http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/senate-vote-on-flag-burning-may-be/20060626174109990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001. 66 U.S. Senators are now in favor of an amendment that would limit freedom of speech. That is a damned shame. What is the proper way to dispose of a flag? Burn it: The only definitive answer is found in the US Flag Code. TITLE 4 > CHAPTER 1 > Sec. 8(k). It states:
"The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning." You can't burn someone ELSE'S flag, that is a crime. You can't burn a flag where it would cause a nuisance or a danger. That is a crime. So, what this amendment is intended to do is to prevent me from burning a flag that I bought somewhere when the burning causes neither a hazard nor a nuisance. Oh, but I can still burn the flag if I do so in a "dignified way." So, this proposed amendment would allow Congress or a state government to punish its citizens for criticizing the government. Plain and simple. Next up -- no burning pictures of the President, no burning souvenirs of the Capitol Building, no burning souvenir copies of the Constitution. Oh wait, we are in the process of destroying the Bill of Rights, so I guess no one gives a damn about the Constitution anymore. Political satire that makes politicians mad will be fast behind (we are already hearing the NY Times called "treasonous" for publishing reports about government searches).......................................Pictured -- crime or no crime???????????
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