[Vision2020] West of Paris, Grand Opening

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Which is worse?  A person burning a flag in protest, a US Representative intentionally violating federal wetlands protection laws, or a president violating the constitution in a significant way?

W.
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From: Paul Rumelhart 
To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] West of Paris, Grand Opening


Also, burning the flag is a symbolic statement and an expression of an opinion.  Are we such a weak country that we can't take a little mockery?  That a statement like that would have us frothing at the mouth and overreacting to it?  I thought we were more sensible than that.

If a person can't express their dissent in a supposedly free country, then that country is no longer free.

Maybe we should be listening to them, just to make sure they don't have a valid point.  If they do, then maybe we should try to fix the problem instead of banning the expression of it.

Paul

Joe Campbell wrote: 
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: 

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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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