[81651] in Cypherpunks
Re: Flag burning vote TOMORROW and government-imposed ratings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Thu Jun 12 09:20:48 1997
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970611133503.12043H-100000@well.com> from Declan McCullagh at "Jun 11, 97 01:35:12 pm"
To: declan@well.com (Declan McCullagh)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 08:08:55 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
| http://www.allpolitics.com/1997/gen/analysis/counterpoint/
|
| Counterpoint: Ban Flag Burning?
|
| It's baaaack.....! The House is set to vote June 12 on
| a proposed amendment to the Constitution that would
| ban flag desecration. Democratic Rep. William
| Lipinksi, a lead sponsor, says the flag is too
| important a symbol not to be protected, while ACLU
| executive director Ira Glasser warns against
| weakening the First Amendment.
Would a Flag Burning Ammendment give the court clear guidance
that other offensive speech, not ammended against, is now more ok?
Adam
--
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
-Hume
