Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) He whakaahua whakaharahara: he pēpi hou e mau ana i te haki o Amerika, e mau ana i te kaipuke Navy e kore e kitea e tatou tona mata. Engari he whakaahua aroha whenua rānei, he whakaparahako rānei ki te haki o Amerika? Ko Vanessa Hicks, he kaituhi hōia o te ope moana, he kaitango whakaahua nō Virginia Beach, he maha ngā whakaahua reka o ngā pēpi me o rātau mātua kei tōna pae tukutuku, i whakaahua i te kaipuke me tana pēpi, ā, i tāngia ki tōna whārangi Facebook. "E whakapono ana ahau e whakaatu ana tēnei pikitia i konei i te tikanga o te noho hei Amerikana", ka mea a Hicks ki te hononga CNN WTKR. "Ko taua haki, ko te kākahu, ko taua pēpi - koinei tonu te mea e whawhai ana ia mema o te ratonga ki waho". Kāore te katoa i whakaae ki a Hicks, he wahine nō te ope moana tōna tāne e mahi ana. He whārangi Facebook e kīia ana ko "E kī ana koe he kaitango whakaahua koe?" i tuku i tōna whakaahua, ā, i kī ko te whakamahinga o te haki hei taonga whakairo he whakakorenga - he pikitia kino. E kī ana te U.S. Flag Code kia kaua e whakamahia te haki hei "kahu, moenga, moenga ranei. Kaua rawa e whakairihia, e whakairihia, e whakairihia ranei, engari me tuku tonu kia taka noa, "e ai ki te ripoata a te Ratonga Rangahau o te Kaunihera (PDF). E kore hoki e whakamahia hei "taonga ki te whiwhi, ki te pupuri, ki te kawe, ki te tuku rānei i tētahi mea". Ko ngā karere whakawehi tūmataiti, i pūrongotia e ia ki Facebook, i pouri ai ia. Engari i whakatau ia ki te tuku tonu i te pikitia me te tango pikitia o etahi atu mema o te ope taua e tono ana i taua pikitia me a raatau peepi me te haki. Ko te nuinga o te hunga e tuku ana ki te whārangi Facebook whakahē, kāore i te whakaae ki te whakahē o te pikitia. I tuhia e tetahi panui, "He hoia ahau, a he ataahua tenei pikitia. E mārama ana e aroha ana te mema hōia ki tōna whenua me tana pēpi". "Kei te whakaatu te whakaahua i tetahi take", i tuhia e tetahi atu kaiwhaiwhai whakaahua. "Ko te haki e tohu ana i to tatou motu, ko te motu e tautoko ana i to tatou heke mai. Kāore he mea whakahawea i tēnei whakamahinga o tō tātou haki. He ataahua".
Ko te pikitia o tētahi pēpi hou e kopikopiko ana i roto i te haki e whakaara ana i ngā pātai. Ka kīia e ngā kaiwhakawā i Facebook he whakaparahako i te haki. I tangohia te pikitia e tētahi hoia hōia o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa e mahi ana tana tāne.