Monday, July 03, 2006

Shades of gray?

Thanks to columnist Ben Shapiro for this nuanced view:

"Those who burn the flag are no less traitors than those who renounce their citizenship to fight with our enemies."

Got it--heading over to Afghanistan to kill American soldiers is morally equivalent to burning a flag in protest.

3 Comments:

At 2:17 PM, Blogger Justin said...

Agreed. Absolutely no equivalence. I really could care less about those who desecrate symbols.

 
At 6:42 PM, Blogger Greg said...

So, I ask Benny, what does freedom of expression cover? And who can we get the list from?

 
At 12:36 PM, Blogger GMack said...

So if you burn enough Switzerland flags could we get them to actually join a war?

 

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