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Re: Help wanted WW2!
Originally Posted by Rushman
(Post 5372449)
Bloody hell don't reward him. If I'd have known that was all I had to do I would've been alot cheekier to you before now.
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Re: Help wanted WW2!
Originally Posted by TruBrit
(Post 5372036)
it's a federal offence (if you get caught) to burn the usa flag....you'll go straight to jail and will not pass go.
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Re: Help wanted WW2!
Think it used to be (or maybe even still is) contrary to state law, but the Supreme court overruled saying it was a freedom of speech thing...could only be reinstated by a change in the constitution and I dont think thats been done (has it?). Can't imagine it'd be very popular round our way though...
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Re: Help wanted WW2!
The Flag Protection Act of 1989 made a criminal of any citizen who "knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon" a United States flag, except in relation to the disposal of a "worn or soiled" flag. In a number of cases that came to the Federal district court, the courts dismissed the charges under the belief that the Act violated the free speech clause of the First Amendment. The government appealed the United States v. Eichman case to the Supreme Court in 1990.
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/flag.htm |
Re: Help wanted WW2!
Imagine there's no countries
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Re: Help wanted WW2!
Originally Posted by Ray
(Post 5372648)
The Flag Protection Act of 1989 made a criminal of any citizen who "knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon" a United States flag, except in relation to the disposal of a "worn or soiled" flag. In a number of cases that came to the Federal district court, the courts dismissed the charges under the belief that the Act violated the free speech clause of the First Amendment. The government appealed the United States v. Eichman case to the Supreme Court in 1990.
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/flag.htm |
Re: Help wanted WW2!
Originally Posted by TruBrit
(Post 5372036)
it's a federal offence (if you get caught) to burn the usa flag....you'll go straight to jail and will not pass go.
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Re: Help wanted WW2!
Just before anyone does anything silly :D
Quote (a)(1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Unquote |
Re: Help wanted WW2!
Originally Posted by lanky spoken here
(Post 5359940)
Fastest way to make the Americans annoyed.....hang up a Union Jack and set fire to that stripey tablecloth of a rag they call stars and stripes |
Re: Help wanted WW2!
Originally Posted by KJ2007
(Post 5372682)
Probably true - I suspect that if I publicly urinated on the Union Jack in the UK I'd receive a warm reception. :sneaky:
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Re: Help wanted WW2!
Originally Posted by Sally
(Post 5372688)
The pee would be warm :)
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Re: Help wanted WW2!
The only definitive answer is found in the US Flag Code. TITLE 4 > CHAPTER 1 > Sec. 8(k). It states:
"The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning" You can find a good copy of the entire US Flag Code at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School |
Re: Help wanted WW2!
"Hey Guys I am getting so fed up with the "If it wasnt for the US you would all be speaking German" brigade at work. I need some comebacks that will make them look like the propergander believing twats they are! Rob" Well they way your President is leading your nation were gonna have to save your ass in world war 3 . i think that should do it . |
Re: Help wanted WW2!
To the coworkers who claim Brits would be speaking German, consider a reply of "Maybe, but so might be you!"
After all, we in the US have to right to be proud of the fighting done in the war by our parents and grandparents. It was no easy victory: we lost over 400,000. The British, with good reason, have every right to be just as proud. It was our partnership with England gave the struggle a chance for victory. We all owe a debt of gratitude to those throughout the world who maintained resistance and stood their ground when and where they could. Ask your friends if they would prefer to live in a world dominated by totalitarian German and the Japanese Empires? They should remember with whom US troops were fighting. They need to ponder how many more US soldiers would have been lost without Ultra. What if the Germans developed the Bomb and deployed it on an isolationist US mainland? |
Re: Help wanted WW2!
Originally Posted by SouthernGent
(Post 5406389)
To the coworkers who claim Brits would be speaking German, consider a reply of "Maybe, but so might be you!"
After all, we in the US have to right to be proud of the fighting done in the war by our parents and grandparents. It was no easy victory: we lost over 400,000. The British, with good reason, have every right to be just as proud. It was our partnership with England gave the struggle a chance for victory. We all owe a debt of gratitude to those throughout the world who maintained resistance and stood their ground when and where they could. Ask your friends if they would prefer to live in a world dominated by totalitarian German and the Japanese Empires? They should remember with whom US troops were fighting. They need to ponder how many more US soldiers would have been lost without Ultra. What if the Germans developed the Bomb and deployed it on an isolationist US mainland? Wekk said, I totaly agree with you..:thumbup: |
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