Reply #9: ok well [View All]

i know you want to be different, but I've found that "playing to the crowd" does work.

you can do it in a way that would be what they want to hear, but also something that is genuine and sincere from you (those things don't have to be exclusive)

Like if it were me, (i'm using my own experience) I would say something like....(and you can put your own spin on it)
If it were me I would talk about how when I see the flag, I think of the sacrifice of my Grandfather during WWII, and how he respected the flag, and tie his family loyalty into his loyalty for his country and wax patriotic about his service and protecting his family by protecting his flag, etc etc.... I also had several other uncles in WWII -- so i could talk about all 3 somehow and tie it all in, or keep it simple with just talking about one of them.

I was also born on Flag day, so I could probably play with that one too...although I wouldn't want it to sound self-serving.


So you wouldn't want use my experience, there is maybe something within your family context you could use and make it genuine.