Flag Burners - what would U do w/ them?

[Nadiine]

I Just saw Solomon's post w/ a man stepping on the flag.

People desecrating their own flag chap my hide.. so it made me wonder
what you would do if you were in authority to do something about it.

Would you smile & say "eh, it's free speech" or..
would you do something negative?


(you can choose more than one answer)

 

[MrJim]

It's the cost of the Freedom of Speech; wouldn't worry about it but then I'm no patriot

 

[BAFRIEND]

The flag I have in a case above my desk was the one that adorned my father's coffin and was handed to my mother when he was shot to death in Vietnam.

When I see someone burn the flag, it just makes me feel sorry for them. They have no honor in them.

 

[SolomonVII]

It is free speech, and it is a big deal.
The world has been blessed to have America. Those who are working against American influence in the world as it has existed for the past century expecially ought to be careful about what they wish for.

Consider the alternatives. Consider the two other up and coming world powers, the totalitarian capitalist of China, or the Islamofascist jihadists for examples. Consider how might treat you if you defame their symbols, if you make cartoons fo Mohammed maybe.

Bill Ayers has been working long and hard to make up for his regret for not having bombed enough in his Weatherman. His infleunce in radical education was well funded by Obama's chairmanship on certain charitable boards. Certainly the fortunes that have been spent on his education programs have not raised the gpa's up on iota, but they may well be successful in other area that he is more interested in, such as the continuance of the revolution through the hearts and minds of the next generation.

We may live to see how well freedoms to denigrate state symbols will fare under the all-pervasive state that his socialism will bring, if he is ultimately successful.

It is a big dea this freedom of speech. We can even talk ourselves out of the idea that such freedom has any value.

 

[ladyt28]

It's not only free speech - that flag represents people's right to be able to do something like that without persecution. Personally I don't feel that we are to attach that much meaning to anything other than our Lord.

 

[Nadiine]

I don't think it's an attachement to a flag... but love of country.
& I don't see anything wrong with loving a country - look at God's love of Israel & all in it.

 

[Hentenza]

I think the best punishment would be to make them work every July 4th, Memorial Day, or any other patriotic holiday.

 

[edie19]

I think the best punishment would be to make them work every July 4th, Memorial Day, or any other patriotic holiday.

I like that

other than that I pretty much agree with BAFRIEND - it's just sad, they're to be much pitied

 

[ladyt28]

It's one thing to love your country, it's another to attach that much meaning to an icon. But the beautiful thing is that we have the right to view it differently. To me, the desire to persecute people because they "desecrate" it is to become more like Iran or Syria.

 

[Blank123]

i know i'm going to get raked over the coals for this lol but honestly? that sort of thing doesn't happen here much but i really wouldn't care too much. I love my country too but i don't consider something like that a personal attack on me because i'm Canadian.

More often than not though that sort of thing is a statement and an act of protest against the current government not a statement to declare to the world that they hate their country (in fact many people who do that i would imagine *do* love their country or they wouldn't take the time to stage such a strong protest and risk alienation and persecution in the process), so my view is let them have their freedom to act out and if it actually does get the governments attention then cool. i'd consider it more of a sad statement than anything that any citizen in any free country would feel that they would have to do something like that to feel like their concerns would be heard by the government though, and i'd wonder why the proper channels aren't working. especially if it became a regular occurance.

 

[Zecryphon]

I think the best punishment would be to make them work every July 4th, Memorial Day, or any other patriotic holiday.

Yeah, we could make them tag along with the Boy Scouts when they plant flags on the graves of American soldiers who gave their lives to protect these people's right to burn the flag.

 

[Apollo Celestio]

I don't really care usually. I suppose someone burning the flag because they hate Americans would bug me a little more than someone doing it because they hate America. I can't say I'm especially fond of it, but I won't get my panties in a bunch.
FTR I'm no patriot.

 

[SolomonVII]

The picture of Bill Ayers, btw, is his response to 9/11.

3000 people die, and Ayers wipes his feet on the flag of the 3000 dead Americans
He bombed the Pentagon too. His only regret is that he didn't do more.

Islamofascists and the American Left of Ayers share the same dream.

 

[Atlantians]

I Just saw Solomon's post w/ a man stepping on the flag.

People desecrating their own flag chap my hide.. so it made me wonder
what you would do if you were in authority to do something about it.

Would you smile & say "eh, it's free speech" or..
would you do something negative?


(you can choose more than one answer)

You know that is Ayers right?

 

[JoabAnias]

I Just saw Solomon's post w/ a man stepping on the flag.

People desecrating their own flag chap my hide.. so it made me wonder
what you would do if you were in authority to do something about it.

Would you smile & say "eh, it's free speech" or..
would you do something negative?

Flag Burning Laws - History of U.S. Laws Against Flag Burning

 

[Nadiine]

You know that is Ayers right?

no I didn't know that

not surprising from what I've been hearing about him recently.

 

[Nadiine]

The picture of Bill Ayers, btw, is his response to 9/11.

3000 people die, and Ayers wipes his feet on the flag of the 3000 dead Americans
He bombed the Pentagon too. His only regret is that he didn't do more.

Islamofascists and the American Left of Ayers share the same dream.

If people knew & saw this type of thing, tying Obaba's past associations, they'de think differently

 

[Nadiine]

Yeah, we could make them tag along with the Boy Scouts when they plant flags on the graves of American soldiers who gave their lives to protect these people's right to burn the flag.

 

[Criada]

I guess you have to be american to care...
To be honest, it's a piece of cloth.... I really wouldn't feel strongly about it.. even were it the Union flag.. it's a symbol of some things I love and some I hate.. and anyone is entitled to express their opinion as they see fit, as long as they are not harming anyone else.

 

[Nadiine]

Does not caring about where you live possibly fall into the category of apathy?

If everyone felt that way, would anyone enlist in your military or fight for important
things that involve it?