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- From: mpolen@suntory.mti.sgi.com (Mike Polen)
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- Subject: Re: Is Fire Bombing a Legitimate Form of Free Speach.
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 17:40:46 GMT
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- Peter D. Hampe) writes:
- |> firebombin is a form of free speech
- |> if and only if flag burning is truely a form of speech.
- |>
- This is only true if you are firebombing your own property, there are
- adequate safety controls to protect the community, and you do not
- try to collect on insurance. I assume you would also have to explain
- why burning down your own building is an act of protest.
-
- Now, if someone burns my flag, they will have violated the law.
- But if they burn their own flag, it is 1) a legitimate form of
- protest, 2) should be protected under the constitution, and 3)
- is so boring as to be ineffective.
-
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- These opinions are usually my own, sometimes my dog's,
- occasionaly my (grown) children's, never my employer's.
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