90 year old vet allowed to keep flagpole after HOA drops request to remove it. - Polidicks

Remember this old badass man that was getting shit from the Richmond, VA HOA for having a 21 foot flagpole in his yard for hanging the American flag everyday? [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=855033[/url] [QUOTE] War Hero Can Keep His Flagpole Associated Press, [url]www.aol.com[/url], 2 hours 51 minutes ago. RICHMOND, Va. (Dec. 9) -- A 90-year-old Medal of Honor winner can keep his 21-foot flagpole in his front yard after a homeowners association dropped its request to remove it, a spokesman for Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said Tuesday. The Sussex Square homeowners association likewise has agreed to drop threats to take legal action against retired Army Col. Van T. Barfoot, Warner spokesman Kevin Hall said. The association had threatened to take Barfoot to court if he failed to remove the pole from his suburban Richmond home by Friday. It had said the pole violated the neighborhood's aesthetic guidelines. Neither Barfoot's daughter, Margaret Nicholls, nor homeowners association president Glenn Wilson has returned telephone messages. Dropping the issue effectively ends a request that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Monday called "silly." Warner and Sen. Jim Webb, both Virginia Democrats, had rallied behind Barfoot, a World War II veteran. In a letter last week, Webb urged the association to "consider the exceptional nature of Col. Barfoot's service when considering his pride and determination in honoring our flag." Barfoot's fight also has lit up veterans bulletin boards and blog sites supporting him. Barfoot won the Medal of Honor for actions while his platoon was under German assault near Carano, Italy, in May 1944. He was credited with standing up to three German tanks with a bazooka and stopping their advance. He also won the Purple Heart and other decorations, and served in Korea and Vietnam before retiring from the service in 1974.[/QUOTE] Fuck the Home Owners Association of Richmond, Virginia and may this 90 year old badass keep hanging that flag till the day he dies (which is probably soon) :patriot:

TY Virginia for doing something right. Well, TY home owners association anyway.

Yay

Justice has been served. I just wish I could see the smug looks on the HOA get wiped off.

So he's awarded the Medal of Honour (Honor for you Americans), is a war veteran and proud of his country and his flag. And the HOA ask him to remove it because "The pole violated the neighbourhood's aesthetic guidelines." Aesthetic guidelines? Fuck you HOA, it's a flag.

VA doing something right for once? That's new.

[QUOTE=XSarcYX;18817263]So he's awarded the Medal of Honour (Honor for you Americans),[/QUOTE] Pretty sure since it's an American military decoration Medal of Honor is the only correct way.

If only I could see this man take on three tanks with a bazooka again.

Vet? He makes sick animals better?

[QUOTE=Bengley;18817386]Vet? He makes sick animals better?[/QUOTE] :hurr:

[QUOTE=Bengley;18817386]Vet? He makes sick animals better?[/QUOTE] I think that by "vet" they mean a veteran soldier, who most likely fought in a war.

The only reason they did this is because of the bad publicity from news sites. Still, it's good that he can keep it there.

I wouldn't even consider threatening a 90-year old war veteran with court if he waved a flag in his backyard every day. Those people need some respect, I mean, lots of respect.

Sorry but that's just preferential treatment them dropping it. The housing association has rules and if you want to live there you have to follow the rules , said rules that he agreed to when he moved there.

[QUOTE=Stene;18817472]I wouldn't even consider threatening a 90-year old war veteran with court if he waved a flag in his backyard every day. Those people need some respect, I mean, lots of respect.[/QUOTE] I know, who do these people think they are? How do they even sleep at night? Fucking assholes. Give the man a little respect, he fought a war so you didn't have to be ruled by a damn dictator.

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;18817487]Sorry but that's just preferential treatment them dropping it. The housing association has rules and if you want to live there you have to follow the rules , said rules that he agreed to when he moved there.[/QUOTE] It's a flag bro.

[QUOTE=Perfumly;18817497]It's a flag bro.[/QUOTE] Rules is Rules. I remember a certain mustachioed Austrian who threw away the rules. I'm sure we remember that. [QUOTE=faze;18817492]I know, who do these people think they are? How do they even sleep at night? Fucking assholes. Give the man a little respect, he fought a war so you didn't have to be ruled by a damn dictator.[/QUOTE] Yeah, fighting a war for people who weren't even born. As opposed to many doing it because it was the right thing to do. Not so other people didn't have to.

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;18817487]Sorry but that's just preferential treatment them dropping it. The housing association has rules and if you want to live there you have to follow the rules , said rules that he agreed to when he moved there.[/QUOTE] Let's go over what this man has done Served in WWII Earned a Medal of Honor in WWII Took on THREE tanks with a SINGLE bazooka and saved the lives of many of his comrades Served in the Korean war Served in the Vietnam war This man has the damn right to hang the American flag off of any damn thing he well pleases.

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;18817526]Rules is Rules. I remember a certain mustachioed Austrian who threw away the rules. I'm sure we remember that.[/QUOTE] No he just made the rules stricter. Like "No being Jewish"

:911:

[QUOTE=w1z;18817534]Let's go over what this man has done Served in WWII Earned a Medal of Honor in WWII Took on THREE tanks with a SINGLE bazooka and saved the lives of many of his comrades Served in the Korean war Served in the Vietnam war This man has the damn right to hang the American flag off of any damn thing he well pleases.[/QUOTE] No he doesn't, not if he agreed to the rules of the place when he moved there. Sure, if it was ther before the housing thing took it over and then told him to take it down, I'd be all for it.

as much as it might not make sense for a vet like this one, rules are rules and exist for everyone.

He's too badass for such silly laws.

Haha, weird thing. My emot list was stuck for a sec and only this emoticon would appear: :patriot: I guess it fits. This guy is awesome.

[QUOTE=i_speel_good;18817615]This guy is awesome.[/QUOTE] Yes he is.

[QUOTE=Conscript;18817598]as much as it might not make sense for a vet like this one, rules are rules and exist for everyone.[/QUOTE] If rules were perfectly equal for everyone Firerain and OGs wouldn't be able to bend the rules more than blue members here. This guy deserves his flag.

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;18817526]Rules is Rules. I remember a certain mustachioed Austrian who threw away the rules. I'm sure we remember that.[/QUOTE] I know arguing with a Super Mod is a bad idea, but you just compared hanging a flag you raping your daughter for ~2 decades.

Wrong Austrian Someguy.

Too many mustachioed Austrians :psyduck:

[QUOTE=Perfumly;18817652]If rules were perfectly equal for everyone Firerain and OGs wouldn't be able to bend the rules more than blue members here. This guy deserves his flag.[/QUOTE] Yes because comparing rules on facepunch and rules set in reality make sense.