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As you have probably already noticed, our nation's security is now threatened by a new threat: a particularly virulent strain of patriotism. Apparently, this hideous disease is extremely contagious. While there is no known cure, it is a well known fact that clear thinking and subversive irony are effective prophylactics.
One of the earliest symptoms is flag waving -- note Mayor Willie Brown's posters
in every shop window featuring the American flag as shopping bag (obviously
a new hybrid, merging the patriotism virus with the well-known consumerism virus).
This poster has now been corrected, and is being supplied to you here as a high
quality jpeg. If you have access to a color printer, you may want to print it
out and pass it around as a way of protecting yourself and those you love from
this recent outbreak of hysteria. (However, be aware that public displays of
anti-nationalist irony have been known to inflame the affliction in those already
infected.)
Happy posting!
