Update: Flag replaced. I need to report a crime

[Narmer]

I was recently in Astoria, Queens and I passed by the Kaufman Astoria Studios. They have an American flag hoisted on the roof of the building. The flag is all torn up and needs to be replaced. I reported this to the studio but they've done nothing. It's unacceptable to have the American flag looking like this. It may as well be upside down. Who can I report this too?

Update:

311 did nothing. However, there is a brand spanking new American flag on the building. I'm not sure whether it was my insistence on them changing the flag or my call to the various newspapers that finally got them to replace Old Glory. But what's done is done.

 

[guyver01]

it's unacceptable to have the american flag looking like this. It may as well be upside down. Who can i report this too?

311.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I was recently in Astoria, Queens and I passed by the Kaufman Astoria Studios. They have an American flag hoisted on the roof of the building. The flag is all torn up and needs to be replaced. I reported this to the studio but they've done nothing. It's unacceptable to have the American flag looking like this. It may as well be upside down. Who can I report this too?

lol

 

[Mike Gayner]

OP serious?

 

[guyver01]

OP serious?

It's actually a Federal Crime to display the American Flag that way.

Perhaps this doesn't matter to you because american's are patriots and Kiwis are criminals ... you know... the whole.... Austrailia was a prison thing...

 

[Farang]

This ain't no rag it's a flag
And we don't wear it on our heads
It's a symbol of the land where the good guys live
Are you listening to what I said
You're a coward and a fool
And you broke all of the rules
And you wounded our American pride

And now we're coming with a gun
And we know you're gonna run
But you can't find no place to hide
We're gonna hunt you down like a mad dog hound
Make you pay for the lives you stole
We're all through talking and a messing around
And now it's time to rock and roll

These colors don't run and we're speaking as one
When we say united we stand
When you mess with one, you mess with us all
Every boy, girl, woman and man
You've been acting mighty rash
And talking that trash
Let me give you some advice
You can crawl back in your hole
Like a dirty little mole

But now you're gonna pay the price
You might of shot us in the back
Now you have to face the fact
That the big boys' in the game
And the lightning's been flashing
And the thunder's been crashing
And now it's getting ready to rain

This is the United States of America
The land of the brave and the free
We believe in God and we believe in justice
We believe in liberty
You've been pulling our chain
We should've done something 'bout you a long time ago
But now the flag's flying high and the fur's gonna fly
And soon the whole world's gonna know

This ain't no rag, it's a flag
Old Glory red, white and blue
The stars and the stripes when it comes to a fight
We can do what we have to do
Our people stand proud
The American crowd is faithful, loyal and tough
We're good as the best and better than the rest
And you're gonna find out soon enough
When you look up in the sky
And you see the eagle fly
You better know he's a heading your way
Cause this ain't no rag it's a flag
And it stands for the USA
USA
USA
USA

This is the United States of America
The land of the brave and the free
We believe in God and we believe in justice
We believe in liberty
You've been pulling our chain
We should've done something 'bout you a long time ago
But now the flag's flying high and the fur's gonna fly
And soon the whole world's gonna know

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

It's actually a Federal Crime to display the American Flag that way.

Perhaps this doesn't matter to you because american's are patriots and Kiwis are criminals ... you know... the whole.... Austrailia was a prison thing...

lol

 

[erikistired]

It's actually a Federal Crime to display the American Flag that way.

Perhaps this doesn't matter to you because american's are patriots and Kiwis are criminals ... you know... the whole.... Austrailia was a prison thing...

this.

 

[Schadenfroh]

It's actually a Federal Crime to display the American Flag that way.

Crime with no punishment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

This is a U.S. federal law, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with it

 

[Mike Gayner]

It's actually a Federal Crime to display the American Flag that way.

Perhaps this doesn't matter to you because american's are patriots and Kiwis are criminals ... you know... the whole.... Austrailia was a prison thing...

WTF has Australia's history got to do with NZ? Man, what an epic geography/history fail. Then again, you're American so you're not really aware of anything beyond you own borders.

Also, LOL it's really a CRIME to have a dirty/tattered flag? And people actually report you to the Gestapo for this? Man, what an awesome free country.

