Flag Burning/Letter to the Editor

Offensive ad
Recently I heard an extremely offensive radio ad in which Sen. Burns questioned the patriotism of his opponent, Jon Tester. The issue was flag burning, and what should be done about it. Loyal Americans hold every possible viewpoint on this issue, which is how it should be in a free society. Sen. Burns argues that the ONLY patriotic position is a constitutional amendment to ban it.This argument is ridiculous and fails the simplest test of logic. We have thousands of laws and only 27 constitutional amendments. It’s extremely complicated and expensive to amend the constitution. We deal with almost all social concerns with ordinary laws. We don’t even have an amendment to ban murder. Does that mean we like it? We deal with murder through regular laws, and if flag burning violates the rights of others (such as using it as harassment) we can deal with it through ordinary laws as well. Sen. Burns is cynically trying to use the strong patriotic feelings of veterans and other Montanans to mount a smear campaign against a good man. Let’s use the voting booth to tell him what we think of those tactics in Montana.
Eric WahlerP.O. Box 1455