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    Posted: 04 April 2007 at 5:54pm
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Are they being charged for actually burning the flag or just for arson and destruction of property and such? 
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just arson and what you said. Burning the American flag is a protected right.
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Originally posted by Kristofer Kristofer wrote:

Burning the American flag is a protected right.

In the US, anyway.

Burning an American flag in a number of other countries will land you in jail.
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They got arrested for burning someone else's flag, while it was hanging on someone else's house, on someone else's property.


It has nothing to do with it being a flag, what-so-ever. If they would have set fire to a hanging bird-feeder, it would have had the same effect.

Yet somehow, I get the feeling this is going to turn into a ZOMG HOW DARE U BURN TEH FLAGZ debate, which will probably drag out for a few dozen pages.

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Well, at least they were arrested for destroying property and not just because the burned a flag.

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Isn't it rad that we have the right to burn the flag.

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Woah, that was so weird. Just as I clicked on the link the local news
started talking about the story.

Anyway, those kids sound unbelievably stupid.
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Burn a flag for the 4th of July!
u dont know what to do ur getting mottor boatted

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ZOMG HOW DARE U BURN TEH FLAGZ!!!

In all seriousness, soldiers, marines, airman, and seamen, don't fight for a
flag, they fight for the constitution, burn the flag all you want, it wont
change anything. However light a fire in my front yard and you'll be staring
down the barrel of my shotgun.
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Originally posted by Cedric Cedric wrote:

Isn't it rad that we have the right to burn the flag.
Zomgz we can burnz teh flagz but we cant burn teh pot joints.
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that flag is the symbol of the constitution which we are sworn to protect. thats how i look at it. so if i saw someone burning the American Flag i would be bothered immensely.

but like i said before its not the issue of the flag burning it was arson because of how they did it and what not.

defiantly no against the law here to burn the American Flag.

i apologize if this starts a large debate. but i know where i stand on it.
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Originally posted by cadet_sergeant cadet_sergeant wrote:

However light a fire in my front yard and you'll be staring
down the barrel of my shotgun.


No, I really don't think they would be.




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Shoulda been lined up and shot...

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Property destruction and Arson is not cool, kids!
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I like TKD's most recent post...

That said, I couldn't care less. They chose a bad spot to burn it, at the best, and they were irresponsible as far as safety was concerned at the worst, but it's not a big deal in my book.
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Middle eastern students burning some Afghan vet's flag on his porch....probably a bad idea. I don't think I'd have the stones to burn sombody's own flag on their own soil even in protest, but to burn some vet's flag on his porch?

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Yeah, ballsy. Not to mention disrespect on that level even makes my freedom-loving ass cringe....

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Here in Canada I can burn any flags I want. In fact they make good fire starter. Try it next time you go camping.
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Originally posted by carl_the_sniper carl_the_sniper wrote:

Originally posted by Cedric Cedric wrote:

Isn't it rad that we have the right to burn the flag.
Zomgz we can burnz teh flagz but we cant burn teh pot joints.

That's the first thing you've said that made me laugh.
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