Mac OSX 10.5.8  Safari 5.0.6  Do I need flash player plugin?  What is it for?

Mac OSX 10.5.8   Safari 5.0.6   Do I need flash player plugin?  What is it...what does it do?  Thank you for your replys.

mostly video and games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash

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    4/21/12 12:09:52 PM installer[846]      script      1.60 seconds
    4/21/12 12:09:52 PM installer[846]     receipt      0.12 seconds
    4/21/12 12:09:52 PM installer[846]        disk      1.01 seconds
    4/21/12 12:09:52 PM installer[846]      config      0.02 seconds
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