Vince, On Monday 29 May 2006 09:28, Vince Littler wrote:
On Monday 29 May 2006 15:59, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
... Americans don't get upset because citizens in some foreign nations can burn the American flag -- Americans get upset because citizens in those same nations can't burn their own
I thought it was made illegal for Americans to burn their own flag in 1968. Should I be upset?
No way. At least not in a way that passed constitutional muster. It's deemed protected political "speech" (expression). The U.S. is near-absolute in its interpretation of the the free speech protections in our constitution. Which I support--for humans. The fact that corporations get nearly the same freedom and protections is a far more deleterious fact. Randall Schulz