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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (54539)	6/28/1999 7:04:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

<<I don't get the flag burning issue either. If some joker wants to plunk down his cash at the flag store and then go burn it, its his business, his property. >> The flag isn't a symbol of the corrupt US government or the people there in. The red stands for the blood shed in defense of freedom, white is for the purity of freedom and blue is for the honor of freedom. It started in 1776 against incredible odds fighting the British and went through the Gulf War. Men and women fighting and dying for freedom. I see by your age you aren't familiar with the draft or having long time friends coming home in zippered plastic body bags. These guys weren't imperialists like Clinton called them but regular guys who answered the draft and went to fight for their countries ideals. I guided a guy who was wounded and captured on D-Day. He was one of the luckier ones and didn't float away in the surf. I have also talked to people who were in Vietnam. Your worst day was better than their best. The Flag symbolizes what those people did. Burn it? Yes but with honors when the fabric gets tattered.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (54539)	6/28/1999 8:37:00 PM
From: truedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

to: Charles Hennessey from: truedog Re: flag burning At one time, the American flag was considered a symbol of our nation, particularly on the battle field. It is the feeling of every veteran that I have ever talked to, that many men and women died protecting, what they considered to be, a symbol of the nation itself. This seems to have been abandoned as a concept but, I, for one, still think that, to burn the flag is almost like attacking the country. This may sound foolish to a lot of you younger folks, but that's my story and i'm sticking to it. truedog