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Thursday, June 24, 2004

Mandatory martyrdom.
Apparently, there is some wave of fear washing through several [more liberal] groups because of a small thing they consider a first step.

For some reason, I can't really tell you why, one of the primary concerns in the senate is.. well.

A.) The dependency of the US on foreign fossil fuels.
B.) The current state of the war on terror.
C.) The right to burn flags.

It's C, actually. lol. A bill was passed through the House of Representatives that would tamper with the Bill of Rights. This invisible threat of flag burning is an obvious threat to every American politician. In 200 years there are only 200 known events of flag burning in the USA.

But, for some reason, the right wing is really concerned with this- mainly as a political stunt. They are willing to change the first amendment for it, too- which is a very bad step in the wrong direction, some think.

The First Amendment is the one that says that Americans can worship who they want, say what they want, meet with who they want and have a free press. The government can't touch that.

Flag burning apparently falls under the "say what you want" part. They want to adjust that so that, well.

You can't say what you want, for once. That is the basic idea.

I don't know what to think of it, but maybe it is a bad sign. Or it could just be a cheap stunt to attract attention when July 4th is coming up.

Who knows.

I can't really compare the fall of the Roman republic to a possible fall of the US federal republic, but this has caused a minor stir for people and maybe for due reason.

I mean, a large, militarily successful republic that covered a mass of people has broken down before. The circumstances were wholly different, however.

Hm. I'll be watching this with interest.
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