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Originally Posted by MysticCat
My disagreement has to do with the free speech rights part. No doubt, she has that right. But for the life of me, I don't understand why someone would choose to do that in a way that they know (or certainly should know) will be deeply and understandably offensive to their neighbors.
If it's important to me, I'll find a way a to express myself that doesn't simultaneously offend those who live around me -- such as by occasionally flying a flag (I fly different kinds of flags all the time) that carries the same (or more) meaning for me but that doesn't come with all of the baggage and connotations of "the Confederate flag."
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Last year one of my students wrote an column in our school paper about the same time that Terry Jones was calling for the quoran burning writing that even though one may have the right to do something, does that mean that it's morally or ethically correct? He was writing about the "just because you can do something, does it mean you should" principle. He is very well read and writes eloquently, and comes from an interesting background: Dad is a presbyterian pastor, Mom is a social worker and step mom is a PhD who is a retired professor at a theological seminary. His column definitely started some good dialog at school. This story reminded me of his column and some of the discussions the kids had surrounding the Jones incident.