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Old 08-31-2006, 01:25 PM   #48 (permalink)
The_Jazz
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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Ahhh...so then it just becomes a matter of who is being offended...by what symbology is offered?
Nope. But you can burn both of them if you want. You can also pass a law banning the display of one if you want - although it may be overruled by federal law in regards to the national flag (there are no national statutes regarding the display or lack thereof of the Confederate flag that I know of).

You're trying to equate display and destruction, and it's not going to be as easy as you hoped. They are two different symbols signifying lots of very different things to lots of people. However, as I mentioned above, you do have the right to burn both of them.
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