Reply #46: What the hell! No. Thanks. Goodbye.

[Occulus]

I'm NOT voting Hillary in 2008. Nope.

I might not like it when people burn the flag frivolously (i.e., just to do it, without any underlying activism or adherence to the flag code), but I vigorously defend their right to do so- particularly when the flag code itself provides for burning under certain circumstances.

The law should assume that the flag being burnt is being destroyed legally, and proceed as if we were actually innocent until proven guilty on this particular issue. Why? Because the flag code already provides that the flag be burned under certain defined circumstances. What are they going to do- register legal flag burnings?

The flag is never to touch the ground. The flag is never to be flown lower than any other flag. The flag is to be flown at half staff at the order of certain government officials. The flag is to be folded a certain way when taken down. The flag is not to be flown in inclement weather unless an all weather flag is used. The flag is not to be flown at night unless illuminated. The flag must be replaced if in poor condition. The flag is the be burned if it ever touches the ground. And on and on and on.

http://suvcw.org/flag.htm

If you insist upon enshrining into law and then enforcing respect for the flag, the code is already in place. USE IT, Hillary. It's already there.

She will regain my respect (but for now, not my vote) if she refers to the existing code.