From: “Tim Tartaglia” <tag@silvix.sirinet.net>
 To: “RS” <cypherpunks@toad.com
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 UTC Datetime: 1997-06-13 12:56:49 UTC
 Raw Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 20:56:49 +0800
From: "Tim Tartaglia" <tag@silvix.sirinet.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 20:56:49 +0800
To: "RS" <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Flag Burning...
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On 13 Jun 97 at 1:20, RS wrote:
> To allow someone to publicly burn a flag is essentially displaying our
> freedom being burned.
This may seem counter-intuitive, but allowing someone to publicly 
burn a flag is _demonstration_, not destruction,  of the freedom we 
celebrate.  In fact, supporting other's right to utter speech that we find 
distasteful is the purest form of "freedom and liberty."  
Tag
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