Forums → WEPR → Burning of the American Flag(or country flag)/freedom of speech

The best way to change this country because you hate it is to get the f*ck out. You don't like it, leave. We aren't stopping you.

As for the rest, it's on the same level as public Nazism. I don't care if you do in your home, just get your a*s out of the streets. Your protest is going to get you screamed at, and that's about it. And punched. And shot. And for what? Nothing.

provoking people to kill you.

Thats what people do.I also think its bad ,but not my choice.

Go scream "Bomb!" in an airport. You will see that there are limits.

i think it should be illegal it is just wrong and should not be done

i think it should be illegal it is just wrong and should not be done

It is a shameful act to burn the American Flag and I despise anyone who would do it, but I would defend, to the death, your right to do it.

If you disagree with me, well you can swim across the river to Canada. Lotta work there.

Thanks to the USA and being so lawful, in my opinion -- because the world is set on a stance of legal matters as it is -- It should be accepted as a right, but all aspects of 'Freedom of Speech' are always limited. You can't talk about bombs in an Airport, you just can't. Just like that you can't totally expect to burn the American Flag, but chances are if someone does its not really something that goes against the countries measures to detain/jail you.

Its not something I would care about, because, for the most part, whoever does it will be hated -- and if all he's doing is burning a flag then so be it. If on the flip side he wants America to sink into the water and talks about launching missiles -- I'm pretty sure there is somewhere something in the legal limits of Freedom of Speech that would hold him responsible for some sort of crime.

It's a symbol and that's all that it it. It is in no way harming the country its self, hell in some countries the flag is considered as not a symbol of the american people but capitalism; by burning the flag they are expressing their wish for the end of capitalism. In the United States we unlike many countries are allowed to express our thoughts in any way that we want, as long as it does not endanger or infringe on the rights of others. BY burning the flag you are expressing your opinion of the US or the govt. and therefore exercising your right to free speech. It's perfectly legal and there should be no law banning it.

Now don't get me wrong, I think burning a flag (of any country) is a shameful and embarrassing to yourself and your people. However in our country it's not a crime and it should not be treated as such.

It should be illegal but it encroaches freedom of speech

It should be illegal but it encroaches freedom of speech

How about we both burn the flag in protest of this blatent military aggression? I could stitch half a uk flag to half an american flag and burn it whilst shouting, "our goverments are on a conquest and are trying to make it seem, once again, that they have legitimate reasons to go into another country and bomb them."

I think this is a very vadid form of protest. I love my country, I love the land, scotland is a beautiful place and most of the people are welcoming if not a bit dour. The goverment IS NOT my land, the goverment are a selection of human beings and not all of these humans have MY countries interests at hand.

IT IS A VALID FORM OF PROTEST
I remember back in 2006 when Bush was visiting my country (Pakistan), there were mass protests and burnings of the flag.

It was justified.

America has made life hell for many people in the Middle East, and South Asia. In the Middle East, the U.S supports the unlawful occupation of Palestine by Israel. Not to mention Iraq. Now it spreads propaganda about Iran.

In South Asia, thanks to U.S anti-Communist paranoia in the Cold War, today 1.8 million Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan. Poor, desperate, easily indoctrinated by subversive groups like the Taliban, they cause lots of trouble. In Karachi (where I live) there have always been ethnic tensions beneath the surface.

Sorry if this went off-topic.

If people in the U.S want to burn their flag, they are perfectly justified to do so.

it is freedom of speech, but they took it too far

America has made life hell for many people in the Middle East, and South Asia. In the Middle East, the U.S supports the unlawful occupation of Palestine by Israel. Not to mention Iraq. Now it spreads propaganda about Iran.
In South Asia, thanks to U.S anti-Communist paranoia in the Cold War, today 1.8 million Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan. Poor, desperate, easily indoctrinated by subversive groups like the Taliban, they cause lots of trouble. In Karachi (where I live) there have always been ethnic tensions beneath the surface.

does freedom of speech include freedom of expression? if the latter were so this could be ruled in any act.

ex.

you 1st degree murder -- expressing your dislike towards someone -- freedom of expression -- legal.

as not a symbol of the american people but capitalism