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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!

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To: greenspirit who wrote (41893)	6/27/1999 1:31:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (4) of 108807

Why is burning the flag ok but burning a cross illegal? A bit late for this one, I know, but it would have to be a matter of historical association. Burning a cross is historically associated with direct personal threat, which is not something anyone is entitled to do. Burning a flag is historically associated with protest against policies adopted by the government the flag represents. The right to protest against the government is one of the basic principles on which our government is founded, so we tend to be very leery of constraints on any form of protest, even those of questionable taste. I understand the feelings of the veterans who saw their comrades die for the United States. I also understand their feelings when they grandly announce "my country, right or wrong". Understanding their feelings does not keep me from believing that this is a more subversive statement than any that ever crossed the lips of a flag-burner. Our government is not automatically right because it is ours and because people have fought and died for it. Knowing when it is wrong, and protesting when it is, is not only a right but an obligation of citizenship.

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