Flag burning

You won't die from not being able to burn a flag. His examples of a parachute and driving are all acts that do not affect others." You won't die from not being able to parachute or not being able to drive a car. Why not ride the bus? And are you seriously saying that driving does not affect others? Over 40,000 people die every year in car crashes. This is way more then have died in freak flag burning accidents. "And furthermore, he tries to ridicule the notion of people being sent to jails for leaving ironers(sic) on, but I would say it is negligence and ought to be punished." You think someone should go to jail for accidentally leaving a curling iron on? Are you serious? "First, if it really was as bad as genocide I would definitely (sic) NOT want people to be burning flags instead of actually doing something." Please do not belittle protesting. It's a much better way to get things done then go to war and kill everyone who doesn't agree with you. "is a great argument by my opponent. However, I say events such as campfires are done far away from the public and away from the majority of children, so it doesn't show a serious threat." Are you saying that there has never been a campfire to get out of control? And kids never go camping? "Imagine if everyone was a crack head and had lung cancer, deaths would skyrocket and the government would face serious problems." We definitely differ here. We'll let the voters decide if people should be able to decide what they ingest or if we should have a fascistic authoritarian government. "And my opponent is probably gonna say something like "Well guns can harm others too but we don't ban guns, I'd say guns are a check against the government, you can;'t defeat a government with second hand smoke but you can try to defeat them with guns if they become too tyrannous, so possessing guns is much more necessary then smoking or burning a flag." I am actually all for gun regulation. I don't think some random jack off the street should be able to get a semi automatic without at least a background check or a psychological evaluation. Because guns actually affect other people. "OK, that might be their view, but what's it going to look like to a patriot or the public? They won't question "excuse me, why are you burning a flag" they will automatically judge the person and perceive him to be "un-patriotic", thus this means they are still going to be stigmatized because of people's perceptions, although that might not be their intent." Who cares what it looks like to a patriot. Should we outlaw interracial couples because of how it might look to racists? Why should we outlaw an action just because it might make someone not like someone else? Should we outlaw war because the people who are killed don't like it or look down on those who kill them? And black people were once stigmatized by the majority of society but should being black be outlawed? "But i would say religions differ everywhere, and whereas people disagree on religion in perhaps America i'd say most US citizens love america. So even if a buddhist and christian may not get on religiously, they will still agree most likely that a flag burner is bad" You ignore the thousands of religious wars and religious based violence around the world. And who cares if they agree that a flag burner is bad. Does that mean that flag burning is inherently bad? "The only time social stigmatization happens is when a few people are shunned or looked down upon, so religions are usually big and would not be the subject of "stigma."" Judaism is a religion and yet they were stigmatized for hundreds of years. And regardless of whether certain religious groups are stigmatized or not(they are) you still ignore the fact that they cause much more violence then any flag burner.