A recent article in the LA WEEKLY perfectly captured my opinion on the recent anti-flag burning amendment that barely lost in the Senate. Here is the best part, a bit of dialogue between the
two sides at a Waffle House.
“Hey buddy, my daddy died for that flag.”
“Really? I bought mine. Yeah, they sell them at Kmart and shit.”
“He died in the Korean War.”
“Wow, what a coincidence. Mine was made in Korea.”
No one- and I repeat, no one – has ever died for a flag. See, a flag is just a piece of cloth. They may have died for freedom, which is also…the freedom to burn the fuckin’ flag.
by Dave Shulman
July 14-20, 2006 vol 28 # 34
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