The Flag
Does the First Amendment give us the right to
desecrate the American flag?
Or is the flag a sacred symbol of our nation,
deserving protection by law?
Tough call?
"The Solution"
For those who want to light Old Glory on fire,
stomp all over it, or spit on it to make
some sort of "statement," I say let them do it.
But under one condition:
they MUST get permission from three sponsors.
First, you need permission of a war veteran.
Perhaps a Marine who fought at Iwo Jima?
The American flag was raised over Mount Surabachi
upon the bodies of thousands
of dead buddies. Each night spent on Iwo Jima mean
half of everyone you knew would be dead tomorrow,
a coin flip away from a bloody end
upon a patch of sand your mother couldn't find on a map.
Or maybe ask a
Vietnam vet who spent years tortured in a small,
filthy cell unfit for a dog.
Or a Korean War soldier who helped rescue half a nation
from Communism, or a
Desert Storm warrior who repulsed a bloody dictator from
raping and pillaging an innocent country.
That flag represented your
mother and father, your sister and brother,
your friends, neighbors,
and everyone at home. I wonder what they would say
if someone asked them
permission to burn the American flag?
Second, you need a signature from an immigrant.
Their brothers and sisters may
still languish in their native land,
often under tyranny, poverty and misery.
Or maybe they died on the way here,
never to touch our shores.
Some have seen friends and family get tortured
and murdered by their own
government for daring to do things
we take for granted every day.
For those who risked everything simply
for the chance to become an American,
what kind of feelings do they have for the flag when they
Pledge Allegiance the first time?
Go to a naturalization ceremony
and see for yourself, the tears of pride, the thanks,
the love and respect of this nation, as they finally
embrace the American flag as their own.
Ask one of them if it would be OK
to burn the flag or spit on it.
Third, you should get the signature of a mother.
Not just any mother.
You need a mother of someone who gave their life for America.
It doesn't even have to be from a war.
It could be a cop. Or a fireman.
Maybe a Secret Service or NSA agent. Then again,
it could be a common foot soldier as well.
When that son or daughter is laid to rest,
their family is given one gift by the American people;
an American flag. Go on. I dare you.
Ask that mother if you can spit on her flag.
Away from family, away from the precious shores of home,
in the face of overwhelming odds and often
in the face of death,the American flag inspires those
who believe in the American dream,
the American promise, the American vision...
Americans who don't appreciate the flag
don't appreciate this nation.
And those who appreciate this nation
appreciate the American flag.
So if you want to desecrate the American flag,
before you spit on it or before you burn it,
I have a simple request.
Just ask permission. Not from the Constitution.
Not from some obscure law.
Not from the politicians or the pundits.
Instead, ask those who have defended our nation
so that we may be free today.
Ask those who struggled to reach our shores
so that they may join us in the American dream.
And ask those who clutch a flag in place of their
sacrificed sons and daughters,
given to this nation so that others may be free.
For we cannot ask permission from those
who died wishing they could, just once ... or once again ...
see, touch or kiss the flag that stands for our nation,
the United States of America ...
the greatest nation on earth.Go ahead. Ask. I dare you!
I was inspired to put this on my page. I got it through
an email one day and I thought it would be a great thing
to make a webpage out of it.
I 'm not sure exactly who wrote it, but " YOU GO!"
to whoever did. I'm just makeing this page to spread
the message around the world.
It is my goal to get this page to as many people
in the U.S. as possible.
So please if you get this please pass it on. I'm not sure
if it touched you, but it touched me that is why I made
a page for it. I Support the United States and our
Military to the death. I thank the vietnam vets
and all the military for the FREEDOM that we have!
I salute you!
If you care, please send this on and let me know that you
care by emailing me.
We should join together in the fight to keep the U.S. Flag
the greatest symbol we have.
I'm not real good with words so please bare with me.
My email address is.....
Thank you!
Don't take for granted what thousands of men
shed blood for and even died for!
