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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:09 PM Original message |
My 2 cents on the flag burning amendment. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. One reason to burn an American flag: to retire it from service. (n/t) |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I stand corrected, I took that as a given. |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. But U.S. reported flag burning incidents increased by 33% last year! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Eeek! The horror! nt |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's obviously a constitutional crisis. nt |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Wait! Here's another incidence of horrifying flag desecration. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. But the flag is a symbol |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Has this Administration run this Country for the past 200 plus Years? |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I don't understand what you're getting at |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. "America is built on the idea of freedom" |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Personally, I think the American flag is offensive aesthetically (like |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Exactly |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. America is about the Constitution, not the flag. |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. I couldn't care less, really |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. The citizens of the US are hurting right now. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Flag worship didn't start until the 1890s |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'll care about this when |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. " If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment . . . " |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Am I speaking in a foreign language? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. "I just don't understand why any American would want to burn our flag." |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. Its just step 1 |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. destroying the Constitution of the United States is a crime |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. The point is the freedom to burn a symbol |
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