i think one of the main problems, however, is that people will burn the flag for damn near any reason.
the flag has such intense, emotional pride in it, as a symbol. to see it burning is heart wrenching to many, but even more sickening to the extremely devout americans.
so, when teachers on strike burn the flag because of their protests and high school students burn the flag because napster is shut down and others burn the flag because they dont like the negative reaction bush gave to sharon...
it becomes a grossly misused sentiment.
lookit all the people screaming censorship when i delete a post of theirs on the DCMBs. had a single one of these people ever actually dealt with censorship, surely, they'd know better. but, if the dcmbs were a real-life public forum, would some of these "protestors" be burning the flag in response to my or dc's actions? maybe.
and, to a vietnam or korean or gulf war (etc) veteran, who put his life on the line for the flag (symbolically), and buried his closest friends wrapped within it, and believes in absolutely everything that flag stands for...
to see it burning is one thing. but to see it aimlessly and pointlessly and foolishly burning is another.
