Russel Madere wrote: > Because as the emblem of our country it deserves protection from desecration. > I only support the defintion of purposeful burning of the flag outside of of > disposal ceremonies as desecration. That is an act, not speech. It is > associated with NON peacful demonstrations as the act of starting an open > fire in an inappropriate place is a breach of the peace. Because of the > breach of peace in the act, it is not afforded First Amendment protection in > my interpretation.
What's not peaceful about burnign the flag? Maybe the anger it incites in the people who OPPOSE the flag burning. But not the flag burning itself. KKK rallies are generally "peaceful" too until people start throwing stuff at them and a riot breaks out. The flag burner isn't hurting anyone. Burning a flag isn't violent or physically harmful. And don't give me that "starting an open fire in an inappropriate place" crap. That's just posturing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:218059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
