I remember reading a Weekly Reader or something in grade school talking about the controversy over flag-burning. I pretty much thought, freedom of speech should be more important than a piece of fabric. How I could get this when I was eight, but intelligent adults like Hillary Clinton don't, I do not understand. Frankly, I think she's simply pandering in preparation for 2008, and it makes my respect for her decline.
Now, I'm not saying flag burning is a good idea. But free speech isn't just about the speech we like.
Also? I haven't heard anything about anybody burning flags in the U.S. recently. It's not like we have some rash of flag-burning going on. The people burning American flags live overseas, in places like Iraq and Palestine, and contrary to popular belief, they don't have to do what we say. Banning flag burning is a gesture that fosters illusions of being in charge of the whole world.
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Date: 2005-12-08 05:56 pm (UTC)Now, I'm not saying flag burning is a good idea. But free speech isn't just about the speech we like.
Also? I haven't heard anything about anybody burning flags in the U.S. recently. It's not like we have some rash of flag-burning going on. The people burning American flags live overseas, in places like Iraq and Palestine, and contrary to popular belief, they don't have to do what we say. Banning flag burning is a gesture that fosters illusions of being in charge of the whole world.