Actually if you had been following the whole thread you would have seen that I posted my Scouts respectfully burning Flags no longer fit to be displayed.

They were being burned out of respect.

we were specifically talking about burning the Flag out of disrespect.

Do you not understand that these are all thing that The Flag stands for?

What is it about a flag that would cause men to risk so much for a colorful piece of cloth?" But the value of the flag is not found in the fabric of its make-up. The value of the flag is found in what it represents.

Think of it this way:
You have just gone to the store to buy school supplies. As you walk back to the car a strong gust of wind causes the sheaf of notebook paper you purchased to fly through the air and into the street. Would you risk your life to dash into the street to recover a simple sheet of paper? Of course you wouldn't.

Now imagine that as you walk back to the car you are holding a MILLION DOLLAR winning lottery ticket in your hand. To what extremes would you go to recover IT if the wind blew it into the street? Like the previous example, it is just a sheet of paper. But the million dollar winning ticket means more than paper, it represents something of far greater value.

Since the birth of our Nation, more than ONE MILLION Americans have died defending the freedom our Flag represents.