I believe in the right to free speech, but I don't see what burning a flag has to do with speech. Even the right to free speech has limits. You can't yell "Fire" in a crowded theatre. There is such a thing as inciting to riot, and to me that's what burning a flag is.
Gary VanderMolen ---- Original Message ----
You know, I'm not a religious person by any means, so the closest iconic symbol that holds dear to me is the American flag. Every day, this flag is publicly burned, spat on, desecrated, and what have you. Does this prompt me and thousands of others to riot like violent lunatic assholes? No, and in fact I think it's important that we continue to allow these ingrate fire artisans (at the very least the ones in the US) the right to burn the flag as it is an essential freedom (and not because my constitution tells me so, it's simply because expressing yourself, however unpopular, should always be protected from tyranny, intimidation, and physical violence). The rest of the civilized world shows remarkable restraint when symbols held dear to them are befouled by jihadist piglets, yet look what happens when the coin is flipped.
