On both sides of the argument.

The show maker Nike has withdrawn the so called " Betsy Ross" shoe. It is a shoe with the flag allegedly made by Ross with 13 stars in a circle and 13 stripes.

In truth, we are not sure if Ross actually made the flag or some other seamstress. Or if the flag was actually ever used as we know it.

It of course is the pattern upon with the U.S. Flag is based upon today.

A former football player, now employed by Nike got the shoe maker to pull the shoes with the Betsy Ross flag upon them because of what the flag represents.

According to him, it represents slavery.

Trouble is, in the 1700s, most of the world was involved in some form of enslavement of people.

This is a historic symbol that means the first of America's Revolution and breaking with Great Britain.

The later flag based upon Ross' flag was the flag used by Union forces who fought to end slavery.

We are to the point no one is happy about anything. And most people would not even care that Nike had a Betsy Ross flag on a shoe, until someone was unhappy about it, then, people jumped on the bandwagon to be unhappy about the flag....

The next flag involved the British Colonial Hong Kong Flag that was put up in the Hong Kong Parliament yesterday.

When the British gave Hong Kong back to China, it was done under the guarantee that Hong Kong would retain certain freedoms, speech, political, etc.

In the last few weeks,  the Chinese government has started to crack down on freedoms in Hong Kong. Dissidents have disappeared, book sellers have disappeared.

And millions of people have taken to the street to protest the Chinese government.

Until yesterday until it turned violent.

Protestors tore stuff up, made threats, etc.....

And put up the old British Hong Kong Flag. It symbolized the freedoms that Hong Kong had under British rule.

If this continues, I am not going to be shocked if China send the army into to take complete control of Hong Kong. 

I am wondering if the Chinese Government in Beijing cares about the financial implication concerning a military move into Hong Kong? Hong Kong is a huge financial center.....

Anyway, I have ordered a British colonial Hong Kong flag and will hoist it in support of those who want to keep their freedoms in Hong Kong....