man's flag confiscated for a day for flying it upside-down.

[I'm Cleo!]

Which is precisely why they still allow KKK rallies/parades....right up to the point where it causes a riot, and then its halted and broken up....

There is such a thing as not allowing something to occur over concerns of public safety and keeping the peace.

Right, in cases unlike this one, where the only statement made to justify the action was that [unnamed] "people were upset." And at least one other member of the community (who allowed himself to be identified in the article) was on the guy's side.

Cleo

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Which is precisely why they still allow KKK rallies/parades....right up to the point where it causes a riot, and then its halted and broken up....

There is such a thing as not allowing something to occur over concerns of public safety and keeping the peace.

An upside down flag causes a riot or endangers safety? You people from the freest country in the world have issues.

Remember that next time a cartoon of a certain prophet of a certain religion causes havoc. Remember to side with the ones doing the not printing.

 

[MobBoss]

An upside down flag causes a riot or endangers safety? You people from the freest country in the world have issues.

No, some people respect their flag as a symbol of their nation very seriously. Most days, it probably wouldnt even get a second look. But it was the 4th of July...thats kind of a special day for that kind of thing.

Course you being european maybe you dont understand that...

 

[Miles Teg]

Is their any evidence to suggest a riot was imminent?

 

[holy king]

is it ok to riot against mohammed caricatures during ramadan only?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

No, some people respect their flag as a symbol of their nation very seriously.

Yeah I know. Some people eh?

But what can you do, every man has the right to his or her little querks, as long as they don't infer upon other people's rights.

Most days, it probably wouldnt even get a second look. But it was the 4th of July...thats kind of a special day for that kind of thing.

Course you being european maybe you dont understand that...

Nope I didn't know the 4th of July is a day when an individual's rights become inferior to the majority's opinion. Learn something every day.

 

[MobBoss]

Yeah I know. Some people eh?

But what can you do, every man has the right to his or her little querks, as long as they don't infer upon other people's rights.

Yeah, like the KKKs right to march down the streets of a black neighborhood for example.

How querky to object to something like that!

Nope I didn't know the 4th of July is a day when an individual's rights become inferior to the majority's opinion. Learn something every day.

If the individual is doing something to stir up the community pot, then perhaps actions needs to be taken...and its much easier to stop 1 person from being an asshat than it is to stop several hundred.

Glad to have been of help in your education.

 

[cardgame]

Gee, I didn't know being an asshat was illegal.

 

[I'm Cleo!]

I love the idea that it might be more important to keep people from "stirring up the community pot" on Independence Day.

"Unless that asshat Thomas Paine stops publishing his pamphlets, this could lead to war!"

Cleo

 

[MobBoss]

Gee, I didn't know being an asshat was illegal.

He wasnt arrested now was he?

 

[Formaldehyde]

I love the idea that it might be more important to keep people from "stirring up the community pot" on Independence Day.

"Unless that asshat Thomas Paine stops publishing his pamphlets, this could lead to war!"

Cleo

Indeed. Perhaps we should change the name to Conformity Day to appease the 'patriots'.

 

[cardgame]

He wasnt arrested now was he?

His rights were infringed upon (because of being an "asshat"), which is illegal.

 

[MobBoss]

His rights were infringed upon (because of being an "asshat"), which is illegal.

Yeah, taking his toy away for 1 day is just a terrible infringement of his rights.

Like I said earlier.....let him ride the waaaaaambulance all the way to court. Let a jury of his peers decide if he has a case, or if he is just blowing smoke.

 

[.Shane.]

Like I said earlier.....let him ride the waaaaaambulance all the way to court. Let a jury of his peers decide if he has a case, or if he is just blowing smoke.

You're attributing the waaaaambulance to the wrong parties in this case.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Yeah, taking his toy away for 1 day is just a terrible infringement of his rights.

Toy?

 

[holy king]

expropriating someone is ok if it's for one day?

part-time commie!

 

[Cutlass]

No, some people respect their flag as a symbol of their nation very seriously. Most days, it probably wouldnt even get a second look. But it was the 4th of July...thats kind of a special day for that kind of thing.

Course you being european maybe you dont understand that...

Maybe they should take a moment to reflect on what that flag stands for.

 

[Mowque]

Maybe they should take a moment to reflect on what that flag stands for.

This is worth re-stating.

 

[cardgame]

This is worth re-stating.

In triplicate.

 

[Berzerker]

You dont think people would get upset on the 4th of July? I think you greatly naive if you dont. If it hadnt pissed more than a few people off, nothing would have been done.

Yeah, lets fire everyone for actually keeping the peace. Real nice message there.

First, being upset aint a public disruption - you're already trying to replace your argument with a strawman. Regular Joes didn't steal the flag, the DA advised the cops to do that and they did. And yes, cops who steal private property should be relieved of duty. The fact they did it because they didn't like the perceived message just shows their contempt for the 1st Amendment. I dont see the angry mob in this scenario, the guy had been flying the flag upside down before the 4th arrived and a bunch of Mobby's didn't show up at his door. You invented the disruption to "justify" the cops actions.