Flag Burning

Flag burning, yay or nay i say yay :m:

 

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i say yay as well, it's important to realize that it's just a flag, the idea that at one time, and still to this day in some areas it is " illegal" to burn a flag is silly in my opinion. i understand that a flag stands for an ideal and all of that, but at
he end of the day, it's just a flag.

 

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I'm in favour of allowing people to burn flags just so long as its not intended to incite hatred, ala burning religious symbols in religious neighborhoods...for the burners own safety He who burns flags must be prepared to have his own burnt.

 

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i agree with Xerxes

 

http://www.maddad.org/flag.htm
I wrote on flag burning several years ago.

 

Burning national flags is intended to demonstrate and promote hatred.

Why not just paint swastikas on synagogs, or burn books, or maybe a cross on your neighbor's lawn. Those are just "symbolic" acts, aren't they?

 

yay: freedom of expression; showing your dislike towards a country's actions.

 

Because all of those things are private property

Burning flags isn't always about hatred.

 

Just remember to burn safely and clean up the litter.

 

http://www.maddad.org/flag.htm
I wrote on flag burning several years ago
Yeah i know, i read that here while back.

 

There are people who wish to demonstrate and promote hatred. There are others who wish to stop it. Either group may choose flag burning to accomplish their ends.

 

What about painting a swastika on your own lawn, or burning a cross on your own lawn?

Thought should be legal

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If you want to burn a cross/ paint a swastika onyou lawn, go ahead, that is free speech.

 

Flag burning is part of a wider issue regarding destructive dissent that we have in the United States. I say that the recent trend of protesters having to petition to hold a demonstration, and being corralled into specific zones, so that the demonstration can be only so big, and surrounded by concrete barriers and police beforehand are solid steps toward solving this problem.

Does anyone still think we're not living in a police state? It’s within our government’s legal power now to sweep you off of the street, lock you away with no charges, and tell no one for however long they deem necessary if you burn a flag. To my knowledge we're not at the point that they've decided to do that, but the current administration's whims are now all that stand between it being a grim fantasy and a reality.

 

i should set a flag on fire, then throw it over the yank border, let you deal with it

 

We should learn a lesson from the womens liberation front and the whole bra burning thing.
It got a lot of attention but lost a great deal of support!

 

there is nothing wrong with burning your flag as long as you don't bother others. it's your opinion. not someone else's

 

Exactly. I totally agree with this, and am against it. Come on, people...

 

Yeah, like when?