Originally Posted by Katczinsky

Perhaps if we dont want people burning flags on our streets, maybe we should stop acting like asses to the world? Instead of limiting yet another avenue of political expression?

Its against my conscience personally to burn the American flag, and I would never do that. But whether or not I dislike it, and how much you dislike its practice: it is still a form of symbolic protest and is therefore protected under the perview of the First Amendment of the Constitution. To ban the burning of our nation's flag would be definetly more of a desecration of our flag than the burning of it. Because our nation doesn't stand for a peice of cloth: the peice of cloth symbolizes our nation standing for freedom and justice. Our flag burning doesn't make us any weaker because ideas are fire proof. But banning a freedom of expression is doing direct damage to what the flag stands for.