At 10:20 PM -0700 6/12/97, RS wrote:
When it comes down to flag burning, It really bothers me that we allow our symbol of freedom to be burned. It's more than a flag and a right. It's a symbol of the freedom we have. To allow someone to publicly burn a flag is essentially displaying our freedom being burned.
Bush was a veteran, and Clinton was not. I take it the ones who are writing on this subject about how we should have the "freedom" to burn the flag have never served in the military or for our country.
Being a veteran myself, I find it very distateful to allow anyone on our soil to be allowed to "BURN" our symbol of freedom. Think about the flag for a moment and what it really stands for. Does it not stand for freedom and liberty?
Sorry, I just had to let this out. I stand behind Bush on this one. Don't burn the flag unless you would like to live under another flag!
You ought to get off this list, then, because you'll surely find our anarchist, anti-government, tax-evading ideas alien to you. "Against the law" is not just a nicety of phrasing: it means someone who "insults a symbol" goes to jail. Hardly consistent with a free society is it? As for Bush being a veteran and Clinton not being a veteran, what the hell does this have to do with their political positions? Did you vote for George McGovern in 1972 because he was a veteran (a bomber pilot, in fact) while Richard Nixon was a guy who finagled his way out of joining the military? Jeeze, the bozos who wash up on our list. Where's Bell when we really need him? --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."