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Old 05-02-2011, 05:12 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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In this case, yes.
Why is it illegal "in this case" since the Supreme Court has ruled that burning the flag is a form of expression.
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Old 05-02-2011, 05:14 PM
 
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Why is it illegal "in this case" since the Supreme Court has ruled that burning the flag is a form of expression.
So I can just come on your property, cut your flag down, and leave it burning without any consequences? No, of course I can't. This was school property. Not some flag these misfits brought in.

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LSU spokesperson Ernie Ballard said police were called to the parade ground around 5:15 a.m., and found the American flag had been cut down and burned.
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Old 05-02-2011, 05:18 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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So I can just come on your property, cut your flag down, and leave it burning without any consequences? No, of course I can't. This was school property. Not some flag these misfits brought in.

Hot damn, I totally missed the fact the CSI came in and provided evidence that the same flag missing was the one that was burned. That would be hard to prove in a court of law.
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Old 05-02-2011, 05:23 PM
 
Location: London
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Maybe it was someone trying to create hype about America-hating Muslims.
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Old 05-02-2011, 05:27 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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Is burning a flag illegal?
It is if it's not your flag you burn. In this case, they burned the university's flag so it's destruction of private property.
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Old 05-02-2011, 05:42 PM
 
Location: Unperson Everyman Land
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Why is it illegal "in this case" since the Supreme Court has ruled that burning the flag is a form of expression.


Mystery wrapped in an enigma!

Why does Terry Jones have to post a peace bond in Dearbornistan?

Some of life's questions just don't have answers.
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Old 05-02-2011, 05:43 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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It says it right there in the linked article....
He or she is too lazy to read the article. This person knows a crime was committed. He/she just agrees with the burning of the American flag and is going out of his way to defend the immature brats.
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Old 05-02-2011, 05:45 PM
 
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Hot damn, I totally missed the fact the CSI came in and provided evidence that the same flag missing was the one that was burned. That would be hard to prove in a court of law.


Not in a Louisiana court.
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Old 05-02-2011, 05:49 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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Not in a Louisiana court.
Who said this would go to court? Things happen sometimes.
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Old 05-02-2011, 05:50 PM
 
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True, some liberal college students and professors hate the U.S just as much if not more than many radical Muslims.

I remember seeing a college student in UC Santa Cruz walking around campus with a sign that said America and Israel are worst than Nazi Germany.
You just wonder why they stay........oh wait, they can't get that college education anywhere else that their hate speech or signs are listened to.
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