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I am one of those flag waving conservatives that thinks the greatest danger to the flag would be an amendment to ban flag burning.
After all, a flag is a symbol of our nation; not only the government, but also our people and more importantly, the philosophy that lead to our constitution. A worn flag should be burned when it will no longer be used. Therefore, what bothers people about flag burning is the intention of the burner. That is, the statement they are making. If the US flag has to be protected by an amendment banning political dissent, then it no longer has the same meaning to me.
That being said, flag burning is a cheap and offensive stunt practiced only by those intellectually incapable of participating in any meaningful discourse. No response is deserved or appropriate.
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I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.
Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"
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