Respect for those protecting it and respect for all that our flag represents. There need to be boundaries to maintain not only the safety of our country, but to preserve the respect for it as well. A fine line between freedom of expression and abuse of such freedom. But shouldn’t we also demand respect for our country? Respect for the fact that we are granted such liberty? With that in mind, there is a fine line here. We live in a country where we have the freedom to do something as bold as burning the flag. People have turned their “rights” into entitlement to do or say whatever they want against our country. There are numerous alternatives for voicing such disagreement, many of which are considerably more constructive and peaceful. You are still allowed to disagree with the decisions made by our government, which many of our citizens are quite good at doing.
That freedom would still be very much intact. It is significant to remember that prohibiting flag-burning doesn’t take away your freedom of expression. And yet we allow people to burn the symbol of our nation until it is nothing more than a pile of ash.
