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Re: Flag Burning
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 20 Jul 2001 06:02:26 GMT
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
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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.
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> > 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.
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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 Constitutionally-enumerated right to free expression?
And
<snip>
> Dave!
No, Tom states that he thinks does not agree with people who want to
burn the flag, but agrees that they have the right to do so if they
desire. He does not want to curtail their right to free expression.
I feel the same about groups like the KKK. I think that they are
raving lunatics, but I also believe the they have the right to be
raving lunatics as long as they do not break any laws trying to
express their opinions. People are free to believe whatever they want
to, whether or not I agree with what they believe. The following
quote, widely mis-attributed to Voltaire, sums up my stance on flag
burning and what I believe Tom was trying to express as well.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death
your right to say it."
--- Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire, 1906
--
Overkill is the only sure kill.
SR
PS. Tom, feel free to correct me if I am off base.
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| (...) Well, mine was a somewhat rhetorical question, though not obviously so. However, he (Tom, I apologize for addressing you in 3rd person this way, but we're working with our interpretations of your post, rather than your input--please feel free (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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