posted on February 24, 2003 09:30:33 AM new
But I did copy it.
WWI or WWII Vintage French Battle Flag
Up for bid is something unique. A very very rare French Battle Flag. My grandmother was a nurse with the Red Cross during WWII. Helping our brave American soldiers after they stormed the beaches of Normandy under heavy German fire. She was then ordered to go inland to see if she could help there.
While driving alone across France she became lost and drove into a large French village to get directions. Once there she discovered three battalions of Elite French Commandos who had been hiding in the village since 1939 practicing their very special kind of battle tactics. “Evasion’on” I think they called it.
She was surprised to see that as soon as she step out of the jeep, the commandos quickly retreated and hid. They were very good at hiding it seemed. She started searching for someone to give directions when the French commander sent a twelve-year-old girl out into the street waving this very French Battle Flag to seek “Terms of Surrender”.
Confused, my poor grandmother said she only wanted directions so she could help some real soldiers. These terms were accepted and the commander immediately surrendered. The French immediately began to complain that under “Rules of Engagement” they were now her prisoners and she would have to defend them.
Too her surprise 3 German soldiers also surrender. Well they weren’t really soldiers but 3 German Boy Scouts out hiking before the war but they had uniforms and one had a pen knife. Seems they had captured the village 5 years earlier and were now glad to rid themselves of the whining French peasants. The Germans were shock to learn the French Commandos lived in the same village. Never once had the Germans seen a French soldier, but each now notice all the ugly French women were missing. Seems they were really good at hiding.
On a side note, pure white French Battle Flags like this are hard to come by, seems that the bed linden used to make these flags usually had a yellow tint to them for some reason. Grab this item while can.
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Personal Checks are fine and preferred over Money Orders. Don’t waste money on a Money Order. Everything is shipped ASAP unless your Feed Back record shows that you are a risk. Excessive Negatives will delay until check clears. Still have the PayPal option but may be dropping them soon. I do report non-paying bidders to Ebay and use Ebay's return fee option. I also always post feed back for all my bidders.
Free Shipping for US Armed Services I will gladly ship free for any veteran of any US Armed Service either active or retired. This includes all branches of military service including the National Guard, Air National Guard, and Coast Guard too. I will cover the postage for you within the United States (yes, all 50 States). Outside the country, we’ll talk Thank you. I would also like to include members of the FBI and CIA with-in the United States. Thanks for efforts all of you do to help keep our country free.
Watch Black Hawk Down, shows why Americans Soldier are the besting the world and why our political leaderships needs to care about their needs instead of poll points. This movie should be required viewing at all public schools.
CIA and FBI Welcomed too. Free shipping is available to members of our FBI and CIA. It is easy for whinny ass politicians to sit back and Monday morning quarterback now, yet the gutless wonders didn't seem to have a clue all during to 90's and were more concerned about Political Correctness than security. From the first WTC bombing to the attack on the USS Cole, best they offered was “We going to arrest somebody.” Yet, did very little on that front themselves and what was accomplished was done by you anyway. Thanks for all you have done under the worst conditions possible.
Check out the pictures and please email with any questions.
Veterans free everybody else: Buyer pays for actual postage cost.
Not much more to say, Thanks for looking.
Canadian Bidders Welcomed
Canadian Bidders are always welcomed. Thanks for helping get our people out of Iran in 1979 and now for standing with us in this new battle. I am very sorry about the lost your country suffered because of our military mistake. But, the pilots are not criminals. My government is wrong to treat them as such. They made a horrible mistake that they will live with the rest of their lives. We should remember what nations that are truly at fault and what people are responsible for putting our servicemen in harm’s way. They alone are to blame and they should be made to pay.
Please E-mail with any questions or concerns before bidding. After close of auction I will email winning bidder with my address and needed information. Would appreciate e-mail response within three (3) days after auction's ending and to receive payment within two (2) weeks after end of auction. Money back if item is not as described or misrepresented.
Items will be mailed from zip code 08007 and bidder pays only for the postage cost. While most items will be mailed by the United States Postal Service, I do live close to UPS, FedEx and Airborne Express. These other services can be used if needed. Other shipping and auction info can be found on my Ebay “About Me” page.
Personal Checks are fine and preferred over Money Orders. Don’t waste money on a Money Order. Everything is shipped ASAP unless your Feed Back record shows that you are a risk. Excessive Negatives will delay until check clears. Still have the PayPal option but may be dropping them soon. I do report non-paying bidders to Ebay and use Ebay's return fee option. I also always post feed back for all my bidders.
posted on February 24, 2003 09:35:15 AM new
I was not aware that Ebay was the proper forum to spew prejudice and hate... Even less aware that prejudice and hate sell so well.
Wow. You learn something new every day.
"The French are cheese eating surrender monkeys" ... how nice. I am quickly losing all faith in America. We can be just as horrible as anyone else, sometimes worse.
Maybe our fear's really turning us into bigger bigots than ever. How sad.
posted on February 24, 2003 10:04:24 AM new
You think that auction is sad??
