The Burning of our Flag

The law against buring the American flag is a very interesting one. In my opinion it's sort of a contradiction to the American idea. Yes, I really dislike seeing someone burn the flag but at the same time, I dislike the idea of someone being able to say they can't. The whole topic of flag burning could have been brought up for the sole purpose of taking away our freedoms. If we say it's not okay to burn flags then we will be opening up a big can of worms. Soon it will not be okay to criticize our leaders. Soon it will not be okay to print whatever we want in the newpapers. The list goes on. Yes, people argue that our flag should be respected because people have died for it. I agree, but I also remember that people have died to give every individual person the freedom to burn that flag if they so choose. As much as I would hate to see that done, I must honor an individual's personal freedom of expression. Anyone that is truly in favor of freedom, must also be in favor of toleration. Nobody can have total freedom without offending someone else. That's why I don't understand terms like "politically correct". A person should say what he thinks. Not beating around the bush (no pun intended).



There is a lot of irony I see. For example, supposedly we are fighting terrorism to preserve the American way of life, yet people are wanting to remove the right to bare arms from our pilots. Hello, this is letting the supposed terrorists win! We trust these pilots with our lives just by getting in the plane. If they want to protect themselves with a gun, it makes no sense to me, why passengers should be worried. Same goes for people who are actually willing to give up their rights at the airport. "If you're willing to give up your freedom for security, you deserve neither."



I really think that laws should be carefully thought out. Laws enter the books but they don't easily go away. Even if they are obsolete in some cases. I believe that a law should be based around the rights each American has.. Life, liberty and persuit of happiness. Does not wearing a seatbelt effect anyone but me? Well, then why am I forced to wear one? Insurance companies don't lose money! They are PAID to lose money. That's the way their business is ran.



Okay, now lets think about other things.. Like capital punishment.. Well, truthfully I don't care what happens to a murderer. The only reason that I am sort of against capital punishment is because we don't always get the right person. I think if he spends time in prison, he will have the opportunity of being discovered innocent. Our system is not perfect and it shouldn't be treated as such. Should any man have the right to dictate when another man dies? Not that I care, but isn't waiting around to die considered cruel and unusual punishment?



Now abortion is also an interesting topic.. Women want the right to choose. This makes no sense at all to me. Can they choose to murder their boyfriend too? Doesn't the unborn child have just as much right to umm choose as she does? If another life wasn't involved I would agree with women who say this, but because a life is involved, I think they're full of crap. They want to do whatever they want without thinking about anyone but themselves or without paying for the consequences of their own actions. Also, if the man is unwed, he has no say whether she aborts HIS child. How would a woman like it if a man could force her into aborting her child? What's really ironic is that if she decides to have the baby, it's no longer just her baby, but once again, it's the man's child too! I guess this is because if she decides she wants the baby, she also wants the man's money, but if she doesn't want the baby, he doesn't matter.. Wow, whats a concept. I believe women do have the right to choose. They can choose to keep their legs together or not. Once they allow the male's genetic material to be inserted, she is at that point, involving a lot more people than herself into the mix.

Interesting, my thoughts started out with flags and ended with abortion..