benlehman

It is interesting to me that the flag rules cover a lot of the grossly disrespectful stuff that the modern right-wing does to the poor flag, like printing it in ads or on table napkins or on greeting cards, but it doesn't actually mention flag-burning *at all* except to recommend it as a respectful way to dispose of the flag.

It also seems to me that if your flag has been soiled by, say, a bunch of neo-feudalist autocrats without respect for human rights, human life, human faith, or human decency, that burning it would be a reasonable way to dispose of it. If you were to do so in public, well, it would just be setting an example for everyone else as to how to properly dispose of the flag.

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--Ben

Indeed. You have hit the mother-lode.

But this isn't about the Flag Rules. This is about a bunch of dickheads in Congress having a bit of Bread & Circus for their plebes.

Now, if they just codified the Flag rules into law, with appropriate criminal punishments, I could get behind that. But you try telling an average person that their bumper-sticker of old glory is illegal.

I once knew a German exchange student who would blow her nose on American flag kleenexes. But she had no idea that doing so would be considered offensive by most Americans. She liked America, so she figured why not have something you like printed on your kleenexes?

So, how many servicemen dead in Iraq? Just checking.