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Wave it or Burn it?

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By Rajiv Bhushan  Posted by Bleeding Heart Liberal (about the submitter)

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The ideals which drove the American Revolution are stone dead in the hearts and minds of the American people, who have been trained to view subservience and obedience as virtues. The following are the words of a current leading contender for the Presidency: "Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do" (Rudy Giuliani). And millions would vote for him.

To wave the American flag in public, to carry it in parades, either demonstrates profound psychological denial, or profound historical and philosophical ignorance. If the flag represents what this country and its government has become, it deserves to be burned in contempt and disgust. If it represents the ideals from which this country was born, it deserves to be burned out of respect and sorrow, rather than desecrated by flying it atop the giant shrines of tyranny in a land where freedom has died.

Sincerely,


Larken Rose
www.larkenrose.com

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Here is the logic by Mark Sashine on Thursday, Jul 5, 2007 at 2:17:55 PM
I'll burn something else by Scott on Friday, Jul 6, 2007 at 12:41:50 AM
OK by Mark Sashine on Friday, Jul 6, 2007 at 7:22:43 AM