pigpenz, on Oct 9 2009, 07:13 PM, said:
It's still common in the far East as a religious symbol, etc. Nazi Germany also used an Eagle, just like America. It's funny how certain symbols become inexorably tied to a specific idea and other symbols don't. I admit I found the old picture of kids giving the American flag a sieg heil was very creepy.
I think that people objecting to the cross are being oversensitive -- I think what's important is the intent, and there wasn't any intent to disrespect the non-christian dead or exclude them. On the flip side, once it's clear that a large number of people object to it, dismissing their objections as nonsense is even worse.
I think people are looking too hard for evil agendas here. Scalia is a smart, hard working guy with an unfortunately narrow, ethnocentric viewpoint. No need to put him on a pedestal or demonize him. He's flawed, just like the rest of us.