Editor, Times-Union: If you have not checked out the video of the communist flag of China flying high in the front of Paragon Medical on YouTube, you should. What the world is our country coming to?
Looks to me like the red flag is actually flying higher than the American flag. That’s a nice slap in the face for the American worker. How about putting up a flag of the MIA/POWs? How about putting a union in Paragon and flying a nice big union flag out there? That would look real good beside Old Glory. But I guess the MIA/POW flag would be a bad idea.
A lot of these men and women died and are still missing so you can fly that communist flag here. Besides, you can’t make no money off a MIA/POW, can you? The union flag would be great for your employees, better wages and benefits and it would probably be a benefit for the company. A happy worker is a productive worker. But I suppose you would prefer to fly your red flag and keep your wages and benefits low so you can pad your pockets even more.
This is really a sad thing when the red flag is flying higher than our own. Really shouldn’t even be flying together, but that’s my opinion, which for now I still have the right, the same as you have the right to fly a communist flag.
My big worry is too many places start flying them red flags, they will replace our flag and then no one will have a right to anything but to fly a red flag. Sad times when your country is selling out by the big corporation’s greed. Have a nice day.
Lonnie Slone Warsaw, via e-mail
Note: While the letter writer is certainly entitled to his opinion regarding the flying of flags, it is necessary to note that Paragon Medical flies the flags of all nations where it has manufacturing facilities. The flags are all flown at the same height, which is completely appropriate with regard to flag etiquette. From usflag.org – “When flown with the national banner of other countries, each flag must be displayed from a separate pole of the same height. Each flag should be the same size. They should be raised and lowered simultaneously. The flag of one nation may not be displayed above that of another nation.” Gary Gerard General Manager
