Flag burning

"Once again,m he ridicules the notiom(sic) of sending someone to jail fr(sic) leaving on a curling iron, i contend that if that curling iron starts a fire and kills someone's child, i think society would agree thatm(sic) person should ACCEPt PARTIAL BLAME. " I'm not talking about what if someone gets hurt and who to blame. I am talking about how ridiculous it is to outlaw something because there is a CHANCE someone could get hurt. That is why I pointed out curling irons and automobiles. I don't really care about punishment as that is not the point of this debate. You are straying off topic. I am pointing out that everything can have a dangerous element and you have not reasonably shown why flag burning is any more dangerous then a cacmp fire or a curling iron. "Go to how he says i shouldnt belittle the power of protests, i will belittle the power of protests in the situation of genocide, because honestly if something like the hitler regime was going on, i would not rely on the "power of protest" and neither should you. " I believe more in protesting then killing all who disagree with you but again you're getting off topic. I was making the point that there is nothing wrong with flag burning when it is a part of political protest. "Don't let him link everything to a "facist government" he does this nonstop, don't let him do this hes trying to get you to perceive me a tyrant, but smoking and alchohol doesnt necessarily have to be STOPPEd, it just has to be LIMITED, unless you think people should have so much autonomy they can get drunk and smoke and spend all their money on drinking instead of their families, then id say youd be advocating the state of nature. " I don't think that you are a tyrant. I just think that the government shouldn't decide what people put into their own bodies. And it is certainly someone's right to get drunk and smoke and spend all their money on drinking. I'm not saying it's right though. "True, kids go camping and campfires happen, but once again, campfires unlike burning falgs are not started in the middle of a street. " I think a fire in the middle of a flammable forest is more dangerous then one in the middle of the street. It's not like they're dousing others in the street. "Furthermore, not all kids go camping and those who do dont do it too frequently, whereas burning a flag can be done anywhere anytime, as protests are normal. " Most people don't decide to burn flags either. And you cited no source saying that protests were more common than ccampfires. "he says who cares what it looks to a patriot or a american, i'd say it matters because i think we can agre most americans like america, even though they might not like the politics, they can agree they like the place. " Most American's like America. You again did not provide a source. And show why this means it is wrong to burn an American flag. "Ok good point, but judaism is only 2% of the world religions , on a scale factor, that's like 100 to 2, so im saying groups such as christians are stigmatized alot less, plus in the current era, jews have faced a lot less stigmatization. " So you showed that majorities are not stigmatized. You still did not refute that religion has caused much more violence and damage than patriots who don't like flag burners. To voters, con brought weak arguments that were easily refuted. As you have read, he believes the government should take away each individuals right to autonomy. Con got off topic way too much and could not defend any of his points.