...then you were trained in the Flag Manual, and you know that the flag deserves respect. There are proper and improper ways to display the flag, and leaving it unattended in a remote location is NOT showing it proper respect. Some of those dirtballs who use the island as their personal vomitorium every weekend are likely to haul it down when they forget their Charmin Ultra.
If you were a Marine...
...then you were trained in the Flag Manual, and you know that the flag deserves respect. There are proper and improper ways to display the flag, and leaving it unattended in a remote location is NOT showing it proper respect. Some of those dirtballs who use the island as their personal vomitorium every weekend are likely to haul it down when they forget their Charmin Ultra.