06-25-2005, 12:32 AM
jahcs,Jun 24 2005, 06:10 PM Wrote:I stand ready to defend the ideals of this Nation. The flag is a symbol of those ideals. I regard an attack on the flag as an attack on those ideals. A protest is used to gain attention for your point of view on an issue. If your protest includes material regarded as hatefull by many folks, are you at fault? Life is full of unintended consequences.
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That was one tyhing I was arguing in my first post. You may take it as an attack on your ideals, but in terms of the effects of burning a flag, it doesn't stop elections, it doesn't lead the military to take over the country, it doesn't change how arrest procedures are done, etc. If someone burns a flag and than goes back home, they haven't actually done anything to actually change some important good things about the country.
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