@paninid People go along with these things for no other reason than that they heard about them from others and they want to be a part of it. They have very sloppy habits. They believe things for no good reason whatsoever.
That includes ‘scientists’!
People believe the ‘Magic Bullet’ theory without even knowing which bullet it is supposed to be. They will think it is the bullet that killed the president. It was the other bullet that supposedly had to do loops (but actually had a straight line).
@paninid A flag memorializing soldiers missing in action would not be a bad thing. They are not being held as prisoners somewhere to be freed by Chuck Norris, however.
That is some guys not wanting the war to be over and them having lost it. It was such a trauma it burrowed into the culture and made a movie and TV star of a kickboxer.
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