[Vision2020] Celebrate freedom, kick a flag--burner's ass!

[Matt Decker]

Donovan,

Wasn't that flag thrown in the trash can and not burned? I remember the flag 
still in tact when I saw it.

Matt


>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>, "'Joe Campbell'" <joekc at adelphia.net>, 
>        "'Tony Simpson'" <tonytime at clearwire.net>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Celebrate freedom, kick a flag--burner's ass!
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:53:56 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Tom,
>
>  If someone burns a flag of a country, nation or group of  people,  I 
>consider it an act of aggression and/or  ill will  towards those people. I 
>responded that way when several of my  senatorial colleagues in ASUI burned 
>the Gay Straight Alliance Flag--as  did many others.
>
>  If someone protests against a war or  action of the US within the US they 
>can do so without burning a flag,  spitting on US Soldiers, or destroying 
>public or private property.
>
>   So yes, I think someone that burns a US Flag should be watched more  
>carefully, and I think they are people that are disrespecting the  United 
>States and all the people in it. I consider an attack on a US  Naval ROTC 
>Building an attack on the US--especially one that my Dad was  attending 
>during the 60s.
>
>   Best,
>
>   _DJA
>
>Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:              v\:* 
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>     st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                    Arnold 
>stated:
>
>     “It is easier to find those that  hate and wish real harm to the 
>United    States if you allow them to burn a flag.”
>
>     Are you suggesting that all those students  and anti-war protestors 
>during Vietnam  hated and wished real harm to the United States,  Arnold?
>
>     Campuses (just to name a few) at:
>
>     University of Virginia
>
>     University of California at Berkeley
>
>     Kent State University
>
>     UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
>     (Be careful here, Arnold.  My wife attended UI during the late 60’s.  
>Yes.  There were  major demonstrations which included (on one occasion 
>burning a US  flag and an attempt to burn down the Navy ROTC building)
>
>     Thoughts?
>
>     Tom Hansen
>
>             ********************************************
>
>   "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism"
>
>   - Thomas Jefferson
>
>   ********************************************
>
>
>
>---------------------------------
>
>     From:  vision2020-bounces at moscow.com 
>[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
>   Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:26  PM
>   To: Joe Campbell; Tony Simpson
>   Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
>   Subject: Re: [Vision2020]  Celebrate freedom, kick a flag--burner's ass!
>
>
>     "I think that the question of whether flag burning is or is not  
>speech
>   is not so  clear." Joe Campbell
>
>   Isn't it  that every American Flag eventually gets burned?
>
>   A flag is  speech, that is all it is, how you burn it and for what 
>reasons I think
>   speaks  volumes.
>
>   It is easier  to find those that hate and wish real harm to the
>   United States if you allow them to  burn a flag.
>
>   Best,
>
>   _DJA
>
>
>
>
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