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Re: Flag Burning
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:21:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:


> However, he states that people who choose to
> exercise their right to free expression should "LEAVE," so how would this be
> different from me saying that anyone who wants to own a gun is free to do so
> but is slime and should LEAVE the country?

It's exactly the same.

And there are Americans who feel both of those sentiments.  That's one of the
things that makes/made us strong.

Chris



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  Re: Flag Burning
 
(...) You drumbeater! 8^) Still, can we agree that an apparent tension between believing that someone has a right to do something and also believing that that person should LEAVE to do that something elsewhere? Dave! (25 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Flag Burning
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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