[81717] in Cypherpunks
Re: Flag Burning...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Allard)
Fri Jun 13 10:14:46 1997
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Jun 1997 01:20:13 EDT."
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:16:02 -0400
From: Tom Allard <m1tca00@FRB.GOV>
Reply-To: Tom Allard <m1tca00@FRB.GOV>
panther@writeme.com said:
> When it comes down to flag burning, It really bothers me that we allow our
> symbol of freedom to be burned. It's more than a flag and a right. It's
> a symbol of the freedom we have. To allow someone to publicly burn a flag
> is essentially displaying our freedom being burned.
Some people believe that the freedom that the flag once symbolized is
already gone. Burning the flag can be a representative way of saying "Our
Freedom has already been burned".
Of course, banning the burning of the flag only proves their point.
rgds-- TA (tallard@frb.gov)
I don't speak for the Federal Reserve Board, it doesn't speak for me.
