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To: DMaA who wrote (114323)	5/17/2005 5:13:50 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Respond to of 794220

That is a good response.

To: DMaA who wrote (114323)	5/17/2005 5:32:03 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794220

That's a stupid solution. You want to look like Islamic Jihad? That's where you are going. < The Solomon like solution is to keep flag burning legal but immunize anyone reacting to the burner from the assault laws.> Who needs laws, civilization and all that bureaucracy? Go with dog eat dog. So the flag-burner will need to carry a gun to defend themselves against waco nut-jobs. That's not a Solomon solution. That's a mindless moron street justice solution which leads to people shooting doctors at abortion clinics. Too many people like to get offended and be violent. "I had to rape that young woman because she provoked me with her short dress". Get a grip on yourself. If somebody wears a short dress, or burns their own flag, or shoots it, or flushes a koran doesn't mean violent wack jobs have to go nuts and attack them. Mqurice

To: DMaA who wrote (114323)	5/18/2005 8:33:37 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794220

DMA, If we allow the burning of the flag, but offer immunity to anyone that beats up the burner, that is asking for anarchy in the streets. To muslims, the Koran is a sacred symbol, and when Newsweek pulled thier little fiasco, the riots broke out among muslims.The American flag is also a sacred symbol and should have the same protections, and rights, as any other item that pertains to the hearts of those that believe in it. If I were young again, in the shape I once was, and saw someone burning the American flag, I would beat the crap out of him, and according to your plan, would get off Scot free. That doesn't make any sense to me. That forgives the braking of one law that could have been avoided if the burning of the flag was against the law, which IMO, should be. There is blood on that flag, shed by the many people that died, or were wounded, protecting it, and building this nation up to be the strongest one in the world. It deserves respect, and protection.