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- LETTERS, Page 10Questions About the Flag
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- Frank Trippett's clever probings about flag desecration
- make unmistakably clear the absurdity of trying to protect the
- flag constitutionally (ESSAY, Aug. 28). With the wit of his
- prose, he brings perspective to an issue that is too often
- fought with inflamed hearts rather than invigorated minds.
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- Mark Rigg New Haven, Conn.
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- Of course the enforcement agency for flag protection will
- be the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Flag Abuse.
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- George A. Staffa Butler, Pa.
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- Although I am sorry it is still legal to burn Old Glory, I
- take comfort in the fact that I can also burn Trippett's piece
- of liberal drivel. And that is exactly what I did.
-
- Thomas C. Albus St. Louis
-
- Around July 4 I saw a cake in the image of an American
- flag, complete with carefully molded layers to suggest waving.
- Surely cutting and eating the flag is desecration, so I guess
- we'll need to make that illegal too.
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- Len Trombetta Houston
-