[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Ron Kulp <RKulp at ebwalshinc.com>:

> [Platt]
> the British teacher in Sudan facing
> 6months in prison and 40 lashes for allowing her class to name a teddy
> bear Mohammed being a current case in point.
> 
> [Ron]
> That is a rather good point of discussion, being imprisoned for
> associating the name of the prophet Mohammad with a teddy bear is
> something like being imprisoned for burning a flag in the United States.
> It's all about what that symbol means to the culture, to us it's just a
> teddy bear to them it's just a flag.
> I don't know if there is currently a law against burning the flag but
> there
> Are a lot of people who would vote it into law who are extremely
> offended
> By the action. All in the name of moral goodness. 

I believe the Supreme Court has ruled the burning of the American flag is not
a crime but an expression of free speech -- an example of an intellectual value 
over social conformity.

 



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