Wisconsin Court of Appeals’ ruling that American Flag may be used as toilet paper
"I consider them (American flags and yellow ribbons) to be symbols, and I leave symbols to the symbol-minded". -George Carlin
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Great victory for freedom...
Most are kinda silky not sure that would work all that great...I need something with a little texture to it
Another inane reply.
Can you give us an example of a reply you would like to see?
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I would say that:
1-People have the right to be fools.
2-This is impossible to enforce.
3-It is an emotionally driven law, as opposed to reasoned.
why are courts wasting tax $ on stupid shit like this ?
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The major misconception in the comments here
All the misconceptions in the comments about the supposed “freedom to burn flags” stem from one great misunderstanding about the 1st Amendment (and the other nine amendments in the Bill of Rights): Despite what the Supreme Court has said in the so-called incorporation cases, in our federal system, the Bill of Rights doesn’t apply to state laws, such as the Texas flag desecration statue in Texas v. Johnson. The Bill of Rights is a limitation only on the federal government and does not permit federal interference with state criminal or civil legislation.
Put another way, the federal government and the supreme court has no power to set aside state laws which actually conflict or seem to conflict with the Bill of Rights. And for the federal government to interfere with those laws violates the 10th Amendment reservation of state powers.
And matters such as flag burning turn on state constitutional law.
For a full discussion on the matter, please go to The 14th Amendment “Incorporation Cases” Violate the 10th and are Unconstitutional @ http://douglassbartley.wordpress.com...onstitutional/.
In short, libertarians ought be constitutionalists and not political theorists. And they ought to recognize the supremacy of the Constitution itself, even when it pinches.
Doing things to pieces of cloth should not be crimes.
Edit: Your blog mentions a case where people were stealing and destroying someone else's piece of cloth.
The fact that the cloth belonged to someone else is the only reason a crime was committed -- how the cloth looked should not matter.
Last edited by Yieu; 03-31-2012 at 08:04 AM.
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