Re: Really Burns My Bucket!!!!!!
Sooner or later, a case would come before the Supreme Court and they are the final say as to whether any law conforms to the Constitution. Depends on the particular case, but the talking heads seem to agree that it would be struck down.
You blind-faithed republicans like to make everything a Bush thing. Has nothing to do with him. This crap comes up every election year. This is the first time it came so close to passing.
BE OFFENDED at somebody burning a flag. That's Your right. I'm offended anytime I see any of our leaders burned in effigy (even Junior). Should burning a dummy hung from a noose be illegal too? If flag burning is made illegal, I want That to be illegal too. Let's throw in hate speeches, vandalizing federal buildings, calling the president a Dork. The words Nazi an Nigger should be banned too. Where does it start and stop and how long before Your rights are infringed upon? You have to take the bad with the good, like it or not, agree with it or not.
If a liberal decorated vet puts on his uniform and burns his tattered flag in reverence, what happens if his conservative neighbor sees this and reports him to the Flag Police. Is the burden of proof on the decorated vet to show that the flag was worthy of disposal? Hard to do once it's been set on fire, dontcha think? What are the criteria for destruction? What are the Specific requirements? Slippery Slope!
Besides, ban it and soon there will be an epidemic of flag burning. Protesters Love attention. They DARE police to arrest them for exercising what they percieve as their right to free speech so that it ends up in court. Lawyers line-up in the wings just itching to get hold of such cases and usually for free. The publicity is far more valuable than their fees.
PS. The president is a dork. The president is a dork. The president is a dork.
