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| Mr Gray | Aug 15 2016, 08:20 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/15/army-veteran-arrested-for-hanging-us-flag-upside-down-in-protest.html I'm perplexed by this....it's the first time I've heard that it was illegal to protest in a fashion like this, involving the flag. What do you guys think? |
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| brumdog44 | Aug 15 2016, 03:58 PM Post #2 |
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Disagree with the law and also feel that hanging a flag upside wouldn't have applied anyway. Believe if challenged, it will be struck down. |
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| eelbor | Aug 15 2016, 05:32 PM Post #3 |
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I can imagine this is going to cost the city a lot in legal fees and will ultimately be struck down. Complete and total waste of taxpayer money |
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| dreachon | Aug 15 2016, 07:02 PM Post #4 |
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Yeah, no way this law isn't struck down. It's totally nonsensical. |
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| brumdog44 | Aug 15 2016, 08:24 PM Post #5 |
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It's actually a state statute, so I don't think it will be the city on the hook. I'm guessing that the state will drop charges and either someone will still post a legal challenge to it and win or the state legislature will try to quietly remove it. |
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| eelbor | Aug 16 2016, 10:15 AM Post #6 |
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I misread it. I thought it was a city ordinance. It will be the state picking up the tab. |
![]() "Liberal, shmiberal. That should be a new word. Shmiberal: one who is assumed liberal, just because he's a professional whiner in the newspaper. If you'll read the subtext for many of those old strips, you'll find the heart of an old-fashioned Libertarian. And I'd be a Libertarian, if they weren't all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners." - Berkeley Breathed Meat is Murder. Sweet, delicious murder. | |
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| Mr Gray | Aug 16 2016, 10:40 AM Post #7 |
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In general, aren't we allowed to burn American flags if we want to? I know this has been a hot button topic over the last 50 years or so (back to Vietnam), but I just don't recall it ever really being illegal. |
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| sirbrianwilson | Aug 16 2016, 10:49 AM Post #8 |
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Burning the flag has fallen under first amendment protection since 1969. |
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| brumdog44 | Aug 16 2016, 08:42 PM Post #9 |
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The courts have all ruled that burning an American flag is protected first amendment. |
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| boilergrad01 | Aug 16 2016, 08:47 PM Post #10 |
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Not always healthy behavior. |
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| eelbor | Aug 16 2016, 09:02 PM Post #11 |
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There are a lot of legal behaviors that are not necessarily healthy for you. |
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| dreachon | Aug 16 2016, 09:08 PM Post #12 |
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Like arguing. :angel: |
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| sirbrianwilson | Aug 16 2016, 09:41 PM Post #13 |
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One of the suggested ways to retire a flag is to burn it. |
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| brumdog44 | Aug 16 2016, 10:12 PM Post #14 |
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Not sure what your point is. |
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| Mr Gray | Aug 17 2016, 08:11 AM Post #15 |
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yeah, that's what I thought.....I guess I'm shocked that this law exists regarding the story I posted. |
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