Attempted Flag Burning at Louisiana State University

**rock_lobster** · 05-13-11, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Burning a flag doesn't hurt anyone, typically speaking. Punching someone does.

haha, you know what I mean. I was just trying to make a point of how absurd some people in this country our with their definition of the word "speech".

And yes, a flag was stolen and burned, however the guy in the video was planning a flag burning of his own to protest something about the other guy getting arrested. He wound up not doing, but chose to write some speech instead.

**CanadianPersian** · 05-13-11, 09:12 PM

does anyone honestly care if someone burns a flag?

**rock_lobster** · 05-13-11, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by CanadianPersian

does anyone honestly care if someone burns a flag?

If you walk up to a memorial on a college campus, cut the flag down, then desecrate it....yes, I care. I'd care, if you went bought one then burned it in your own backyard, but at least then I could respect your right to do so, even though I think burning your own country's flag because you're a loser and want attention is pretty stupid.

If you disagree with things that much, there are more demonstrations you can do that would make you look way more credible than something like burning the US flag.

**deathgodusmc** · 05-14-11, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by CanadianPersian

does anyone honestly care if someone burns a flag?

Yes

**laggyNgroovy** · 05-14-11, 02:42 AM

Originally Posted by CanadianPersian

does anyone honestly care if someone burns a flag?

Yet football fans will get irate if an opposing team celebrates on top of the home team logo on the field. That is just the visiting team expressing their free speech, right?

**WickedTribe** · 05-14-11, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by laggyNgroovy

Yet football fans will get irate if an opposing team celebrates on top of the home team logo on the field. That is just the visiting team expressing their free speech, right?

Yes, of course it is. I can kind of understand anger over US flag burning, but anger over a football logo? That's completely idiotic. Nobody fought and died to protect the ideals that that football logo stands for.