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Originally Posted by dr wadd
There is nothing contradictory there. If people didn`t get wound up by it they wouldn`t do it. I argue that we shouldn`t get wound up by it, and if we didn`t I doubt they would continue. It is perfectly valid for me to state that we shouldn`t get wound up over it while recognising why people do get wound up by it.
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You what??! Your first words on the subject were:
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Originally Posted by dr wadd
Because a piece of cloth is clearly so much more important than the right to free expression. Remind me come November 5th to construct a bonfire entirely out of Union Jacks.
I think it is a bit rich to complain about people espousing extreme ideas when you argue that deportation is a suitable punishment for burning a bit of cloth.
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Several pages of backpedaling produces:
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Originally Posted by dr wadd
If it gets at those a protest is directed against then it is more than a piece of cloth only in the minds of the receiving end, if you are burning it at as a form of protest it is merely a tool. You don`t have to personally share respect for what a symbol stands for in order to work on the minds of others.
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.......where you state that it
is more than just a piece of cloth (to us).........changing your mind is ok.....just don't deny that you are doing it.