I’m sorry that you are too stupid to understand the difference between lying for monetary gain(fraud)and just being a blowhard liar. Oh, well.
Sure, I understand the difference. Do you understand the difference between freedom and license?
I understand that free speech means someone can burn the flag (or even defecate on it as we’re seeing the OWS doing), but I believe it should still be prohibited, because it dishonors all those past Americans that gave their life to defend out country.
Our military men are often maimed and killed defending our country and freedoms. Medals are the public symbols we give them to acknowledge their bravery and sacrifice to our country. Allowing others to claim the honor without ever having earned it dishonors those that have earned it.
I don’t buy the argument that falsely claiming a medal doesn’t harm anyone. I believe it does. It harms the honor of those that have rightly earned it, and makes us smaller as a nation.
I believe that flag burning laws, and laws against falsely caiming to have received a medal are reasonable. The concept of free speech enshrined in the Constitution was to protect political speech, not braggarts.
Fraud doesn’t necessarily involve monetary gain. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00001341——000-.html pretty well covers the waterfront ~ although it focuses on use of the mails to further such problems. Uttering a check for some illegitimate purpose is mail fraud BTW (paying a hooker for example).