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Should flag burners lose citizenship?
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<blockquote data-quote="LoAmmi" data-source="post: 70523480" data-attributes="member: 304002"><p>To quote the movie V for Vendetta:</p><p>A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. Alone, a symbol is meaningless, but with enough people, blowing up a building can change the world.</p><p></p><p>Saying the flag is just a symbol is a problem to me because symbols mean things. When Francis Scott Key stood in the Baltimore Harbor and saw the flag waving over Fort McHenry, he knew that symbol meant that the Americans hadn't lost. My grandfather was a veteran and when he died they folded a flag and gave it to my father as a symbol for my grandfather's service. I imagine I or my mother will be given a flag when my father dies for the same reason. </p><p></p><p>Burning the flag is a symbol itself. A symbol of rage against the country, a symbol of extreme unhappiness, or a symbol showing that the person does desire the death/destruction of the country. And as much as I don't like it and would never burn a flag in protest, I wouldn't take that away from them. I don't defend them doing it, but I would fight for their right to do so. Just as I would fight for the right of the KKK or neonazis to spread their nonsense or for other extreme groups to spread theirs. </p><p></p><p>It's easy, so very easy to be ready to stand up for speech you agree with. It's hard to stand up for that which you do not. This is one of those cases and we should not move toward a society where expression is restricted. It's dangerous.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoAmmi, post: 70523480, member: 304002"] To quote the movie V for Vendetta: A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. Alone, a symbol is meaningless, but with enough people, blowing up a building can change the world. Saying the flag is just a symbol is a problem to me because symbols mean things. When Francis Scott Key stood in the Baltimore Harbor and saw the flag waving over Fort McHenry, he knew that symbol meant that the Americans hadn't lost. My grandfather was a veteran and when he died they folded a flag and gave it to my father as a symbol for my grandfather's service. I imagine I or my mother will be given a flag when my father dies for the same reason. Burning the flag is a symbol itself. A symbol of rage against the country, a symbol of extreme unhappiness, or a symbol showing that the person does desire the death/destruction of the country. And as much as I don't like it and would never burn a flag in protest, I wouldn't take that away from them. I don't defend them doing it, but I would fight for their right to do so. Just as I would fight for the right of the KKK or neonazis to spread their nonsense or for other extreme groups to spread theirs. It's easy, so very easy to be ready to stand up for speech you agree with. It's hard to stand up for that which you do not. This is one of those cases and we should not move toward a society where expression is restricted. It's dangerous. [/QUOTE]
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