Flag Art

Continued controversy has spurred me to give the flag issue renewed thought. I believe I have found the definitive solution. We should encase the controversial flagpole at the State House in an attractive, sealed vault. Also within the vault should be a robotic apparatus, which - upon inauguration of the vault - will either hoist or burn a Confederate banner, basing its "decision" upon a quantum level event, a la Schrödinger's cat. So long as the vault remains sealed, twin realities will intertwine in quantum superposition. The flag will neither fly nor not fly, neither be burned nor not be. How beautifully expressive of the ambivalence with which we Southerners view our history! Longstanding rancor will dissolve into contented confusion, and our state will gain fame for an artistic application of high technology.

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