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Robert E. B. — (archived)

I see both flag burning and cross burning as the same animal. I think they both should be banned.

I guess my whole point was that anyone who supports one, but not the other- based on the freedom-of speech argument- is a hypocrite.

With freedom comes responsibility. Unfortunately there are many who see freedom as a means to do whatever they want regardless of the consequences.

Lines have to be drawn and rules have to made to keep those who can’t be responsible from hurting the rest of us. This is why we have laws.

There is no such thing as total freedom. For example, a person does not have the freedom to go murder someone. So there has to be laws and lines drawn. The tricky part is just where do we draw the line between what is free and what is illegal. For the most part, that line is drawn where a persons actions harms another person in some way. Flag burning and cross burning harm people in a psychological way.

But then, you can’t make everyone happy. So where do we draw the line?

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