[quote name='Lady Shy' date='13 September 2010 - 09:05 AM' timestamp='1284393956' post='700481']
I disagree how there are actually laws against burning flags. If the law truly has got to be there I think it should count for books as well. Symbolic or not, it just is not in any way freedom of speech. The only burning that should be happening in the freedom of speech alley should be "OH SNAP" remarks.
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well... there are currently no laws against it. but at one point there were... this issue has been debated over for quite some time now.
personally i feel we need to be able to burn a flag if we want to.
it may not be speaking with my mouth, but if i burned a flag it would definitly be saying somthing.
We need our freedom of speech protected, because if we dont have that the people cant get what they want from the government.
sure, burning the flag is extreme, but if that gets taken away from our rights, whats to stop the government there? freedom of speach has always been about drawing a line that no one can cross. right now i think we have a lot of room, but if we keep letting the government redraw it every time someone gets offended, we are gonna have to start watching our step.