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Suspected flag burner pilloried
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| Sept. 26, 2009
| BOB GARDINIER AND HUMBERTO MARTÍNEZ
Posted on 09/26/2009 10:12:55 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:15:37 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Right Wing Extremists Assault Young Man.
Violated his Civil Rights. Holder is on it.
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:16:13 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(The effective weapons against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
To: Free ThinkerNY
humiliation doesn’t change anyone anymore — because it requires humility to be effective, and that’s in short supply these days. It’ll probably turn him into a shoe bomber.
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:16:18 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(dear world: we are so sorry for Barack Hussein Obama. Can you ever forgive us? ** hang the Czars.)
To: roaddog727
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:17:49 AM PDT
by
dr_who
To: Free ThinkerNY
I like it! But instead of a choice, he should have had all 3 done to him!
On a similar note: I am afraid that vigilantism will become the law of the land soon, because the laws now give no justice. Had this perp been turned over to the constables, the ACLU would have been there in a heartbeat to "preserve his right to free expression" and the leftists would have carried him out of the jail on their shoulders.
Calm down Dubh! You're getting your BP up again....
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:18:28 AM PDT
by
Dubh_Ghlase
(Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
No doubt some will laud this, but I find it despicable.
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:19:14 AM PDT
by
Melas
To: Free ThinkerNY
My Dad got one up in Columbus, Ohio in the sixties while I was away. Broad daylight, smacks the crap out of a guy desecrating a flag in an anti-war protest and leaves. We need more folks that remember what that flag represents!
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:21:52 AM PDT
by
Big_Harry
( Thank God I am an "Infidel"!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Let the punishment fit the crime ...
I think it’s a good approach to let the perp choose his punishment.
To: Dubh_Ghlase
“I am afraid that vigilantism will become the law of the land soon”
I agree. How many people have confidence in our justice system? Not many, I think. It’s seeming more like the wild west all the time.
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:23:18 AM PDT
by
ElayneJ
To: Dubh_Ghlase
"I like it! But instead of a choice, he should have had all 3 done to him!"A fourth choice of being wrapped in the flag and set on fire would have been my suggestion.....
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:24:16 AM PDT
by
sniper63
(Silent and stealthy - one shot - one kill)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Stocks and Pillories...huzzah!
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:24:20 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Melas
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:25:12 AM PDT
by
Ladysmith
("A community organizer can't bitch when communities organize." Rush Limbaugh)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Apparently angered, the young man, who Normile did not want to name, cut the rope of the American flag flying overhead and used a cigarette lighter to set it on fire
Should have been prosecuted for burning (arson), theft (taking hold of someone else's property), nusiance (sp?) by creating greenhouse gases, etc., etc.
Myself, I wish we'd have a law that burning a U.S. flag is not only
a matter of "political speech", but also "fighting words".
And that a swift a$$-kicking is a legal response to those fighting words.
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:25:23 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: ElayneJ
“Its seeming more like the wild west all the time.”
Which had a much lower crime rate than today.
To: dr_who
IMOH it is neither pointless nor stupid. I majored criminology in college and there is a long history in the use and success of public shaming in behavior modification.
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:27:01 AM PDT
by
joesjane
(The strength of the pack is the wolf - Rudyard Kipling)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:28:39 AM PDT
by
radiohead
(Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
To: Ladysmith
Technically, the choice itself was criminal extortion by threat of violence. So, no, not buying. The problem with vigilantism is that it begets retribution. At this point since the police are obviously in on it, who could blame a family member of this kid for going vigilante on the vigilantes which of course would beget retaliation in kind...
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:28:47 AM PDT
by
Melas
To: Free ThinkerNY
Is there a reason that we don’t just make the flag out of fire resistant materials?
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:29:38 AM PDT
by
Grunthor
(Gun toting, Bible thumping Flag waver. According to the left, I am a racist.)
To: VOA
And that a swift a$$-kicking is a legal response to those fighting words.Exactly!
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posted on
09/26/2009 10:29:53 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The President has borrowed more money to spend to less effect than anybody on the planet. " Steyn)
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