Please be a little careful about generalizations. There are many 
Americans who don't feel that the right of protest should be limited to 
subjects or actions that can be viewed as pablum by the average citizen. 
Much of the hyteria over flag-burning is from right-wing super patriots 
who are much more interested in showing how much more patriotic they are 
than anyone else than they are in affirming free speech (or free 
political expression if you prefer).

Obviously my opinion and not necessarily that of my institution.

Art Harris


Laboratory for Environmental Biology, Centennial Museum
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX  79968-0915
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REYNOLDS, Trevor wrote:
> ...
> However this view of our flag will mean that the average person in the
> UK won't understand that if they decided to burn an American flag it
> would be seen as close to an act of war by Americans.
> 
> Trevor Reynolds
> 
> 
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