tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post115108179527900321..comments2023-10-31T06:25:46.016-04:00Comments on SLANTblog: The Third ManF.T. Reahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1151427505054772722006-06-27T12:58:00.000-04:002006-06-27T12:58:00.000-04:00J.C.,OK. I left this part out: No. 1 didn't have a...J.C.,<BR/><BR/>OK. I left this part out: No. 1 didn't have a match, so he asked No. 2 for one. Instead of handing No. 1 the matchbook, No. 2 had actually lit the flag, and he admits that to the cop. Furthermore, he's tossing lit matches into the barrel as he chants.F.T. Reahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1151426494767492372006-06-27T12:41:00.000-04:002006-06-27T12:41:00.000-04:00Well Terry, arguably all three are innocent.#1 is ...Well Terry, arguably all three are innocent.<BR/><BR/>#1 is disposing of the flag properly.<BR/><BR/>#2 may be acting like a jerk, but he did not burn the flag himself, so no actus reus.<BR/><BR/>#3 also did not burn the flag, so no actus reus.<BR/><BR/>*No legal opinion implied, etc.Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854346077884974868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1151386450985315632006-06-27T01:34:00.000-04:002006-06-27T01:34:00.000-04:00Great post F.T. Rea. And very good point Andrew. ...Great post F.T. Rea. And very good point Andrew. I hadn't looked at the hate crimes issue that way, but it's a good point.<BR/><BR/>And yes, Vivian, even the flag burning ammendment can't improve Hilary's image with right-leaning moderates (which I suspect is her motivation). It's an election year political stunt through and through.JPRS2010https://www.blogger.com/profile/05527755235220303537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1151159293520045282006-06-24T10:28:00.000-04:002006-06-24T10:28:00.000-04:00Your point about legislating intention is well-tak...Your point about legislating intention is well-taken. I would argue that a free society has no business whatsoever in judging people's thoughts or motivations, only their actions.<BR/><BR/>Of course, by the same logic, so-called "hate crime" legislation is a similar travesty. Murder is murder, whatever the motivation.Andrew Hammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714127938846605400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1151112662420955142006-06-23T21:31:00.000-04:002006-06-23T21:31:00.000-04:00Vivian,As a presidential candidate, I see Hillary ...Vivian,<BR/><BR/>As a presidential candidate, I see Hillary Clinton as a dead end. So far, I haven't seen anybody I like more than Mark Warner. <BR/><BR/>-- TerryF.T. Reahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1151112183050173692006-06-23T21:23:00.000-04:002006-06-23T21:23:00.000-04:00"By the way, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come out as ...<I>"By the way, Sen. Hillary Clinton has come out as siding with those poseurs for the amendment."</I><BR/>And another reason why if she wins the nomination, the Republicans will win the White House.Vivian J. Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04723928324727006584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1151086513451005012006-06-23T14:15:00.000-04:002006-06-23T14:15:00.000-04:00Excellent, excellent post.The requirement to know ...Excellent, excellent post.<BR/><BR/>The requirement to know another person's intent is the secondary idiocy of both this and the so-called "marriage" amendment (the first being that what they are designed to do is wrong in the first place).<BR/><BR/>With the VA amendment, the irony is that the more deliberately a gay couple expresses through contracts those values that make marriage important - fidelity, responsibility, commitment - the more likely it is that they will run afoul of the constitution. It is that very intentionality that will be used against them. A very, very strange way to govern.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com