A Maine college student has caused a firestorm after plastering the floor of a campus building with American flags to see if anyone would trample Old Glory. Susan Crane, a student at the University of Maine, Farmington, placed hundreds of flags on the floor of the school's student center Tuesday for an art class assignment. She set down the flags in a maze-like pattern to document whether students and staff would step on them.

This was not an art project but a sociological project that had nothing to do with art. Many have fought and died for the Stars and Stripes and the freedoms that it represents. Unfortunately, in this day and age, it is seen as uncool to love your country. Or on the other hand it is cool to desecrate any image of freedom and patriotism in the name of "art". You may have the freedom of speech, but those that fought for your freedoms have the right to tell you that you are an idiot. Should the Flag of the United States be used in these types of "art" displays?

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