I'll tell you what's sad. A nation defending a dictator that gases his own people and attempts to take over a neighboring country, and refuses to obey an order to disarm. And defending this distator because your nation has billion dollar contracts and has been selling banned material to this country. Now that's sad. The auction is funny. What France and Germany are doing is sad. You have a strange moral compass.
posted on February 24, 2003 10:48:42 AM new
And like the French, proudly announcing they were sending Mirage jets on photo recon missions to aid U.N. inspectors in searching Iraq. What the French failed to tell was the jets did not have film in the cameras.
posted on February 24, 2003 11:31:35 AM new
My moral compass is in the right direction. I may not agree with most governments, ours included. But that does not make me so cold that I forget that citizens of a country do not necessarily agree with governments either. Most normal people just want to live a peaceful life. I don't think making a mockery of entire race of people is the way to peace at all.
I don't know what is right in world politics, I don't know what to think anymore. But I don't think it is right to lump people together this way.
How does not being a bigot make my moral compass off?
posted on February 24, 2003 11:39:47 AM new
The French are a race ??? There is nothing wrong with telling the truth about a nation and its leadership.
Free speech works both ways. There were those that chided Churchill in the 1930s for calling Hitler and the Germans names.
There is a moral compass problem when you protest and protect a butcher and murderer like Hussein. And that is exactly what the French, germans and anyone else is doing when that act to prevent the Western alliance from taking out Hussein.
How many of you would complain and protest in the streets when the police came to arrest a man that was beating his wife and kids ? Hussein is the equivilent of a man who has murdered his wife and children, and you want to do anything you can to prevent the police from arresting him.
Nope, it is crystal clear that my moral compass points truth North. The others seem to be having severe directional problems.
posted on February 24, 2003 01:43:56 PM new
Bear,
If you have the ebayers ID let me know it. I'd like to pay them what he/she wanted for the flag. Just for the excellent commentary.
Amen,
"Thank God there's still Americans"
Reverend Colin
posted on February 24, 2003 02:58:24 PM new
Well, if a seller wrote the story in an eBay auction description, then of course it must be true. {insert rolling eye gif here} Obviously the seller wouldn't be bigotted enough to make up a phony story to spread bigotry.
posted on February 24, 2003 03:06:58 PM new
So now bigotry encompasses political barbs between nations ? What a bunch of limp liberal politically correct crap.
posted on February 24, 2003 03:38:16 PM new
Then why don't you spend your chunks where they belong ? Go to Iraq and paint Saddam, or go to Afghanistan and blow chunks on al Qaeda.
What the truth of the matter is that America makes you sick and you side with all those aligned against her,no matter hwo it is.
posted on February 24, 2003 04:07:21 PM new
So I take issue with with what is posted in this thread so every American, ALL 300 million of them, must make me sick. ROFL!!!!
posted on February 24, 2003 05:03:25 PM new
Sorry - but personally I loved the description. It was cute, it was humorous, it was very tongue in cheek.
Once bidding got into the 5 digit range the seller decided added that the proceeds would go to their local fire department. When it came down it was going for 20k.
Kind of reminded me of a line on West Wing last week.
"The French have denied us access to their airspace.
Not sure why we would need it to fly to Africa, but .. ok."
posted on February 24, 2003 07:29:25 PM new
I thought it was kinda funny too
And I looked him up, and on all his previous auctions he puts that blurb about free shipping to the military, FBI etc. Also all that about the Canadians
20K wow
Colin, did you buy it?
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NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. mo·ral·i·ties 1.The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct. 2.A system of ideas of right and wrong conduct: religious morality; Christian morality. 3.Virtuous conduct. 4.A rule or lesson in moral conduct.
Right and Good. Right and Wrong. Is there no possible common ground for Humankind to agree on worldwide today?
"Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
Not just advice, but moral behavior. To get treated right, you have to treat others right. Being kind to others is probably the most universal moral attribute; heck, even animals can appreciate kindness diected at them. I have no doubt that this one qualifies as a Universal Morality. In fact, I can tell you that there are many such common virtues that directly equate to universal moral behavior; Honesty, Love for one another, Trustworthiness, and so forth.
>Everyone has a different idea of what's good and bad.
When things are simple, I think that we all can agree on what constitutes Good and Bad. When life gets more complicated, more gray, then it becomes harder to distinguish right from wrong, I'll agree. However, if you have solid convictions and a firm understanding about your convictions and why you believe them to be both right and to be True, then there is hardly ever a time whe you can't tell the difference between Right and Wrong, Good and Bad. Therefore, one should take the time to figure out just where they stand and WHY they stand there!
Finally, I just want to say that morality needs to be taught, not just picked up through random chance through osmosis in our society or having someone tell you what to think and not to explain why it is so. Morality needs Wisdom behind it, both Knowledge AND Experience. Those two together are a winning combination that will never steer you wrong.
posted on February 25, 2003 12:36:45 AM new
IMO, it's political satire, not blind hate. Considering the current political climate, I personally find it offensive, but not particularly offensive. I will say it is fairly well written.
posted on February 25, 2003 02:59:23 AM new
Borilla, I don't think you read my post. "There is no compass for Morality"
Not for me to judge. I don't wear the long flowing robe.
If anyone is judgmental, It would be you. Seems by your posts, that you believe you have the answers to all the world's problems.
You don't debate, You state and take offense to any that disagree.
Morality is a standard that is set by who?
Your moral ideals may be very different from those in a third world country. May be very different from those in the barrio, the rich, the poor, Catholics, Jews or Muslims just to name a few. This is something you learn as you get older and deal with all kinds of people unless you live a cloistered life.
