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Re: Flag Burning
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 18:15:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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?
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> > 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...)
Agreed. Moreover, superfluous legislation of this sort serves only to
provide members of Congress with public relations fodder, a la "I voted to
protect Our Nation's Flag, so-and-so did not--what does that tell you?"
I concur with you and would not personally burn the flag (since I feel no
reason to do so), but, if I were so inclined, I would happily wipe my
posterior with The Flag, The Constitution, and/or The Declaration of
Independence, knowing that such an action would be a protected form of
expression.
This sort of enforced veneration of an object is more or less
indistinguishable from Secular Idolatry, and I'm not interested in being
told what to worship.
Dave!
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| (...) "That so-and-so understands the constitution better than you do and therefore would make a better Member of Congress ??? ":-) Ya, that sort of posturing makes me ill. Kind of like the guys who rail against pork but are first at the trough for (...) (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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