Flag-defiling charge ends in fight, arrests

[insane]

Murder is harmful but flag burning is not. Why is that so difficult for you to understand?

 

 

 

You're missing the point. I'm not trying to draw similarities between the severity of the law broken; the point is, is that they are both laws, and breaking one law forfeits your so-called "freedoms", regardless of what law is being broken. Arguing that it is a dumb law, that's fine. Arguing that the cop was dumb for arresting them; that's illogical.

[PaperClipsYaaaar]

Murder is harmful but flag burning is not. Why is that so difficult for you to understand?

 

 

 

You're missing the point. I'm not trying to draw similarities between the severity of the law broken; the point is, is that they are both laws, and breaking one law forfeits your so-called "freedoms", regardless of what law is being broken. Arguing that it is a dumb law, that's fine. Arguing that the cop was dumb for arresting them; that's illogical.

 

neocrosby's post had one sentence about the cop. His post criticized the law, not the specific cop who enforced it. You're the only one in this thread getting hung up about the law being broken instead of questioning the purpose of the law itself.

[darkpoet837]

I really think the fact that bush was within their mesage was what got them in trouble. I have seen people I know get in trouble simply because they mentioned bush. #-o

[jackalope14]

I really think the fact that bush was within their mesage was what got them in trouble. I have seen people I know get in trouble simply because they mentioned bush. #-o

 

 

 

Genius! This is all Bush's fault! The government is suppressing anyone who criticizes Bush.

 

 

 

let me suggest a change in your statement so you look like less of an idiot:

 

 

 

"I really think the fact that they broke the law was what got them in trouble"

[johntm]

I really think the fact that bush was within their mesage was what got them in trouble. I have seen people I know get in trouble simply because they mentioned bush. #-o

 

 

 

Genius! This is all Bush's fault! The government is suppressing anyone who criticizes Bush.

 

 

 

let me suggest a change in your statement so you look like less of an idiot:

 

 

 

"I really think the fact that they broke the law was what got them in trouble"

 

 

 

lol nice...the fact that i live in nc makes me a lil made, if it were a georgia flag(where i was born) or US flag id be mad enough to pee on there house :

[cryztalwing]

ASHEVILLE- Buncombe County's sheriff and district attorney have dropped charges against a couple accused of desecrating the American flag, saying they stood little chance in court.

 

 

 

The Sheriff's Office will continue an investigation into the actions of Deputy Brian Scarborough, who issued the charges after a complaint from a fellow National Guardsman, Sheriff Van Duncan said Thursday.

 

Duncan said he "had rather we responded to that call differently" and that Scarborough "probably shouldn't have been there to begin with."

 

 

 

The sheriff said he asked District Attorney Ron Moore to drop the charges against Mark and Deborah Kuhn, who also said the deputy assaulted them.

 

 

 

The Kuhns had pinned signs to an upside down American flag that included a photo of President Bush with "Out now" written on it.

 

 

 

Their case marked only the third time in North Carolina since 1917 that the state's flag desecration statute had been enforced, according to the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts.

 

 

 

U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 1989 and 1990 protected flag desecration as a form of expressive conduct under the First Amendment. The state law also was challenged and ruled unconstitutional in 1971.

 

 

 

 

 

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