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To: michael97123 who wrote (120266)	6/15/2005 11:39:31 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793718

Is there some kind of plague of flag burning in other parts of the country? Cause I gotta tell you all there hasn't been one here in probably 40 years. Seems there are some real problems that should take precedence over this colossal waste of time.

To: michael97123 who wrote (120266)	6/15/2005 1:40:04 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793718

michael, Do you really think that anyone cares if you don't respect them, for any reason??

To: michael97123 who wrote (120266)	6/15/2005 4:12:19 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793718

Michael, I realize you had a button pushed on the 9/11 issue, but I am pretty sure it was just that Karen took offense to your dismissing the Flag as a mere symbol (a hot button for her). I would venture that none of the pro-Flag folks in this discussion view 9/11 as anything other than a tragedy. However, many of the pro-Free Speech folks have no understanding or empathy for the position the pro-Flag folks have. Notice I didn't say 'anti-Flag' or 'anti-Free Speech'. You can be pro-Flag and for Free Speech, but not extend speech to include flag burning. My father loved the Flag and what it stood for (the Constitution) and fought 2 Wars to defend it. Treating it as an object for ridicule is not what he would have considered free speech. Now please understand that I don't personally go to the same level on this, but I respect the WW2 generation enough to understand that they feel somewhat different than the 60's generation on the issue of the Flag as a mere symbol. John