Until "Everything not Complusory is Forbidden"
I am losing my patience with alot of people this country. And on both sides of the so-called left/right. It seems like neither are interested in doing anything but regulating our lives in the most detailed and absurd fashion. Take for instance the flag-burning debate.
That was my boss's editorial for this weekend. Saying that burning the flag should be legal for reasons of free speech. Of course he gets some response, saying he's being disrespectful, and all the usually junk. For starters: (and get ready for capitalization cause this is important.
SUPPORTING THE RIGHT TO DO SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT THAN SUPPORTING THE THING ITSELF.
You have the right to burn the flag, as a symbolic freedom of speech indicating your displeasure, and anti-american/anti-american policy stance. Is it disrespectful? Yes it is. Does it dishonor our country and the men and women who've secured that freedom in this country? Yes it does. But just because you SHOULDN'T do something, doesn't mean that you need a law AGAINST it. Why must it be illegal for me to do things, just because they are asinine?
The same thing goes for gay marriage. If you think that homosexuality is a sin, that's fine. Perhaps when judgement day comes, the Adam and Steves of the world will get what they've got coming. But do we need to embaress our constitution with an amendment to prevent something, just cause we think its immoral?
The Right needs to understand that your rights are not defined by their morality, they are defined by the constitution.
The Left shouldn't be smirking, they aren't any better. They are busy abolishing free speech anywhere it might hurt someone's feelings. Cause we all know John Madison and Alexander Hamilton were huge supporters of
Amendement LXIXI: The right not to be insulted by some ignorant yokel shall not be infringed.
Being a free society is a dirty, grubby business. It means seeing things you wish you didn't have to, and hearing things you'd rather people didn't say. But you're supposed to have the backbone to put up with it, so that you can enjoy your liberty to do the same.
That was my boss's editorial for this weekend. Saying that burning the flag should be legal for reasons of free speech. Of course he gets some response, saying he's being disrespectful, and all the usually junk. For starters: (and get ready for capitalization cause this is important.
SUPPORTING THE RIGHT TO DO SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT THAN SUPPORTING THE THING ITSELF.
You have the right to burn the flag, as a symbolic freedom of speech indicating your displeasure, and anti-american/anti-american policy stance. Is it disrespectful? Yes it is. Does it dishonor our country and the men and women who've secured that freedom in this country? Yes it does. But just because you SHOULDN'T do something, doesn't mean that you need a law AGAINST it. Why must it be illegal for me to do things, just because they are asinine?
The same thing goes for gay marriage. If you think that homosexuality is a sin, that's fine. Perhaps when judgement day comes, the Adam and Steves of the world will get what they've got coming. But do we need to embaress our constitution with an amendment to prevent something, just cause we think its immoral?
The Right needs to understand that your rights are not defined by their morality, they are defined by the constitution.
The Left shouldn't be smirking, they aren't any better. They are busy abolishing free speech anywhere it might hurt someone's feelings. Cause we all know John Madison and Alexander Hamilton were huge supporters of
Amendement LXIXI: The right not to be insulted by some ignorant yokel shall not be infringed.
Being a free society is a dirty, grubby business. It means seeing things you wish you didn't have to, and hearing things you'd rather people didn't say. But you're supposed to have the backbone to put up with it, so that you can enjoy your liberty to do the same.
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