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fckm · 05-30-2004, 07:18 PM

People can be very attached to our symbols. Like _waltert_ said, if you are religious, imagine the emotions that would arise if someone burned a cross, or a bible, or a church. Human beings tend to attach a lot of emotional importance to symbols, and the American flag is probably the most recognized symbol of the United States. Heck, we even Pledge our Allegiance to the damn thing.

That being said, I think that the flag is a poor symbol and not deserving of its status. If anything should be a symbol of the United States, it should be the Constitution. Ultimately, it is the Constitution of the United States of America and the ideas contained within that represent what America truly is. It is our Constitution that makes America unique, and special.

Any TRUE, freedom loving, American, no matter where they were born, no matter how momentarily angry they are at the burning of the flag, will feel in their heart a pride and a joy for living in a country where such acts of protest are allowed.

And anyone who does decided to burn the flag in protest should realize that, in spite of everything they are protesting, they still have the right to free speech in this country.

To those out there who are part of our armed forces. As a citizen of these United States, I hoped that if/when you fight, you do not fight for our flag. I hope that you do not fight for our country. I hope, instead, that you fight for the ideas that the flag and the country are supposed to represent. So that even if the flag changes, or the country falls, those ideas of democracy, freedom, and justice will survive.

05-30-2004, 07:18 PM	#16 (permalink)
fckm Insane Location: Ithaca, New York	People can be very attached to our symbols. Like _waltert_ said, if you are religious, imagine the emotions that would arise if someone burned a cross, or a bible, or a church. Human beings tend to attach a lot of emotional importance to symbols, and the American flag is probably the most recognized symbol of the United States. Heck, we even Pledge our Allegiance to the damn thing. That being said, I think that the flag is a poor symbol and not deserving of its status. If anything should be a symbol of the United States, it should be the Constitution. Ultimately, it is the Constitution of the United States of America and the ideas contained within that represent what America truly is. It is our Constitution that makes America unique, and special. Any TRUE, freedom loving, American, no matter where they were born, no matter how momentarily angry they are at the burning of the flag, will feel in their heart a pride and a joy for living in a country where such acts of protest are allowed. And anyone who does decided to burn the flag in protest should realize that, in spite of everything they are protesting, they still have the right to free speech in this country. To those out there who are part of our armed forces. As a citizen of these United States, I hoped that if/when you fight, you do not fight for our flag. I hope that you do not fight for our country. I hope, instead, that you fight for the ideas that the flag and the country are supposed to represent. So that even if the flag changes, or the country falls, those ideas of democracy, freedom, and justice will survive. __________________ And if you say to me tomorrow, oh what fun it all would be. Then what's to stop us, pretty baby. But What Is And What Should Never Be.