Sunday, June 26, 2005

Flag Burning



"The House on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to ban desecration of the American flag,"

Mark Steyn weighs in: Old Glory Can Take The Heat

"A flag has to be worth torching. When a flag gets burned, that's not a sign of its weakness but of its strength. If you can't stand the heat of your burning flag, get out of the superpower business. It's the left that believes the state can regulate everyone into thought-compliance. The right should understand that the battle of ideas is won out in the open."