Flag Burners Beware!!

[Excaliber]

What IS the logic or reasoning behind the law that does allow someone to burn the US flag in protest?

[Ronbo]

Burning the flag should be legal...

Beating the daylights out of someone burning the flag should be illegal - the fine? One dollar (preferably a defaced one).

Consider the matter solved.

[VRM]

Originally Posted by Ronbo

Burning the flag should be legal...

Beating the daylights out of someone burning the flag should be illegal - the fine? One dollar (preferably a defaced one).

Consider the matter solved.

Touche!

[cobra de capell]

Hmmmm..you post french...

[joyridin']

I'm not even sure how they define an American flag anymore. A few weeks ago, I drove by a dealership and all the cars with antennas had a flag on them. It was about 10" by 8". Should these be illegal to burn?

[Scott S]

When I need a copper washer I drill a hole through a penny and commit a crime by saving myself a quarter....

Funny thing about protests, a college student put a hang mans rope in a tree on public property before the last election and was charged with a hate crime. The same tree had a yellow ribbon tied around it by another student and that was just a-okay.

It the noose had a flag in it would that be a crime?

[Excaliber]

I know this is not accepted in the liberal ranks along ...

Boy there's a load of BS if I ever heard it. Are you implying that somehow Liberals don't have the same respect for the flag, God or country that radical right wing nut flag waving Vets have? Such blanket statements concerning a particular group, any group, of people just don't cut it.

[Scott S]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

Boy there's a load of BS if I ever heard it. Are you implying that somehow Liberals don't have the same respect for the flag, God or country that radical right wing nut flag waving Vets have? Such blanket statements concerning a particular group, any group, of people just don't cut it.

So lumping millions of right of center vets together is not a blanket statement?

[RAZOR]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

Boy there's a load of BS if I ever heard it. Are you implying that somehow Liberals don't have the same respect for the flag, God or country that radical right wing nut flag waving Vets have? Such blanket statements concerning a particular group, any group, of people just don't cut it.

Tell me the name of the liberal who defends American Exceptionalism, what I have read they think its hypocrisy, just google it and read. Also the general liberal view does not see America acting noble in its cause, maybe why Obama is always apologizing to the rest of the world. The left teaches history with the view of those who have been victimized

[Excaliber]

Exactly! You see the point!

[Scott S]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

Exactly! You see the point!

Only because you pushed up my behind, if it was personal I hardly felt it....

[Ronbo]

Unfortunately, it seems many can't read...

There was no "kidnapping" the culprit agreed to the "punishment". These folks, all on their own, did far better in my view than any court or law could accomplish.

Personally I would have kicked the crap out of the guy, but the "right wing Vet" obviously has far better restraint than I do. Plus I don't see any indication that the culprit was a liberal, especially in light of the fact that he himself felt what he did was wrong and submitted himself to the punishment.

The flag (as well as our government) represents the people of the United States, and while the government has certainly failed in this role the flag has not. You wanna take a dump on the white house lawn, be my guest. Just try doing that to the flag when I'm around.

Funny how we don't burn anyone's flag in this country... Except our own, of course.

[Excaliber]

It wasn't personal at all, just dripping with irony. Kind of like "bait", I wondered who would catch it.

[Jamo]

Steve...you want a history duel? Bring it.

Of course the Union Jack was burned and defaced...during a war.

I like Ronbo's critique...burn my flag/get your ass kicked.

[VRM]

Originally Posted by Jamo

Steve...you want a history duel? Bring it.

Of course the Union Jack was burned and defaced...during a war.

I like Ronbo's critique...burn my flag/get your ass kicked.

A car history duel might be fun someday - anybody who can recognise a DBR1 is worth a pint in my book.

As for your teenage years(), I'm sure you are aware that lots of royal property (flags, carriages, horses, buildings, windows, etc) were destroyed/looted/burned for years (a decade or so) before the actual shooting war broke out.

If someone burns your flag they should expect to get their ass kicked.

Steve

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by VRM

A car history duel might be fun someday - anybody who can recognise a DBR1 is worth a pint in my book.

As for your teenage years(), I'm sure you are aware that lots of royal property (flags, carriages, horses, buildings, windows, etc) were destroyed/looted/burned for years (a decade or so) before the actual shooting war broke out.

If someone burns your flag they should expect to get their ass kicked.

Steve

OK, that's what I was looking for.

[SP01715]

Burning any American flag is wrong IMO, but the flag in question was a flag that flew in combat where American soldiers died. It was also the property of the VFW. This "right wing vet" would have given a proper beat down to that clown. I praise those vets for their restraint.