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Slovakia expels two Czechs for burning U.S. flag
Ceske Noviny ^
| 25.2. 2005
Posted on 02/28/2005 12:21:24 PM PST by lizol
Slovakia expels two Czechs for burning U.S. flag
BRATISLAVA- Slovak police this morning expelled two Czech citizens who were detained when burning the U.S. flag during the address U.S. President George W. Bush made in Bratislava centre on Thursday, Bratislava police spokeswoman Silvia Mihalikova has announced. Apart from the Czechs, police also detained three Slovaks who were calling Bush names during his speech on Hviezdoslav square.
However, none of the arrested persons has been accused of crime and their behaviour has been qualified as a misdemeanour only.
One of the Czechs faces charges of marijuana possession since police uncovered a bag with some dried substance on him which was sent for further analysis.
The arrest of five activists was the only incident during Bush's two-day visit to Bratislava. Other protests, staged by the Greenpeace environmental movement and Slovak Communists (KSS), were calm without any excesses.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; czechrepublic; flagburning; redchecks; slovak; slovakia
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:21:26 PM PST
by
lizol
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:22:14 PM PST
by
lizol
To: lizol
My guess is that beer was involved...
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:23:49 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: lizol
As disgusting and contemptible as burning the flag is, it is too bad that they do not have the freedom to do so.
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:26:14 PM PST
by
Coldwater Creek
('We voted like we prayed")
To: lizol
I see they have a system of Czechs and Balances.......
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:30:04 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(I call her GODZILLARY because she went to NYC and made her nest there, too.........)
To: lizol
I'd have more respect if they would set themselves on fire. That's a REAL protest.
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:30:11 PM PST
by
pissant
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To: mariabush
"... As disgusting and contemptible as burning the flag is, it is too bad that they do not have the freedom to do so." The Slovaks charged them with a misdemeanor of setting fires in a public place.
Is it a restriction of freedom of speech to keep potential arsonists from setting things ablaze whenever they feel like it?
Is burning trash in my backyard 'freedom of speech' in areas that otherwise restrict trash-burning? Why is it OK then if it's a flag?
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:33:24 PM PST
by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi!)
To: lizol
Amazing. We cant even put leftist pukes in jail for burning our own flag here.
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:34:24 PM PST
by
balch3
To: The KG9 Kid
It's not. I apologize for not reading the whole story.
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:36:44 PM PST
by
Coldwater Creek
('We voted like we prayed")
To: kennedy6979
What for?
They'd get expelled to US anyway.
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:42:20 PM PST
by
lizol
To: mariabush
Well, alright. THIS time. ;-)
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:50:35 PM PST
by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi!)
To: lizol
spojrz na post matthew paula, bajkopisarz, czy on w to naprawde wierzy?
A ten 2banana to nie pierwszy raz wyskakuje z tymi wysiedlencami.
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:52:34 PM PST
by
Lukasz
(Terra Polonia Semper Fidelis!)
To: ms_68
jaja so bie robisz? nikt by im niz nie zrobil!
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:53:19 PM PST
by
Lukasz
(Terra Polonia Semper Fidelis!)
To: lizol
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posted on
02/28/2005 12:54:58 PM PST
by
null and void
(They aren't character flaws, they're character embellishments...)
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To: pissant
I'd have more respect if they would set themselves on fire. That's a REAL protest.You mean like Jan Palach?
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
02/28/2005 1:12:29 PM PST
by
MadIvan
(One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
To: lizol; Grampa Dave; Howlin
Slovak police this morning expelled two Czech citizens who were detained when burning the U.S. flag during the address U.S. President George W. Bush made in Bratislava centre on Thursday, Bratislava police spokeswoman Silvia Mihalikova has announced....One of the Czechs faces charges of marijuana possession since police uncovered a bag with some dried substance on him which was sent for further analysis. Dude, burnin' this flag ain't getting us high. It's getting us busted.
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posted on
02/28/2005 1:13:31 PM PST
by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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