Oh no lets not burn a bit of fabric!!!
Are people in this world for real??? I am an Australian and I really dont care what people do to a piece of cloth. It means nothing to me and I love my country.
I think the world is facing far more serious problems like child abuse, murder and so on.......................Should it be illegal in Australia to set fire to a bit of fabric nailed to a stick?
I am not saying it is right OR wrong to burn a flag... but I will say one thing. It is NOT just a bit of fabric on a stick. That fabric means something, and so does burning it. I can give another example to show what I mean. A friend of mine somehow or another ended up with an abusive man as a boyfriend. He was great at first, but slowly and surely he began to show his true self. One day he was ticked off at her and he stabbed her favorite teddy bear. She instinctual knew she had to get her butt out of there, and wisely did so before she got hurt. Oh, but it was just some fabric stuffed with cotton! Well, obviously it wasn't.
My point is this- when someone burns a flag, they are sending a message. There is meaning in their action. So it is oversimplifying the situation to infer that it is just ';a bit of fabric nailed to a stick.'; That is far, far from the point. You may as well say that someone saying they will kill you is not a threat because they didn't ';do'; anything. BUT- if you still want to argue that it is wrong to make it illegal, what I just said can also be applied to that argument. If burning a flag is sending a message, then it is communication, or in other words- speech. Does Australia have freedom of speech? That is your real argument, rather than the weak idea that a flag is just fabric.
Of course not. While the flag represents the country, the burning of it as political expression honors the freedom that it represents.
A flag is more than just ';a bit of fabric nailed to a stick.'; It's an important symbol to many countries, tribes, families, etc.
In extreme cases, flag-burning could even seem like treason.
If you don't like the flag and the country it represents, then feel free to leave it at any time.
If you are referring to our flag, then YES!
If you actually mean a bit of fabric nailed to a stick, then probably not.
its not about the fabric but what it stands for. i'm Australian and am not particularly patriotic but i can see how it offends most people... people who fight for the right to live in a free world and all be united under one government, one anthem and one flag
As far as I am concerned, burning the flag of any nation should be treated for exactly what it is, an act of treason. In some cases throughout history burning a flag meant a declaration of war.
you mean burning a flag?
NO
they paid for it they can burn it
wast of money i think to burn it
i wouldn't do it
A piece of coloured cloth a country it does not make!
Being Aboriginal the current aussie flag means nothing to me, except as a leftover of colonial rule.
I have forebearers who fought under that flag in times of war only to return to their country of origin as non-citizens.
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