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6 months in jail for removing a Mexican flag?
While not truck driving related, I thought you all might find this interesting.
http://kob.com/article/stories/S375155.shtml?cat=516 A little more background on the story: The subject of the story says that he was walking past the courtyard area near the main library of UNM (University of New Mexico) back in September and noticed that there was a Mexican flag flying unaccompanied. He took the flag down and disposed of it, making a big deal of the fact that there was a Mexican flag flying alone in the US without a US flag above it. Nobody thought it was that significant until one of the students in some sort of Hispanic Student Union got wind of it and went to the local media screaming and yelling that the guy who took it down was a racist and that the event was nothing more than a hate crime directed at all the Hispanic students. When higher-ups in administration at UNM were questioned why there was a Mexican flag, they said they allowed the Hispanic Student Union to fly the Mexican flag on September 16th (Mexican independence day) and ONLY for that day. However, whomever put it up was either too lazy or didn't "remember" to take it down that night. Now, my personal thought on this, having several family members in the military (though not being in the service myself)....I think that there NEVER should have been a Mexican flag flying alone for ANY reason whatsoever. If they wanted to fly it, it should have been displayed as US Flag Code dictates. I don't mind foreign flags being displayed as long as they are displayed properly. This one was not displayed properly. Furthermore, I think that it's asinine/ludicrous/unconscionable/etc. that this guy is facing legal charges & possibly up to 6 months in jail for removing a foreign flag flying alone in our country. |
He did nothing more than I would have done.
In the USA, no flag shall fly higher than old glory. And I have gotten into fights because of it in my younger years. And I still will, should I see another country flag flying higher than our stars and stripes ......little alone flying by itself. |
Originally Posted by Josborn
He did nothing more than I would have done.
In the USA, no flag shall fly higher than old glory. And I have gotten into fights because of it in my younger years. And I still will, should I see another country flag flying higher than our stars and stripes ......little alone flying by itself. |
i would have pulled the mexican flag down as well.
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If they put him in jail for doing his duty as a citizen than THATS JUST WRONG. :evil: :evil:
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I can't believe they arrested this guy. I've heard NM was slipping to the liberal side. Now I believe it.
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Originally Posted by greg3564
I can't believe they arrested this guy. I've heard NM was slipping to the liberal side. Now I believe it.
Any of you who have ever come through here know what I'm talking about. I live in Albuquerque where this story took place, BTW. |
Sorry, Folks!!
We all live under the same Constitution; the same rules, the same protections apply to all of us. Our Constitution allows for peaceful protest, but that is not the issue here. The heart of the issue is that neither the flag pole, nor the flag, nor the property upon which it was flying belonged to the person who took the flag down and disposed of it. To protest the decision of UNM?? I'd support that. Had the student simply removed the flag and returned it to the university?? I would consider that to be a justifiable act of civil disobedience. To remove the flag AND dispose of it?? IMO, that crosses the line that separates peaceful protest and civil disobedience from unlawful conduct. The confiscation and destruction of someone else's property based upon political disagreement is unlawful, and it should be. On a larger scale, consider the environmental radical groups who have burned down lumber yards to protest companies practices of tree harvesting. Although this matter is on a much smaller scale, the principals here are the same. |
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Originally Posted by Useless
Sorry, Folks!!
We all live under the same Constitution; the same rules, the same protections apply to all of us. Our Constitution allows for peaceful protest, but that is not the issue here. The heart of the issue is that neither the flag pole, nor the flag, nor the property upon which it was flying belonged to the person who took the flag down and disposed of it. To protest the decision of UNM?? I'd support that. Had the student simply removed the flag an not disposed of it?? I would consider that to be a justifiable act of civil disobedience. To remove the flag AND dispose of it?? IMO, that crosses the line that separates peaceful protest and civil disobedience from unlawful conduct, and destruction of someone else's property based upon political disagreement. On a larger scale, consider the environmental radical who have burned down lumber yards to protest companies practices of tree harvesting. Although on a much smaller scale, the principals here are the same. Now, had the owners of the flag raised a stink, I would have gone along with it because of it being "personal property". But they didn't. It's always some damn group sticking their nose into shit that doesn't even concern them......if they wanted the flag so much, they should have claimed it for themself. They didn't even care enough to tend to it the next day.....it was a couple of weeks before they even heard what has happen. So yes, it should have been brought down, and disposed of as GARBAGE SINCE NO-ONE WAS THERE TO CLAIM IT. Because to be truthful about, that's all that flag was at that point. Liter on a flagpole. The guy was right. And he was doing his country a favor....by cleaning up after the Mexican had their celebration. You, sir, are so very wrong. :evil: :evil: :evil: |
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