Peace signs are a direct contravention of governmental decisions to engage in war; disobedience begets anarchy and anarchy begets defeat - both intolerable outcomes.
There IS a Treason and Sedition law in Amerika you know - it is simply loosely enforced.
One must also remember that these documents were written at a time when disputes were settled among men with honour, when voting was a radical yet logical ideal, so long as it was kept within the ranks of the Intelligentsia. The laws have not changed with the times. During the American Revolution had you burned an American flag I guarantee that you would have been tarred and feathered if not worse.
Yeah, because burning the flag and a simple peace sign are the same thing...
Give me a fucking break. Your position is so ridiculous it is indefensible. Maybe you forget the part of the American constitution about Freedom of Expression? You know, the part that says its allowed for people to voice their disagreement with the government?
As far as I know, that's a pretty important part of America's foundation.
A peace sign is treason, now? That might have a place in Nazi Germany - certainly not in any democratic country.
wtf, Telan? Are you trying to make the argument that the human condition has somehow worsened in the past 200 years?
You burn an American flag now, and you're just as likely to be ostracised; not summarily executed. Freedom of expression cannot be over-ruled, Telan. Every goverment, in the entire history of man, that has attempted to censor human nature has collapsed.
Let me just say that I am exceedingly glad I do not live in the Idealist World that you seem to think is a reality.
