[jalisco555]

Flag burning is a non-political act. And I'm the Easter bunny.

[NonValueAdded]

Indeed. If we have learned anything from the multiculti cult, it is that we need to interpret these events not from our own cultural perspective but from that of the perpetrators, er, students. So, what would burning a flag mean in Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Pakistan North (England)? It means that these foreigners with foreign-sounding names (Massie, you are a putz) would probably be beheaded in two out of three locales. Multi-culti is a double-edged sword (npi).

[randog]

“In setting fire to the flag, they were endangering house, so I don’t see this as a political thing,” he [some Yale dipsh!t] said.

He probably sees painting swastikas on (insert conservative organization HQ here) as a mere home-improvement project.

[DogBarkTree]

Smear them in pig lard and set them on fire. I would get a chuckle out of that sort of "prank".

[Condor 63]

This humble observer smelleth bull patooky.

[Wings-n-Wind]

Put these guys UNDER the jail...

[lady lawyer]

The reason that flag burning cannot be declared illegal is because it is presumed to be political speech. They can’t have it both ways.

[TYVets]

Three Yale students arrested for burning an American flag attached to a house were not politically motivated, their lawyer said Thursday.

Attached to a house!

Arson is serious and if people in the house die, much more serious.

Stupid statement by their lawyer.

[Quick or Dead]

“I have a hard time believing that burning a flag is not inherently a political act,” Matt Magliocco ’08 said. “I think it’s incumbent on anyone, whether an American student abroad or a foreign student here, to at least show respect for the country he’s living in. Burning a flag is the complete opposite of that.”

I would have thought Yale had beaten such undesireable ideas as loyalty and nationalism out of all of their students./sarcasm

[boomop1]

BS, I was born at night but not last night.

[LibKill]

Aside from the disrespect to the flag, for which they should have their asses roundly kicked, this is arson. The flag was being flown from a house and was therefore part of the house.

I hope these punks get the maximum the law allows.

[ArkansasBushfan]

If you believe all of that crap I have some swamp land in Arkansas I will sell you.

[DogBarkTree]

This POS is pretty well known. see: http://www.yale.edu/opa/v34.n17/story101.html

[Eva]

Good, but they weren’t arrested for their political motivations.

[jazusamo]

“In setting fire to the flag, they were endangering house, so I don’t see this as a political thing,” he said.

Exactly, and they were endangering anyone inside that dwelling. Doesn't matter whether it was a political statement or not, arson laws don't have anything in them about political statements.

Looks like they are guilty of arson of a dwelling, a serious offense.

[Just another Joe]

You know, somehow I could almost believe him after reading this statement in the article.

Akbar is a U.S. citizen, though he was born in Pakistan. He worked as an informal translator for U.S. forces during the invasion of Afghanistan

[redhead]

hmmm...”Akbar...” Nice Irish name, that...

[PGalt]

FReeper comments bump!

[sgtbono2002]

I dont have a problem believing this was not a political prank. The charges they face arent political either.

All three were charged with multiple counts of second-degree arson, first-degree reckless endangerment, third-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace at an arraignment on Tuesday.

Give them the max on all charges.

[delphirogatio]

Oh, it was a prank.

So what?

[Fiji Hill]

“It was a stupid college prank.”

So that's their excuse. But isn't a "prank," by definition, a mischievous act designed to cause damage or harm?