# Upside-down flag in protest of Obama, upsets neighbors

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**Created:** [November 8, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/upside-down-flag-in-protest-of-obama-upsets-neighbors/200573 "2008-11-08T11:59:20Z")
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### Author: ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/upside-down-flag-in-protest-of-obama-upsets-neighbors/200573/61 "2008-11-12T05:27:57Z")

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> [@Attn: NY Speed Roller Hockey Team!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-ny-speed-roller-hockey-team/38683/7):
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> Right, because having a discussion about something makes you a “whiney \*\*\*\*”. :nuts: Political statements are meant to be discussed?

I wasn’t speaking about you specifically. More along the lines of the lady that called the cops.

> If you really think that our freedom to defend ourselves/own firearms is as curtailed in the US as it is in Canada, you’re either delusional or misinformed. No, it’s not perfect, but it’s better than any other western nation.

Number of Homicides in Canada in 2007: 594 (pop. 33.5 million)

Number of Homicides in Philadelphia: 406 (1.5 million)

I am not saying that we should outlaw guns, but stop with the blah blah blah about how the US is better than any other western nation. We aren’t. I’d like for us to be again, but sticking our head in the sand isn’t going to get us there.

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