Flag-Burning Amendment Advances in House

Paige is always saying that my blog is coming-off as staunchly conservative. Well, I am not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination: I am a Promethean. However, I will offer a position that is definitely one not shared by the most rightest of righties.

Anyway, I do not support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution allowing Congress to criminalize what is an essential component to free-speech. Personally, I would never burn a flag, American or non-American: I find it very disrespectful. However, others do not. And others need an outlet to express outrage at the current or past policies of a government (whether I agree with this outrage or not) and the desecration of that nation's flag can be an excellent way of demonstrating that outrage.

Additionally, by bringing the idea of banning flag-burning to the forefront of the rebellious conscience of America, you will undoubtedly and regretfully increase the amount of flag-burning until the amendment is defeated. It seems counter-intuitive to me.

Finally, were flag-burning criminalized and the practiced continued anyway, you are just increasing the amount of defendants and court time and... attorneys fees... hey, maybe there is something to this... (j/k).