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Re: Flag Burning
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 18:21:18 GMT
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We must also remember that the PROPER way to dispose of the American flag is to
burn it, not throw it away.
I think people that burn it in protest are slime (if they think so little of
the US and are citizens, LEAVE!), but I think they have the right to do so.
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes:
> > Stirring the waters a bit here...
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> > I'm not sure what I think of the proposed amendment. I'm all for free
> > speech, but I think that burning the flag is wrong too. Is there middle
> > ground somewhere where I could find some footing? What do you think?
> >
> > http://news.excite.com/news/r/news/news-congress-flag-dc
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> I don't want to prevent every sort of speech that I think is wrong.
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> Carried out in a safe, non polluting manner, on property that is controlled
> by someone granting permission and using a flag legitimately purchased,
> burning the flag is protected free speech.
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> It's not a statement *I* would care to make but it's speech nonetheless. Of
> the quotes in that article, I thought Mitch McConnell put it best. (but
> Colin Powell's words weren't bad either...)
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> ++Lar
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| (...) Are you saying, in essence (in this thread, and, like all of us, across many other threads), that you want to preserve, for example, your Constitutionally-enumerated right to bear arms, but you want to curtail someone else's (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Carried out in a safe, non polluting manner, on property that is controlled by someone granting permission and using a flag legitimately purchased, burning the flag is protected free speech. It's not a statement *I* would care to make but it's (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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