The only restriction I support is a ban on the purposeful burning of a flag not associated with proper and respectful disposal ceremonies.
For your examples, the flag is not included in the creamtory when a veteran's/soldier's body is cremated. It is removed respectfully by the honor guard and given to a family member or representative. When a ship is scuttled, the colors are struck and taken if at all possible when the ship is abandoned. If the ship is sunk, the flag is like not burnt. Also, it is done by a non-US soldier and therefore not subject to the US laws. As for speech, all I ever hear from the item when something is burnt is crackling. Most burning inanimate items don't speak when burnt. As for the burner, that person can say the same thing without desecrating the emblem of our nation. The burning of the flag is perform do an outrageous action to draw attention to themself. All I support is the banning of a particularly agregious, outrageous act. > I wasn't neccessarily talking about the specific ammendment, but a > question in general. > > What is exceptable burning, and what is not? > Is it the burning that is unexceptable, or the message/speech behind > the burning. > > If it is the burning, then you need to look at other burnings > (funerals, scuttling a ship in time of war) > If is the speech, why is it not protected under free speech? What > makes this _particular_ speech so aggregious as to require a change > to > the constitution. Isn't there a lot of speech out there that is > worse? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:218031 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
