Liberal Senators have stricken to Ammendment to outlaw Flag burning on the basis that it should be allowed as a demonstration of free speach. I wonder what those same Liberal Senators would think about Bible (or Koran) burning!?
2006-06-28 07:36:13 · 12 answers · asked by Tim C 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You can burn flags, bible, books, anything you want really, as long as it belongs to you and doesn't pose threat to people or objects near the flame.
As far as Korans go? Go ahead and burn one and just wait for the Islamofascists to rape your daughter to teach you a lesson about respect for the "peaceful religion"
2006-06-28 07:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 8⤋
You'd have to ask the 'liberal' senators what they think about burning the Bible or the Qur'an, or for that matter the Bhagavad Gita, the Torah, or Hindu scriptures. I suspect that they would be as suspicious of any amendment to outlaw the burning of these books as they are of the proposed amendment to outlaw burning of the flag. The object in question is not the point. The point is whether citizens of the USA have the right to think and express opinions that may be offensive to those in power, such as the idea that they are exercising that power inappropriately and we, their employers, want them to stop.
Under the laws of this country (at least so far and as I understand them), burning any of these objects can be an expression of protest against what they stand for. Dissent is protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. I for one am grateful to live in a country where I cannot be thrown in jail for disagreeing with those who have more power than I do.
2006-06-28 08:01:03 · answer #2 · answered by Kathryn D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really find your comment laughable. This vote was nothing more than a politically motivated move that was intended to appeal to people's misplaced patriotism.
Misplaced? You bet. For while congress will spend the time to vote on saving FLAGS, we avoid saving American troops in harms way.
I served in the US Army under the flag of this nation. It means something to me. But I didn't FIGHT for a flag. I fought for the people and the preservation of our rights AND freedoms. Among those freedoms is the right of expression, protest and speech. I may not like what is being said, in fact, I may HATE it. But I will fight against anyone who tries to take those rights away.
A flag is purely a symbol. If you burn it, aren't we still standing here? Aren't we still free? Aren't my feeling the same as before? Aren't we STILL the greatest nation on earth? Why? Precisely BECAUSE we have these rights.
It's disrespectful, it's shameful and it's hurtful. It's intended to be. And it needs to remain legal.
BTW, in case you didn't know, there are 4 other nations where flag burning is illegal.
China
Iran
Cuba
Saddam's Iraq (no longer however)
And as far as burning the Bible or any other material. If it's a form of protest or expression, I'm for it, it's OUR RIGHT!
2006-06-28 08:34:31 · answer #3 · answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually the statement most of them made was about "freedom of expression". Just because I don't agree with something, doesn't give me the right to ban it. Even if there is a huge majority of people against some form of expression, the first amendment protects a persons right to have different views and to express them.
One of the senators from my state (Patty Murray, Washington) said she opposed flag burning (and I would suspect bible or Koran burning as well) however she felt compelled to support the constitutional right of people to express their views.
I feel that in this case she voted they way I would have voted.
2006-06-28 07:44:52 · answer #4 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously, burning the flag of a nation or burning the sacred book of a particular religion is going to offend many people of that nation or that religion greatly. And that is precisely the point. It is a protest against a perceived wrong. It is an act of defiance against a perceived tyranny. And, it is an act of dissent that only the societies that possess the most freedom can tolerate.
If the US is a nation based upon the concepts of freedom and of the rights guaranteed to Americans by the Constitution, then no American, no matter how outraged, can seek to limit others' right to dissent, even in ways that anger us greatly.
2006-06-28 07:51:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Burning the Bible or the Koran would be "free speach," but it still may violate your local ordinances. Free speech can be restricted in the interest of public saftey, for example, you can't yell, "fire" in a crowded theatre. Make sure you check with your local fire marshal before you burn anything.
2006-06-28 07:47:40 · answer #6 · answered by www.lvtrafficticketguy.com 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who gives a sh!t what the lib/con senators think? Burning a Bible or a Koran is free speech.
2006-06-28 07:40:16 · answer #7 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
They don't have to try to reconcile that, even though in a similar situation for conservatives, they'd DEMAND an explanation, if not an investigation.
But they're liberals, and when you're a liberal, it's different. That's all.
2006-06-28 07:41:16 · answer #8 · answered by newbie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to think they would say exactly the same thing about Bible burning. There's no reason to ban expression unless it harms another.
2006-06-28 08:13:05 · answer #9 · answered by James 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your so ignorant. In the USA you can do what you want, if you can't handle being around free people go somewhere else.
2006-06-28 07:40:04 · answer #10 · answered by The Angry Stick Man 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who cares bro...It's free country...If they are letting you talk...thats cuz of freedom of speech bro.
2006-06-28 07:43:15 · answer #11 · answered by FORD on FIRE 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