This gentleman was carrying two flags - the Stars and Stripes, and another with the names of everyone who died at the World Trade Center.
Why? A flag represents a country. Something that represents something else, like the names of innocent civilians, is a demonstration/symbol/whatever (like the AIDS quilt). and I guess anything big enough to represent all the dead in the wars since 9/11 would be so big it would cover the ship like a tarp.
I’m a New Yorker. 9/11 was the worst day of my life. But the world is at war, and I think it behooves us to include our victims as well as our heroes. Or whatever terminology you choose for whomever.
Frankly, I think we’re all suckers.
