Burning flags
Jul. 21st, 2004 07:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumSeems the furor of the moment is a re-run, from the above you can see what it is.
I think part of this is the same as the FMA... build an issue to show what un-american types those Democrats are, it will get less play, because it's been going on every year for the past several.
Me... I'm against the idea of mucking with the Constitution on such an issue.
My take on it the flag is a symbol, and as such is not anything spectacular. Burn it and one burns cloth ("who steals my purse steals trash") the things it represents still stand.
I also think that one who doesn't believe in the ideals the flag represents won't burn it, so as an act of protest it affirms the value of the flag.
More to the point, letting people do such things is one of the bedrock principles of the country. Despise what they say, but defend the right to say it, and it's pretty obvious burning the flag is political speech, no one does without trying to make a, strong, political point.
The Supreme Court seems to agree with me.
Think about that, this Court, one of the most conservative (well, Right... the amount of judicial activism on this court is astounding, esp. given the rhetoric of the justices, and those who wish to replace them, about judicial restraint, and strict interpretations) agrees, and has agreed repeatedly, that outlawing the burning of flags is un-american.
For more check out Ourika
I think part of this is the same as the FMA... build an issue to show what un-american types those Democrats are, it will get less play, because it's been going on every year for the past several.
Me... I'm against the idea of mucking with the Constitution on such an issue.
My take on it the flag is a symbol, and as such is not anything spectacular. Burn it and one burns cloth ("who steals my purse steals trash") the things it represents still stand.
I also think that one who doesn't believe in the ideals the flag represents won't burn it, so as an act of protest it affirms the value of the flag.
More to the point, letting people do such things is one of the bedrock principles of the country. Despise what they say, but defend the right to say it, and it's pretty obvious burning the flag is political speech, no one does without trying to make a, strong, political point.
The Supreme Court seems to agree with me.
Think about that, this Court, one of the most conservative (well, Right... the amount of judicial activism on this court is astounding, esp. given the rhetoric of the justices, and those who wish to replace them, about judicial restraint, and strict interpretations) agrees, and has agreed repeatedly, that outlawing the burning of flags is un-american.
For more check out Ourika
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Date: 2004-07-24 11:45 am (UTC)ROTFL!