Scott Adams on Flag Burning
Dilbert’s Scott Adams puts flag burning into perspective:
It seems to me that the great thing about the flag is that it symbolizes something inherently indestructible: the concept of freedom. You can burn the flag as many times as you want and the concept of freedom is not only still there - it’s stronger. I like that about my flag. I would go so far as to say it’s my flag’s best feature.
I agree completely. Although I wouldn’t burn a flag myself (unless it needs to be retired), the fact that people are free to do so is very important. Besides, like Scott Adams suggests on his blog, if congress passes a law making it illegal to burn an American flag, it would be almost impossible to prosecute. Someone would make a flag with 14 stripes, or 51 stars and burn that.