[Vision2020] West of Paris, Grand Opening

[Joe Campbell]

Matt,

I'm not making any general claims about whether passing laws against X will lead to an increase or decrease of folks doing X. I am making a particular claim about a particular law and action. Moreover, tt seems that the burden of whether a law will or will not deter an action is on the person wishing to pass the law. What reason do you have for thinking that it will decrease and not increase the incidence of flag burning?

All of this is besides the point, though, for the law clearly compromises our constitutional principles of freedom of expression, as Paul suggested. Don't you think that those principles are more important than the harm done by flag burning? I understand your anger at flag burners but aside from this what is the real harm done to our country or its individuals?

I can wait until you get back from rafting for a response. Have a nice trip!

--
Joe Campbell

---- Matt Decker <mattd2107 at hotmail.com> wrote: 

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Joe,

With that theory, if marijauna was to be legalized would the use of it go 
down then? If and only if the flag burning did increase I would tend to 
think that it would only be for a small amount of time. Over time lets say a 
year, I would think that it would decrease.

As a nation we need to draw the line what people should and shouldn't do. 
Burning the flag is way over that line.

going rafting so I will continue when I get back
Matt


>From: Joe Campbell <joekc at adelphia.net>
>To: Matt Decker <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] West of Paris, Grand Opening
>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 7:42:49 -0700
>
>Matt,
>
>I agree that burning the flag is wrong, plain and simple. But as Andreas 
>points out, a law against such actions would be counter to both the 
>Constitution and the very principles of freedom on which this country is 
>built. That seems like a much greater wrong.
>
>Furthermore, my guess is that, were a law against flag burning passed, it 
>would only increase the number of flag's burned. Does anyone know the 
>number of flags that have been burned in, say, the last year? I bet it is 
>relatively small. But think of how many people would burn flags in protest 
>of an anti-flag-burning law.
>
>If you could explain to me what purpose we'd achieve by passing such a law, 
>I'd be grateful. On the face of it, it seems like a really bad idea.
>
>--
>Joe Campbell
>
>---- Matt Decker <mattd2107 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>=============
>Or it could be that burning the flag is wrong, plain and simple. Maybe they
>are wasting one but Ill take that one day for doing the right thing and
>fixing what should have done the first time.
>
>
> >From: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>
> >To: "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
> >CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] West of Paris, Grand Opening
> >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:49:11 -0700
> >
> >On 8/17/06, Matt Decker <mattd2107 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > Mr. London,
> > >
> > > And just as they should. Why shouldn't the congress take one day out 
>of
> > > their schedule in order to make flag burning an offense?
> >
> >Because doing so is taking a day out of their schedule to violate or,
> >alternatively, create exceptions to the Constitution which they have
> >all sworn to uphold? I don't know. Could be that.
> >
> >-- ACS
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