Subj : Burning the Flag
To : Will Milberger
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Sun Dec 29 2019 10:54 pm
Hello Will,
> TR> And thats a load of bull, as it happens that scumsuckin'
> America-haters
> TR> will grab an American flag right out of someone's hand and set it
> afire!
> TR> Of course...we're talking about `Maxine Waters'....so she might very
> well
> TR> have `handed' the flag out to them so they could burn it. She's the
> type!
>
>I am not an advocate of flag burning. But I have burned the US flag in
> accordance with it being old and worn.
I did it. Once. Actually, I gave somebody else the idea, and he
did it. Back when I was in the boy scouts. One of us (not me) had
accidentally dropped the flag into a puddle of mud, and we decided
it was not worth the effort to clean it up as it was a very old flag.
So I mentioned that it would be best to destroy the flag as it was
unusable. One of us (not me) provided a match, and somebody else
(not me) set the flag on fire. The scoutmaster then came screaming
out of his house with words none of us understood, and then we had
a lot of explaining to do. But really, it was all his fault. He
had been the one who told us the proper way to retire a flag was
to burn it. Only, it was his flag, and he was a veteran. So, he
had no choice but to forgive us, which he did. With tears in
his eyes.
>In your example, what makes it truly wrong is taking it from someone and
> burning it. But, just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Well, the owner did allow us to use it ...
--Lee
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