Should printing of the United States flag on stickers, bikinis etc be banned?

Question

And why if yes or no. I personally am of the opinion that as the symbol of a government of the people should be commercialized under heavy taxation at the very least. Corporate logos get more protection by the system than the flag.

Answer 1

Corporate logos are from private enterprises that want to protect their identity or symbol of the practice. Government, per say is of the people. As the symbol of each American citizen, the flag cannot be categorized as a corporation.

Answer 2

No, since the Supreme Court held that burning the flag is protected speech (in an opinion written by Scalia), then putting it on a sticker should be free speech also.

Corporate logos get more protection because they are copyrighted intellectual property, i.e. - those symbols are owned. Nobody "owns" the symbol of the flag, it is in the public domain.

Answer 3

In my own opinion, any portrayal of the American flag should not be taxed. It is the symbol of the American People, and thus belongs to the people. I think it fair to say, that companies that print the flag, do have the right to make a profit, as the cost of manufacturing, flags themselves, cost money. I do think though that burning the American flag (even under the "cover" of the 1st amendment), should be considered an act against America, and should be a crime.

Answer 4

If printing the flag offends you, you are a very sensitive person. The flag belong to the people why should be taxed?

Answer 5

excerpts from links
§3. Use of flag for advertising purposes; mutilation of flag
Any person who, within the District of Columbia, in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America; or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature; or who, within the District of Columbia, shall manufacture, sell, expose for sale, or to public view, or give away or have in possession for sale, or to be given away or for use for any purpose, any article or substance being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle for merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise, upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, colors, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. The words "flag, standard, colors, or ensign", as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the United States of America.

§8. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html#5

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This comes up every now and then.

Burning American flags in foreign countries during demonstrations is nothing new.
It's the hysteria of the accompanying mob that baffles me.
I don't get the mentality of jumping around and screaming in the street.
Impotent rage I guess

I don't see extreme measures such as tax stamps on American Flag stickers the way to go.
Is the flag OK on action figures?

Answer 6

No. What is the point?

Answer 7

no be proud to be an AMERICAN!