Although I would never burn any countries flag, (as I find it to be disrespectul)..I'm concerned about the ban on flag burning being put forth in the legisative branch.
My problem is that they're not against the action of burning the flag, what they're against is peoples action of protesting by burning the flag.
As anyone who's been in the military or the scouts will tell you, the proper way to retire a flag is via incineration.
Thus, the action of burning the flag is not what the government is against.
What they're against is people's burning of the flag for reasons of protest.
This is a bad precedent.
What next? Should we make the speech of dissidents illegal? Where does it stop?
What do you guys think?
My problem is that they're not against the action of burning the flag, what they're against is peoples action of protesting by burning the flag.
As anyone who's been in the military or the scouts will tell you, the proper way to retire a flag is via incineration.
Thus, the action of burning the flag is not what the government is against.
What they're against is people's burning of the flag for reasons of protest.
This is a bad precedent.
What next? Should we make the speech of dissidents illegal? Where does it stop?
What do you guys think?
