Do you support a constitutional amendment to outlaw flag burning?

[GoingNova]

This issue has recently come up again. What do you think?

[Lil Bit]

WTF? Can't we just leave it be and worry about the more important things that are eating our country alive? Flag burning should stay banned.

[Sicander]

Totaly Innapropriate. However I agree with Mustang. News lately has been bringing up these sorts of thing to distract from real issues. They stopped talking about the war so much because they are now predicting that we will pull 50% of our troops out by march and a good portion of the rest out by july. They bashed and bashed on Bush for fighting a loosing battle and now that it is evident that we are infact coming to the end of this war they start talking about flag burning! I hate CBS.

[Rascal]

i'm not sure that i really care one way or the other. it's bad and all, but banned? maybe that's half the appeal to burning it in the first place. sure it makes a statement, but a pretty weak one i think, it's too standard. ooooo...you disagree with me, please don't burn my flag and show that there is nothing behind what you stand for. i dunno, not a big issue to me...can always make more flags...

[Sicander]

you disagree with me, please don't burn my flag and show that there is nothing behind what you stand for. i dunno, not a big issue to me...can always make more flags...

That was low rascal. Im gonna go on the warpath here! How dare you say that! There is more behind that flag than most people are aware. Union soldiers on the battlefield died just to keep a flag from falling. Hundreds of thousands of men died to protect the things that our flag stands for. It is the enduring symbol of american freedom and sacrifice and I will NOT stand by and have that symbol so belittled. Freedom of speach applies to things you say! It IN NO WAY gives you the right to burn things. Just think what would happen if I publically burned a copy of the Torah or the Quoran! Those things are symbols of a way of life, the american flag is no different.

[pink_beliefs]

I don't really think that it is that big of a deal. Its JUST a flag. I realize that to some it does represent a lot, but it is a sheet of fabric. I think that there are so much more important things to worry about than someone burning some cloth. Women's Lib people used to burn bras, is that a big deal?

[GoingNova]

Which is worse, outlawing the banning of a flag, or banning free speech 60 days prior to an election? The latter has already been done.

[ANGLOIRISH]

Those burning the American flag are immature imbeciles who have not yet made it to the first rung of the food chain. I admit I do not like to see the flag defiled, however, if we feed into the insanity of the flag burners, we are reinforcing their negative behavior. Sure give them a fine- a hefty fine - and if the fine is not paid within a 24 hour period jail the SOBs. All in all, we have had idiots burning the flag for decades and I do not believe we should give them any attention - negative or otherwise. Why give the maggots free press?

[Lil Bit]

yeah it is dammit, no one wants to see women with their ta-ta's hangin to the knees! What's wrong with these people? Don't they know that gravity is coming to get you!?!?!? Geez pink get a grip. lol

As for the flag, it's a symbol. Just like I do not agree with the southern flag not being flown. It is a part of our history and it symbolises great times in American history. It's like burning the wedding dress that your grandmother married your grandfather in 60 years ago and she asked you to help keep it for future generations to see. It is symbolic to who we are and where we came from and the struggles to get where we are.

[Sicander]

As for the flag, it's a symbol. Just like I do not agree with the southern flag not being flown. It is a part of our history and it symbolises great times in American history. It's like burning the wedding dress that your grandmother married your grandfather in 60 years ago and she asked you to help keep it for future generations to see. It is symbolic to who we are and where we came from and the struggles to get where we are.

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[Rascal]

There is more behind that flag than most people are aware.

i apologize. i think i was misinterpreted...when i said "ooooo...you disagree with me, please don't burn my flag and show that there is nothing behind what you stand for." i meant that as the people burning the flag had no other leg to stand on in their arguments, they had no substance to what THEY stood for, not the flag. of course the flag is a symbol of strife and whatnot. apologies for any offence i gave...

[Lil Bit]

I took none. Thanks though.:)

[Sicander]

Oh ok sorry, misunderstood.

[MrsD]

Burning the American flag is paramount to banning prayer in schools. Plain and simple.

[ANGLOIRISH]

I am proud of the American flag and everything it represents. God Bless America!

[MrsD]

That's how I feel about it, too. I'd hope that ANYONE from ANY country would feel that way about their own flag.

[smo1704]

I don't see the grounds upon which this could be made illegal. They are destroying their own property. So long as they do not damage someone else's property or endanger anyone's life in the process I don't see where a crime is committed. Personally I don't care about the symbolic meaning of a thing, only its practical importance. If someone were to burn something that symbolized something I believed in (for instance the American flag or maybe a Darwin fish) I wouldn't care. They accomplished nothing. I'd just laugh at them for wasting their money. If the best attack you can make on an entity or idea is one on a symbol of that entity or idea you are no threat and deserve no serious consideration.

[GoingNova]

I don't see the grounds upon which this could be made illegal.

Well, I don't see the grounds upon which the Supreme Court ruled that 60 days before an election, I can't take out an ad against a politician running for office, yet they ruled you can't.