oooph... this is a tough one. I hate it when people burn the flag, too, and I want them exited from our country. But, it's freedom of speech... and making this offense punishable by a year in jail could lead to a slippery slope, and the Principle of Freedom becomes a principle akin to freedom.
Makes me wonder if this is some sort of ploy just to get the tards to explode.
Is it freedom of speech? The burning flag is not speaking. It is arson. And hate. If they arrest people for tire marks on a gay fag rainbow painted on a street, burning a flag should be worse.
Arson is when you burn something that belongs to someone else. Hate is not something you can regulate in America. If someone wants to buy a flag and burn it, that's their right. Same if they want to buy a Bible or a Koran or Book of Mormon or Origin of Species and burn one of them.
You have every right to destroy your own property, for whatever reason you choose, including, making a political point.
oooph... this is a tough one. I hate it when people burn the flag, too, and I want them exited from our country. But, it's freedom of speech... and making this offense punishable by a year in jail could lead to a slippery slope, and the Principle of Freedom becomes a principle akin to freedom.
Makes me wonder if this is some sort of ploy just to get the tards to explode.
Is it freedom of speech? The burning flag is not speaking. It is arson. And hate. If they arrest people for tire marks on a gay fag rainbow painted on a street, burning a flag should be worse.
Arson is when you burn something that belongs to someone else. Hate is not something you can regulate in America. If someone wants to buy a flag and burn it, that's their right. Same if they want to buy a Bible or a Koran or Book of Mormon or Origin of Species and burn one of them.
You have every right to destroy your own property, for whatever reason you choose, including, making a political point.
Ok. Setting an item ablaze in public is arson. Cut and dry. Simple. Illegal.
Public nuisance. Threat to public safety. Polluting air. Damage to public infrastructure, pavement, etc. Obstructing traffic.
Arrest them for those offenses.
Just curious what your thoughts would be about putting a US flag into a giant shredder at a protest.