Bruno, It is what that cloth stands for! A symbol? yes. A piece of cloth? Yes, but in most peoples mind the flag deserves a certain respect because it stands for the principles that a country was founded upon, so when you burn the flag as a protest many people see that you are showing contempt for the ideals and principals that your country was founded upon and that are in the hearts of many! Besides to burn a flag does nothing but cause a serious division and does nothing to solve any problem that may be at hand!

trewornan, I wonder where England, or for that matter, the rest of the world would be if Winston Churchill was too "mature" or "sophisticated" to stand up to Germany in world war 2. I will be glad to do without maturity or sophistication if I had a tenth of the metal that Sir Winston Churchill had! I wonder, does his sort of character still exist in England, or for that matter, any where in the world?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehNT...eature=related