"Ask the men and women who stood on top of the (World) Trade Center," said Rep. Randy (Duke) Cunningham, R-Calif. "Ask them and they will tell you: pass this amendment."Eeek.. the house passed the "flag burning amendment". I found it amusing to read the quote from our most recent "Liberal or Conservative" contestant... I'm sure he went back to his "friend's" yacht, the "Duke Stir", for some completely heterosexual male bonding..
Still, I can't imagine anyone standing on top of the smoldering ruins of the WTC and thinking to themselves "hey - we need a flag burning Constitutional amendment".
I really don't get it anyway. Shouldn't it be called the blind obedience amendment? That's what it appears to be. So a person burns a flag? That means what?
If this thing actually gets passed by the Senate, and ratified by the states, I'll celebrate by burning a flag. I've never done that before, but I think it will truly be deserved.
(k) 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.
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