Amendment To Be? (pt. 1)

"There's a lot of flag-burners who have got too much freedom,
I want to make it legal for policemen to beat 'em."

- The Simpsons, "The Day The Violence Died"

Every few years, a flag-burning amendment gets tossed around Capital Hill. The idea was actually the reason for the first letter I ever wrote to a politician. I must have been about 13. I wrote to Paul Wellstone using something called an "e-mail" saying that I thought flag-burning was part of our free-speech rights, and that the First Amendment was more important than a silly symbol. Therefore, I concluded, he should vote against the amendment.

I received a reply, assuring me that he had it covered.

I've been preaching to the choir ever since.