Comments on: Steyn: Old Glory Can Take the Heat

By: cas

cas — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:32:54 +0000

I swore to uphold and defend the Constitution of the US against ALL enemeies, foreign and domestic.
That meant to me that I must defend ALL parts of the US Constitution, including the 1st Amendment. I agree with the Canadian (surprise!) Mark Steyn who so elocuently expressed what I feel. I respect my country's flag because I know what it has taken to defend those ideas that it represents. The fact that my country, and the flag that represents her, can ignore such idiots is STRENGTH, not weakness!

By: ALS

ALS — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:36:08 +0000

Seeing other Americans burn my flag really turns my stomach. Hell, I get a little misty-eyed just seeing that beautiful piece of cloth fluttering in the breeze.

But making it illegal? Come on, they can't be serious. We're going to throw people in jail for burning the flag? Then what's next? No more saying bad words about the President? It's too much of a slippery slope... any true conservative champion of individual liberty and limited government intrusion should feel the same way.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:49:05 +0000

But I can still burn an Eagle, right?

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:14:39 +0000

Note: I deleted Jason's off topic tirade.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:05:19 +0000

Kev: The reason the dog crapping on the carpet makes you mad is because you've got to clean it up. The reason a burning flag makes you mad is the message it sends. Indeed, if the VFW burns a flag to respectfully dispose of it when it's worn, you'd likely not object.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:26:22 +0000

Never mind Jason -- he's just crapping on the carpet again. Bad dog! BAD DOG!

By: LJD

LJD — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:40:04 +0000

Jason takes a break from flag and SUV burning to provide yet another example of "free speech". Must have been something funky in the tofu last night. Your mommy needs to get some software to keep you off of the websites meant for grown-ups.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:49:55 +0000

When I saw this amendment pass I was outraged by those who supported it. Those who support this amendment weaken our flag if anything. What is more important the symbol of the flag, or what the flag represents(freedom). What makes the American flag such a powerful symbol is it represents the freedom to burn it. What an amazing and wonderful flag it is. This amendment will protect the symbol and the expense of the concept it stands for.

This amendment will turn our flag into nothing bu a hallow symbol.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:40:25 +0000

The fact that the burning flag makes people so angry proves that it is indeed speech...

When my dog has an accident on my carpet it makes me angry. Does that make it speech?