A Modest Solution to the Burning Flag Issue

I am reading this post and really wondering just
what you were saying. However, your idea has a
great deal of merit. Very good!
I, too eagerly await the passage of this well
thought and constructed admendment.

Posted by Carole at July 29, 2004 10:28 AM

well thought out!
Whoops.

Posted by Carole at July 29, 2004 10:29 AM

Excellent comments. I love the thought behind this amendment!

Posted by John at July 29, 2004 11:18 AM

Lovely idea, but of course it would never get passed (think of the CHILDREN!).

However, we could shut down flag burning in a New York minute by simply requiring a $25 burn permit for each flag, and enforcing it.

Posted by slimedog at July 29, 2004 11:35 AM

Ethanol!! Think of the earth!

Posted by Walter E. Wallis at July 29, 2004 12:11 PM

Prohibiting burning of the flag has *no place* in the Constitution, however offensive that act may be.

The Constitution is where the limits on the powers of the government are laid down, *not* the limits on the freedoms of the People.

Posted by John Hardin at July 29, 2004 1:39 PM

Dear Mr. Hardin,
There is a French aphorism addressing this issue but I shall not burden you with the French. The English translation would be, roughly, "Dogs don't get jokes."

Other than that I quite agree with you concerning the meaning of the Constitution on this point.

I was merely trying to suggest an acceptable compromise on a thorny issue. Isn't compromise also what the Constitution about?

Posted by Gerard Van der Leun at July 29, 2004 4:08 PM

Stop this plan to Nationalize anything that looks like an American Flag.

Does this mean I can't get a flag tatooed on my ass?

Supppose it has 51 stars will it be expemt? 12 stripes? 14? How bout Red, White, Magenta? In fact why not do it in complimentary colors. Will that count?

How bout I write "This is an American Flag" on a sign and burn it?

Newspapers regularly print flags on their front pages. Is using those pages for parakeet cages an offence? I suppose it depends on intent. In addition to flag police we will need thought police.

Will we have to get flag licenses to go with our gun licenses? After mandatory flag veneration classes?

Will the Government be collecting royalties on flag use (this is Hatch remember?).

How many ways can this law be evaded?

And finally. I can understand why I can't burn your flag. Please explain again why I can't burn mine?

Posted by M. Simon at July 30, 2004 1:58 AM

Gerard:

Okay, you got me. :)

Woof!

Posted by John Hardin at July 31, 2004 12:54 PM

Okay, you got me. :)

Posted by Master at March 26, 2007 3:49 AM