Tuesday, November 16, 2004

'Diamond' Jack vs. 'That Darn Wall' between Church and State

UPDATE: This site is a hoax, and the most subtle and bizarre one I've ever seen. Nice work...

According to Game Theory expert "Diamond" Jack Holgroth, our current U.S. flag is not sufficient for conveying the undeniable fact that our nation's founders were fundamentalist Christians that demanded that God be shoved down everyone's throat, and so he has this proposal.


The current Flag of the United States of America (for the benefit of non-Americans and poorly educated Public School graduates). While beautiful, an ignorant foreigner might mistakenly suspect we were Astrologists or some sort of Stripe Fetishists instead of proper Christians.

Therefore, he would like the flag to be changed to the following:


And he explains himself

Some may protest the idea of changing Old Glory as prima facie un-American; this is, however, an historically ignorant point of view. The Flag has undergone numerous design changes over our Nation's history to reflect the changing shape of America. Every new State admitted to the Union has brought with it a redesigned American Flag. Throughout all this change, the basics of the Flag's design have remained true to the original vision of our God-fearing forefathers. Our proposed Godly U.S. Flag keeps with this tradition by leaving the original design undisturbed, only adding to its inspired beauty with the name of He Who inspired it.

Actually, I believe our forefathers didn't fear God as much as they feared people like "Diamond" Jack.

Fortunately, some people pointed out to our friend here that these changes would be in violation of U.S. Code, to which Jack responded:

While it is true that currently the Godly Flag cannot be used without violating US Code, this does not preclude its use in the future. Once the Godly Flag is adopted as the official flag of our Nation, Section 8g would no longer be an issue since the word "GOD" would then be as much a part of the flag as are the stars and stripes.

The logic is breathtaking, and keep in mind that he teaches Game Theory.

He finishes with the following footnote:

Some of the more Liberal may argue that the word "God" is disrespectful of our nation's Mussulmen who worship Allah. In fact, "Allah" is just Arabic for "God" and so there is no real conflict. Since we are an English-speaking nation, it is most appropriate to use God's English name, hence "God".

But, of course, the atheists, Hindus, and Buddhists can find another goddamn country to call home.