<cf_applause magnitude="hella"/> I don't like to see it happen, but I'm going to respect the right to protest - even if I think the protester is an idiot.
Eric Gruss Gott wrote: >I'll grant you it's disturbing, but here's the problem: If you ban >flag "desecration" you're elevating a symbol of the state to revered >status. The beauty of the American flag is that it stands for freedom >- a moron can burn a thousand of them and what it stands for is more >true with every burning. > >If we start making symbols of the state more important than what the >symbols stand for then we'll lose part of what makes America great. >It also raises other questions such as which other symbols of the >state are we going to protect with the constitution? > >Pictures of the President? Statue of Liberty models you buy in NY >gift shops? Copies of the constitution? And then what is desecration? > What if you have a flag t-shirt on and you get BBQ sauce on it from a >4th picnic? Do you go to jail? > >Also keep in mind the company we'd be in: Hitler, Mussolini, and >Hussein all made it illegal because they had to to force their people >to respect the state. Is our democracy so fragile that we need to >criminalize that which we claim to value? > >Remember the constitution is about the rights of citizens not the >rights of the state. We shouldn't use the constitution to ban >everything that's disturbing and the Supreme Court has already ruled >on this issue. It's simply a challenge to the judicial branch by the >House. > >Ultimately this is just a Republican attempt to create a patriot >litmus test that they can use during the next election. You'll be >hearing this: "My liberal opponent doesn't even want to protect the >American Flag." > >When there's so many important issues we need smart people for, this >pedagogic attempt to appeal to emotions rather than intelligence is a >new low for the Republicans. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161692 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
