[Humal]

"Be prepared for legislative action and legal action against you to follow," wrote Republican Sen. Steve Johnson of Fort Collins.

"Clearly, there are ways ... to manage any sort of conflict that students might have that don't diminish the respect that we should have for the flag," (Sen. Tom) Wiens said.

O.K., Senator, what would you have done to defuse the situation?

As is shown by the national Dims, it's easy to criticize, but they don't come up with a plan of their own.

[El Gato]

O.K., Senator, what would you have done to defuse the situation?

First of all, he could have not waited until the US flag came out to ban flags. Secondly, he could not have banned the US Flag, but only foreign flags. After all, who were the instigators here? It certainly wasn't the ones displaying the US Flag.

I very carefully did not say "American" Flag, because the flags of Canada, Mexico, Argentinia, etc, are also American flags.