Turkey as National Symbol: It's a joke. Ben Franklin was an iconoclast, a person adverse to symbols. He wasn't being serious, he was being sarcastic, satirical, whathave you. Remember what George Carlin said, "Leave the symbols to the Symbol (read: simple) minded." He was resurrecting Franklin.
Turkey as National Symbol: It's a joke. Ben Franklin was an iconoclast, a person adverse to symbols. He wasn't being serious, he was being sarcastic, satirical, whathave you. Remember what George Carlin said, "Leave the symbols to the Symbol (read: simple) minded." He was resurrecting Franklin.