Comments on: All I will say about the flag desecration amendment http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: xx y http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-16815 xx y Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:56:37 +0000 /?p=5882#comment-16815 I would never burn a flag <b>in protest,</b> unless it was illegal to do so. Burning can be a respectful way to dispose of worn flag. I would never burn a flag in protest, unless it was illegal to do so.

Burning can be a respectful way to dispose of worn flag.

]]> By: _Jon http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-16812 _Jon Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:21:35 +0000 /?p=5882#comment-16812 On a serious note, the proposed amendment states that Congress shall define desecration and punishment. Not just burning - anything those lawmakers choose to define. If I have a shirt with a flag on it, and I spill something on it, is that descration? Or if my flag is displayed properly, but has some wear to it (due to weather and age - discounting retiring old flags), will I go to jail? If I put a flag up, and the wind causes a slight tear in it, is that desecration? I saw a row of flags along main street in a small town over the weekend. One of the flags had a piece of duct tape to keep it from unravelling further. Who goes to jail for that? We've got enough bullcrap nanny-state laws. We don't need more. On a serious note, the proposed amendment states that Congress shall define desecration and punishment.

Not just burning – anything those lawmakers choose to define. If I have a shirt with a flag on it, and I spill something on it, is that descration?

Or if my flag is displayed properly, but has some wear to it (due to weather and age – discounting retiring old flags), will I go to jail? If I put a flag up, and the wind causes a slight tear in it, is that desecration?

I saw a row of flags along main street in a small town over the weekend. One of the flags had a piece of duct tape to keep it from unravelling further. Who goes to jail for that?

We’ve got enough bullcrap nanny-state laws. We don’t need more.

]]> By: Xrlq http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-16807 Xrlq Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:32:31 +0000 /?p=5882#comment-16807 I'll never cut off my to spite my face unless some idiot legislature passes a stupid, fascist law prohibiting the off-cutting of own noses for purposes of face-spiting. If they ever do, off with my nose. That'll show 'em! Er, I mean, that'll show my face. I’ll never cut off my to spite my face unless some idiot legislature passes a stupid, fascist law prohibiting the off-cutting of own noses for purposes of face-spiting. If they ever do, off with my nose. That’ll show ‘em! Er, I mean, that’ll show my face.

]]> By: cube http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-16802 cube Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:55:17 +0000 /?p=5882#comment-16802 I concur. I concur.

]]> By: SayUncle http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-16797 SayUncle Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:04:44 +0000 /?p=5882#comment-16797 I guess I could have linked that comment. I guess I could have linked that comment.

]]> By: tgirsch http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-16796 tgirsch Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:47:43 +0000 /?p=5882#comment-16796 Hey, it seems to me I've seen this remark somewhere before... ;) Hey, it seems to me I’ve seen this remark somewhere before… ;)

]]> By: aporitic http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-16795 aporitic Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:44:20 +0000 /?p=5882#comment-16795 Agreed. I burn my first flag five minutes after it becomes illegal to do so. It no longer stands for freedom once it stands for the coercive power of the state. Agreed. I burn my first flag five minutes after it becomes illegal to do so. It no longer stands for freedom once it stands for the coercive power of the state.

]]> By: SayUncle : Wait, that’s a crime? http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-17062 SayUncle : Wait, that’s a crime? Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=5882#comment-17062 [...] ges because the law is Constitutionally questionable at best. And I guess, since I said <a href="http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/06/28/all_i_will_say_about_the_flag_desecration_amendment/">this</a>, I have to burn a flag now. | Link | C [...] [...] ges because the law is Constitutionally questionable at best. And I guess, since I said this, I have to burn a flag now.
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