Should we put the boy scouts or VFW in jail when they burn a flag?
On 10/19/06, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sam wrote: > > Banning open fires in public is not fascist. > > No but banning a form of free speech simply because it's the flag of > your nation *IS*. > > Here are some definitions of fascism: > > "A social and political ideology with the primary guiding principle that > the state or nation is the highest priority, rather than personal or > individual freedoms." > > "promoting an aggressive nationalism" > > "promotes extreme nationalism" > > My personal favorite, from the American Heritage Dictionary: > > "A philosophy or system of government that is marked by stringent social > and economic control, a strong, centralized government usually headed by > a dictator, and often a policy of belligerent nationalism." > > wow, thank goodness we don't have a dictator. > > Rick > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217901 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
