"Cultural Appropriation"

[bennyboy]

Indeed, it doesn't mean the same thing to all people. Intention is very important when it comes to what is acceptable to me or not. If you use a racial slur to tell me a joke that is just clever, and I know you're not actually a racist, I don't care. If you scream racial slurs at someone because they cut you off in traffic, I'm pissed.

Using the pissing on the grave analogy, someone else might be horribly offended by it. However, there's a musician whose fans go out of their way to piss on his grave because it's what he would have wanted. They do it out of love.

What if someone pissed on the American flag?  Would Americans be right to be offended, on the grounds that it was a highly symbolic artifact for them?  Could you say, I made it myself from fabric from China, so it's not REALLY a "real" American flag?

If I knew an American, could I as a Canadian, be right to say, "I don't give a shit about this flag.  I own it, I think it looks cool, and I enjoy pissing on it.  Mind your own fucking business"?

What if I printed American Flag toilet paper, so people from countries all over the world could constantly show what they think of America's culture and people?  Would you support that?