gentlemen please--there has always been one issue here and one issue only---is it justifiable (in the philosophical moral sense)to burn the flag as a means of protest--i have never been concerned with the country in which it is burned and whether or not such conduct invokes criminal sanctions--those are irrelevant considerations-Tom and his cohorts say "never"--persons who hold a contrary view are the scum of the earth-gentlemen, it can't be justifiable in some cases and not in others--again do any of you seriouly suggest that blacks in the good old day of southern justice would not have been justified in burning the state flag in protest--the jews not justified in burning the nazi flag--if any of you say "no" then i surely pity you
the flag is targeted as a means of protest for the very reason that it does invoke so much emotionalism---read the threads here and see what a low life scum bag i am for daring to hold this view--and it's this emotionalism that interferes with thier inability to grasp the real issue--god bless you tom