House Approves Flag-Burning Amendment

Originally posted by KidRock
I love the first ammendment, so there goes your theory right out the window.

I was talking about conservatives in general, most cons beleive in the right to own a firearm, but support the deprevation of the Patriot Act, sorry if I am unable to appease to every conservative in the US, I'm not perfect, believe it or not.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
It's the land of freedom after all.

-AC

Ouch, I bet that hurt to say. I understand it was sarcasm, but I still bet you threw up a little when you typed it.

it's the american flag, not the national deity. plus, since people hardly ever burn the flag anymore here, do they realize that they can't apply the law to people in other countries?

What if people in the US burn the flag of another state, is their any concern there? But then I think it all sounds a bit silly, in the big scheme of things a piece of cloth, often badly made, being burnt seems like such a small thing.

Originally posted by WindDancer
The real question here is WHY should the flag be burn? What exactly are people expresing with burning a flag? So let's take the piece of cloth approach. Since all flags are pieces of cloth then I guess is perfectly fine if I grab the Canadian flag and use it to wipe my ass after using the toilet. After all, is only a piece of cloth right? And why stop there? Why don't I just grab all the European flags and put them in a pile and take a huge stinkin dump on them? Then I could trully said I shit all over a continent. And once done I take a shower and use the US and the Union Jack to clean my private parts. After all they are just pieces of cloth.

Thats the right approach........I mean I wouldn't care.......if you feel like it you can havé do whatever you want to the German flag ..... why the hell sould I care.......

Exactly, a flag doesn't make a country, the freedom offered by the country, makes a country.

thank you.

Originally posted by BackFire
I'm all for flag burning being legalized, as long as it's also legal for me to beat the shit out of and spit on the ignorant hippie douche bag who has to burn the flag to get attention on whatever his bullshit point is, because his actual point is not something worth showing attention too.

well, you dont have the freedom to beat the shit out of them....but im sure the authorities have the freedom to turn a blind eye 😉

and i dont think the issue is whether or not its ok to desecrate a flag.
i think once they strike the flint of their lighter, all credibility in their arguement flies out the window. some assh0le burns a flag at an anti war protest, and they kill everyone's credibility. so really in such a situation the conservative hawks would win. they can just roll the footage of some dick burning the flag and say "do we really want someone like THIS voicing your opinion? you think they would hope for such a scenario in fact.

but why bastardise our constitution? since when is it necessary to alter it in order to put forth federal law? all they are doing with this and anti-gay marriage laws is attempting to push for the ammendment while they still hold so much power. just a cheap ploy so we're all stuck with their petty meaningless law.

if there is a strong possibility that a law will be dropped in the future, then thats up to THE PEOPLE. they are doing this to take that power away from us, or at least make it that much more unreachable, since its such a colossal pain in the ass to change the constitution, whether adding or subtracting an ammendment.

and besides, conservatives must realise that if they open such a can of worms, and are allowed to alter the constitution to their own liking....whats to stop the next democrat president from tinkering with it and altering/striking their precious second ammendment?

its a lose-lose situation to f*** around with that document for political bullshit.

Originally posted by BackFire
I know, I know. It's must more proof that the old saying is true, a picture is worth a thousand words. Makes me crack up everytime.

Same here BF. That picture will never get boring or old. lol.