I wasn't sure if this was a political thread or not, so I put it here.
Anyways I just read a long thread on another forum about a kid who burned a flag for a school project. I was suprised how upset people got about it, they were saying things like "the kid who burned the flag should die a slow and horrible death".
If you ask, me this is why some people are burning flags in the first place. Our country seem so barbaric at times, we have such violent attitudes towards things.
Now its cool with me if the flag represents everything you love about this country and you don't want to burn flags. Personally I don't burn flags because if I'm gonna burn something its gonna do something cool like melt or send balls of fire in the air.
The US flag doesn't represent much to me, its just a piece of cloth which is used to show that we are infact living in USA. If the flag did have symbolic meaning to me, it would probably represent the angry conservatives who's heads explode when they see a flag burning, aka people I dislike. (No I don't hate conservatives I just dislike far right conservatives political way of thinking)
I don't think a flag can represent a nation. The people, the lifestyle, the landscape, things like this is what represents a country. So I just don't see why people get so up in arms about someone burning a flag. If anything, I think the fact that you can burn a flag legally here shows just how great this country can be.
You're thoughts? I hope this generates some replies, this is my first post where I'm trying to incite a meaningful converstaion
