How does the burning of a flag inflict harm to those who believe in its greatness? Further, assuming there is some harm done to them, how is that harm greater than the harm caused by disallowing some to conduct a protest? You may claim that it causes harm, but I cannot see how that harm is in any way objective. If I burn a flag it may offend you but there is no harm to your person. If being offended is a harm that warrants a restriction of rights, then I propose that we amend the constitution to ban anyone from defacing any Atlanta Braves merchandise because I would suffer a comparable amount of harm seeing that. After all, I do believe in the greatness of the Braves. Of course, I am dying to hear how anyone has ever been harmed by the burning of the flag (unless you are referring to someone accidently being burned by said burning flag).