how can I "who lost good friends in the military" be expected not to attack" if I see my flag burned 4 laughs?

Answer 1

I'm sorry for your loss,but you are not alone.
I have seen our flag burned for 37 years, here at home and over seas. My daddy was a vietnam vet. He said that people that burn the flag are doing it usually because a friggin camera crew is right there and sometimes the burning is encouraged.
Stop watching the media for info, turn to the internet. Read Europe's take on this war.
Peace out
D

Answer 2

I can see where you are coming from. How disrespectful of someone who is living in the USA (assuming that is where you are from) to burn a flag that represents their FREEDOM. Sure freedom means they can express what they want,but hello it is disrespectful to leave the flag hanging in the rain or to leave it hanging when it is getting old and torn. And to burn a flag and laugh about it means they are immature,disrespectful,people that need to grow up and respect those who fought and died for there so called freedom. I bet they wouldnt put their *** on the line for this country. Cowards.

Answer 3

Coragryph has the right of it. The flag is a piece of cloth. It only has meaning because it stands for something. That's what your friends died for. The cloth itself doesn't matter. It's only a symbol.

Besides, if you go around assaulting people you could lose your freedom, at least for a while. Your friends wouldn't want that.

Answer 4

Very simply.

You lost good friends in the military. They were presumably fighting because they cherished their country. As you cherish the country.

Assuming you're talking about the US, one of the founding principles of the county, set forth in the constitution, is that everyone has the right to express their own opinions, whether we agree with them or not.

If your friends died fighting for this country, then they died defending the right of everyone to have those protections, and that freedom of expression.

The best way to honor their memory is to support that ideal. Defend the rights enshrined in the Constitution, even when you disagree with what other people are expressing.

Attacking other people because you disagree with them is dishonoring your friends' memory, because you are going against the principles they died defending.