Thank you for your post, I known Americans are not like these persons, burn a flag is terrible, I think when you saw your flag burned in Iran, you were sad and revolted, it's the same feeling for me. I prefer you boycot our goods. I am not against war in Irak, but here they always show on televison bad images all the days since the war began, and now frenchs think you made the wrong way. We can find the true on the web. I would like have a president like Bush, but infortunatly we have a guy, Chirac who is the best friend with all dictators, and now we have a bad reputation in the world.
To live in France and make such a statement shows real strength and moral fiber. Take care, Marie. You're more of a patriot and freedom fighter than 100 France bashing Americans. You can teach us something about freedom, and I hope you continue to do so.
An American burning the flag that means "liberty, equality, and fraternity" is no better than Rachel Corrie teaching Palestinian kids to burn the American flag. It's human nature to lash out at misunderstood symbols, but it takes intelligence to know better.