# Can we raise the flags yet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-raise-the-flags-yet/629730>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 29, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-raise-the-flags-yet/629730 "2012-07-29T03:56:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-raise-the-flags-yet/629730/21 "2012-07-31T14:15:39Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Wailed **BigT** , whose own flag is permanently at half-mast.

Really, though, why the fuck does anyone care if flags are dipped? Short of some sort of OCD-related objection to wasting half a flagpole, I don’t see why anyone would give a shit either way.

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