tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10248241.post7845956120620334431..comments2023-09-11T08:06:16.906-04:00Comments on IMRAN™: In My Humble Opinion: Our Principles Must Trump Our Symbols - IMRAN™IMRAN™http://www.blogger.com/profile/03919552891874811342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10248241.post-13081966202493856212016-10-14T01:39:43.907-04:002016-10-14T01:39:43.907-04:00"I understand what you are saying. As I said,..."I understand what you are saying. As I said, they should be respected. But I am explaining that flags, anthems, buildings, landmarks are all SYMBOLS. The Our national PRINCIPLES and laws do not come from any of these but from our Constitution. The anthem was adopted around 1931. The Constitution (and the flag) go back to the 1776-77 timeframe. IN the flag, the thirteen stripes on the flag represent the thirteen original colonies. The fifty stars represent the fifty current states. <br />We could all move to Mars or become a country with 70 states and 70 stars on the flag. But our principles that make US the USA and our freedoms and laws are derived from the Constitution <br />Now, if people feel that strongly about it, then they can ask Congress to change the laws (though they may run into the situation of trying to create laws that go contrary to Constitutional freedoms of expression. So, if enough people want, maybe they want the Constitution amended to cover that. But quite honestly, I am less worried about changing the Constitution to cover the flag than I am about Bush/Cheney ripping our individual Constitutional freedoms and Obama/Biden continuing that with the NSA etc. <br />Yahoo and other apparently allowed the government to openly spy on ALL Americans without warrants but no one seems worried about that. I worry more about the Constitution being shredded by both parties than by some guy silently using his actual Constitutional freedom not to stand for a symbol, the anthem, enacted in 1931. <br />The Chinese and the Russians and the Saudis and the North Koreans and the Iranians do not burn their own flags because they would disappear, for that, or for questioning the government, or for criticizing a head of state, or almost anything... Would you want us to be like them or have the freedoms our Constitution ensures, including, even though you and I may not like it, not standing for the anthem? That is the point I am making that we need to protect AND value our principles more than our symbols."IMRAN™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03919552891874811342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10248241.post-4163619028999096692016-10-14T01:39:24.227-04:002016-10-14T01:39:24.227-04:00My FaceBook friend Paula shared a link about not w...My FaceBook friend Paula shared a link about not wanting people to protest in ways involving the anthem or flag and expressed her feelings on her post. I am sharing below the comment I wrote, as it illustrates why we need to protect and value our Principles more than our Symbols.IMRAN™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03919552891874811342noreply@blogger.com