We Don't Need No Water...
Once again, a bill is working its way through congress to outlaw flag-burning. This latest piece of bureaucratic bullshit just passed the House and is now on its way to the Senate. Don't these people get it? How can we pass laws which contradict other laws?
Ever heard of "Freedom of Speech?" It's what's being trampled in Congress right this very moment. I certainly don't enjoy seeing an American flag burning, I've been conditioned, like everyone else, over the years to percieve such a thing as a personal affront and a threat. But the constitutional rights of every single citizen in this nation CLEARLY state that to do so is also completely legal. If I or any one of you out there wants to burn a flag, for any reason, you are COMPLETELY free to do so.
The First Amendment is the FIRST amendment because IT'S THAT IMPORTANT. Only a country where the most heinous, ignorant, hateful things can be said out loud without fear of legal reprisal is a country that is truly free. Listing the things a "free" person is not free to do should NOT be a very long list. Don't kill, maim, or abuse anyone, don't steal, and don't fuck your sister. That's pretty much it.
The real problem here, and no I'm not going to go into detail about it, there will likely be a whole posting about this, is a concept I like to call "the Lowest Common Denominator." What this is, basically it's the phenomenon of how EVERYTHING must be accessible to the STUPIDEST people among us. And so, and this is NOT because I hate religion, it's just a fact, generally these people are very devout Christians. And what Christians LOVE to do more than anything else is tell everybody else what to do. And because this country is run ENTIRELY by Christians of one type or another, we have lawbooks stacked up into outer space detailing the most insignificant offenses. And then they want to mess with everything else. THIS is what WE should do with YOUR social security. THIS is what WE have decided you are allowed to put in your body. THIS is the line WE have drawn on YOUR rights to free speech. Fucking bullshit.
I kind of got off point there, the point being that the American flag represents YOUR constitutional right to burn it. Simple as that.
Ever heard of "Freedom of Speech?" It's what's being trampled in Congress right this very moment. I certainly don't enjoy seeing an American flag burning, I've been conditioned, like everyone else, over the years to percieve such a thing as a personal affront and a threat. But the constitutional rights of every single citizen in this nation CLEARLY state that to do so is also completely legal. If I or any one of you out there wants to burn a flag, for any reason, you are COMPLETELY free to do so.
The First Amendment is the FIRST amendment because IT'S THAT IMPORTANT. Only a country where the most heinous, ignorant, hateful things can be said out loud without fear of legal reprisal is a country that is truly free. Listing the things a "free" person is not free to do should NOT be a very long list. Don't kill, maim, or abuse anyone, don't steal, and don't fuck your sister. That's pretty much it.
The real problem here, and no I'm not going to go into detail about it, there will likely be a whole posting about this, is a concept I like to call "the Lowest Common Denominator." What this is, basically it's the phenomenon of how EVERYTHING must be accessible to the STUPIDEST people among us. And so, and this is NOT because I hate religion, it's just a fact, generally these people are very devout Christians. And what Christians LOVE to do more than anything else is tell everybody else what to do. And because this country is run ENTIRELY by Christians of one type or another, we have lawbooks stacked up into outer space detailing the most insignificant offenses. And then they want to mess with everything else. THIS is what WE should do with YOUR social security. THIS is what WE have decided you are allowed to put in your body. THIS is the line WE have drawn on YOUR rights to free speech. Fucking bullshit.
I kind of got off point there, the point being that the American flag represents YOUR constitutional right to burn it. Simple as that.
posted by D at 23.6.05
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