You can't have it both ways. You either believe in private property rights, or you are NOT a capitalist. There is no middle-ground between the two.
Laissez-faire capitalism advances the belief that any law against flag burning is not only a law against free speech, but is also a law against private property rights. If I own a flag (or Qu’ran, or Bible, or house, or marijuana, or whatever), it is MY private property, and I should be free to burn it, AS LONG as I don’t infringe upon anybody else's property rights in the process, according to capitalism.
So my question is this: are you a capitalist who opposes laws against flag-burning, or an America-hating commie? :)
(Personally, I'm a pretty hard-core capitalist: I oppose ALL forms of slavery, including taxation. But that's just me.)
2006-08-26
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