 

[erikistired]

WTF has Australia's history got to do with NZ? Man, what an epic geography/history fail. Then again, you're American so you're not really aware of anything beyond you own borders.

Also, LOL it's really a CRIME to have a dirty/tattered flag? And people actually report you to the Gestapo for this? Man, what an awesome free country.

you're the offshoot of a prison colony. same difference.

 

[guyver01]

lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

The flag should never be displayed with the union (the starred blue union) down

When a flag is so tattered that it can no longer serve as a symbol of the United States, it should be destroyed in a dignified manner, preferably by burning.

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf

 

[zerocool84]

You really worry about things like this OP??? WOW

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

The flag should never be displayed with the union (the starred blue union) down

When a flag is so tattered that it can no longer serve as a symbol of the United States, it should be destroyed in a dignified manner, preferably by burning.

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf

lol

 

[guyver01]

Crime with no punishment

for now..

The most recent attempt to adopt a flag desecration amendment failed in the United States Senate by one vote on June 27, 2006.

It will pass .. someday soon..

 

[zerocool84]

lol

Some people worry too much about nothing.

 

[eldorado99]

WTF has Australia's history got to do with NZ? Man, what an epic geography/history fail. Then again, you're American so you're not really aware of anything beyond you own borders.

Also, LOL it's really a CRIME to have a dirty/tattered flag? And people actually report you to the Gestapo for this? Man, what an awesome free country.

Your little country is so cute all tucked away down there.

 

[guyver01]

WTF has Australia's history got to do with NZ? .

you're all sheep fuckers..

no doubt some of their goat-men migrated across the river to your shitty country.

 

[erikistired]

Some people worry too much about nothing.

a lot of my family served in various wars defending this country. my father in law was a vet as well. it's nice to see some people still respect the flag, whatever the current state of the country.

 

[guyver01]

And to get the conversation back on track...

In NYC.. 311 *is* the proper number to call to report non-emergencies.

 

[Mike Gayner]

you're the offshoot of a prison colony. same difference.

Off-shoot? LOL yet more American geographical ignorance.

 

[erikistired]

Off-shoot? LOL yet more American geographical ignorance.

lack of caring about insignificant countries. i'm sure you're connected to the prisoners somehow. probably the worst of them got shipped to kiwiland.

 

[guyver01]

LOL yet more American geographical ignorance.

Austrailia and New Zealand are QUITE CLOSE to each other...

Yet another NZ Edamakation failure.

 

[amdhunter]

I was recently in Astoria, Queens and I passed by the Kaufman Astoria Studios. They have an American flag hoisted on the roof of the building. The flag is all torn up and needs to be replaced. I reported this to the studio but they've done nothing. It's unacceptable to have the American flag looking like this. It may as well be upside down. Who can I report this too?

That's my favorite theater. It's actually the only theater I've been going to for the last 5 years or so.

Don't fuck with them.

 

[Perknose]

Also, LOL it's really a CRIME to have a dirty/tattered flag? And people actually report you to the Gestapo for this? Man, what an awesome free country.

Do0d, there's no Gestapo to report this to, there's really no one at all. As was said, it's a crime with no penalty.

And, hey, for a country as huge and contentiously diverse as ours, we are pretty damn free.

Not allowing a tattered and torn flag to remain flapping carelessly in the wind is all about etiquette and respect. A lot of young men died in the Civil War and WWI and WWII to preserve our rights and freedoms as symbolized by Old Glory.

And yeah, our symbol has taken some credibility hits in the last several decades from the disgraceful and unnecessary acts of more than one administration, it's true.

These days, "patriotism" has been appropriated by a certain reactionary part of the political spectrum and has been ignorantly wielded as a cudgel against those they disagree with, giving credence to Samuel Johnson's dictum that, "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

This kind of angry, ignorant hyper-patriotism is sad, because I grew up in a time and place where people proudly and unselfconsciously displayed the flag on the Fourth of July and Flag Day and Memorial Day and Veterans Day in a simple, heartfelt, apolitical appreciation for all the opportunities living in the United States of America had afforded them.

It's ignorant that this company ignores all this, and they should be shamed into fixing it.