[IP] final more on more on Andrew Tobias on Flag Burning

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: June 28, 2006 7:57:17 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: ip@v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: [IP] more on more on Andrew Tobias on Flag Burning

> From: Steven Champeon <schampeo@hesketh.com>
> Date: June 28, 2006 6:48:24 PM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
> Cc: NMunro@nationaljournal.com
> Subject: Re: [IP] more on more on Andrew Tobias on Flag Burning

> Steve,
> wondering if more of them had actually served in the armed forces,
> like my grandfather did, would have made any difference in what they
> know about the proper care and handling and disposal of the flag.

I can't speak for veterans, but I've done my part here - I'm involved
with leading both a Boy Scout troop and a Cub Scout pack, and they all
learn an appropriate amount of proper flag ettiquette. Cub Scouts know
how to raise, lower, and fold a flag (except for the Tiger Cubs - it's
hard to find a flagpole with lanyards they can *reach* at their age),
and the Boy Scouts are expected to know things like "Where/how is the
flag hung on a wall behind or on a staff near a speaker in an  
auditorium?"

And with all that, I am thoroughly convinced that:

*MY* flag is strong enough to withstand burning by a few malcontents,
and doesn't need a Constitutional amendment to protect it.  It's  
withstood
enemy bombardment, civil war, military engagements (both wise and  
foolish)
all over the planet and survived.  A misguided person with some matches
can't do it severe harm, even if they manage to totally incinerate it.

The only thing that can harm *MY* flag is political leadership doing  
things
that undermine what *my* flag represents.  Unfortunately, that's what  
some
leaders are doing with crass political posturing claimed to "protect"  
it....

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