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**TheJake** · 06-23-2005, 05:02 PM

arthur - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - go travel the world and open your eyes my young fiesty friend! Oh, one more thing, LEARN TO SPELL.

Xanthous - Props.

SV, KCL - Mad Props.

**agriadam** · 06-23-2005, 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by kingcrazylegs+Jun 23 2005, 06:08 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kingcrazylegs @ Jun 23 2005, 06:08 PM)</div>

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the US almost used the turkey as the national symbol, and hell that is now like the national meal at thanksgiving! Don't you get time for shooting a bald eagle because its endangered? [/b]

this is True Benjamin Franklin (A fine Alcoholic American) did want the Turkey to be the national bird.

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Originally posted by xanthuos@Jun 23 2005, 06:12 PM
Oh, and LaurieL622, I'm sure pictures of you burning your Old Glory-decorated panties would help calm my nerves and remind me of how much I love my country...even if the bastards in the White House and Congress work every day to erode the very reasons I love it.

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Originally posted by xanthuos@Jun 23 2005, 06:08 PM
Go ahead, all you dumbass right-wing sons-a-bitches and pass an amendment banning burning the official flag of the United States. Guess what then? I'll just burn this one:

X we have too much in commen its FUCKING SCARY!!!

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Originally posted by Arthur@Jun 23 2005, 05:27 PM
no because thats nto the amercan flag, its on a mericandice item and its illegal to put the american flag on any thing other than a flag. if you count the stars or stripes of any thing on mercendice its not the american flag, it just looks like it. even on the forth of july, nothing truly is the american flag, execpt for the flags them self.

WOW JUST WOW
No because thats not the American flag, its on a merchandise item and its illegal to put the American flag on anything other than a flag. If you count the stars and stripes of anything on merchandise its not the American flag, it just looks like it. Even on the Fourth of July, nothing truly is the American flag, except for the flags themselves.

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Originally posted by Arthur@Jun 23 2005, 05:27 PM
and its illegal to put the american flag on any thing other than a flag.

And What?!?!?!?!?

<!--QuoteBegin-GoKrazy@Jun 23 2005, 06:47 PM
Instead of making the burning of the flag illegal, shouldn't the governing parties pay more attention to WHY people want to do it in the first place?

That is the most intelligent thing anyone has said here.

Personally I would never burn the flag (maybe) but as an American we hold the right to make that decision ourselves, and if someone chooses to burn the flag in protest to a decision that the American government or the American people are making or something they are doing they reserve the right to do so freely.

**TheJake** · 06-23-2005, 05:05 PM

GoKrazy - I agree 100%

**agriadam** · 06-23-2005, 05:07 PM

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Originally posted by agriadam+Jun 23 2005, 07:03 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(agriadam @ Jun 23 2005, 07:03 PM)</div>

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@Jun 23 2005, 05:27 PM
and its illegal to put the american flag on any thing other than a flag.

And What?!?!?!?!?[/b]

Cause this wouldn't be legal!?!?!?!?!?

**TheJake** · 06-23-2005, 05:08 PM

arthur go talk to the locals where you are at and ask them what they think of our fine country and government.

*edited to add

Adam - i love you when you're smart and not attacking me

Arthur · 06-23-2005, 05:13 PM

that cups has 14 lines if you count the bottem white line.

**Tadpole** · 06-23-2005, 05:14 PM

(im really drunk by the way, and a little pissed) Holy shit. i can't believe this is being discussed. If you burn an American Flag, get the fuck out of the country. if you hate your country so much that you burn the very face that it represents, then you stepped over the line of prortesting. Anyone who burns the Americancan flag for 'protest' is a moron. you can't burn the very thing you are fighting for. B Fight for what it means to you. The American flag is what you are as an American. dont burn it in protest support it in protest. Because anyone who says they are Amrerican and fights for American rights can't burn the flag to protest american freedom. Thats what the flag repsrents. You are bruning th very thing you are supporting. An amendment shouldn't be passed, it would violate the 1t amendment.

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dumbass right-wing sons-a-bitches and pass an amendment banning burning the official flag

To answer that I say: Smoke your joint, float away, live in your tree, and disappear from society while the "rightwing sons a bitches" try to save the very symbol that you are arguieng for. (xanthous nothing on you im just really drunk and love polictal debates. Without it indiviualism wouldn't exist. Pprops to that.)

**space virgin** · 06-23-2005, 05:20 PM

Is it just me or does anyone notice that lately, when there's some MAJOR shit going down that the White House doesn't feel comfortable addressing, this kind of stuff pops up AGAIN? Diversion tactic? Methinks.

"Well, Iraq is fucked and people are starting to notice, especially the Christian Right that we want to keep on our side... let's dredge up an out-of-the-blue inflammatory topic and get the country in a big fight like we did last time with the whole Gay Marriage issue. It worked then, it should work now too. Haw haw haw."

Arthur · 06-23-2005, 05:20 PM

ok .i would like to apolgies to xanthuos for my exclamatoin earlier, and apolgies to the rest of you for haveing to spell check my post, but i was pissed off. and i will now let my brother do his rambleing while i go to sleep

**TimmyJames1976** · 06-23-2005, 05:22 PM

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Originally posted by Arthur@Jun 23 2005, 03:05 PM
burning the amerincan flag is an attack on america and should outlaws if not prosocuted.

and so he says as the freedom of speech vanishes

**space virgin** · 06-23-2005, 05:22 PM

And boys, boys-- It's one thing to DEBATE something, it's another thing to BASH other people for their opinions! There's a line that will be drawn here.

**Tadpole** · 06-23-2005, 05:23 PM

no no i dont bash people

**space virgin** · 06-23-2005, 05:24 PM

Dude, you already did, and you're drunk. Sleep it off.

**TimmyJames1976** · 06-23-2005, 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by JiveTurkey@Jun 23 2005, 03:17 PM
I agree that burning the flag is wrong and should be illegal.. I'm all about free speach, and if someone burns the flag they should not get death, but they should be fined.. If they want to burn it, then they can leave it and move somewhere else.... to me burning the flag is giving the finger to everyone in the armed forces... just not right..

and why can't some1 give the finger to the armed forces? i wouldnt do it, and i think that if sum1 did they are an a-hole, but i in no way would want to restrict their right to do so. get ready citizens, this marks the official beginning of the modern dark ages. thanx a million all you zealots.

**TimmyJames1976** · 06-23-2005, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by space virgin@Jun 23 2005, 05:21 PM
And boys, boys-- It's one thing to DEBATE something, it's another thing to BASH other people for their opinions!* There's a line that will be drawn here.*

uh oh....more censorship