Defining a flag that should not be burned is hard to do intelligently.
In the mid-1980s I was at a July 4th parade in Atlanta with a lot of nice U.S. flags in the parade, but someone was handing out free tiny flags that deserved burning. They had a big "Made in China" label, and the star field and stripes were badly misprinted and out of alignment.
That was about the time the whole fuss about flag burning started, and I remember thinking that no one understood that some flags need burning.
Taking any symbols too seriously is stupid and a waste of time and effort.
Why would you assume that books are text only? I have a number of PDFs of coffee table picture books that are 256MB to 512MB or more in size. I have PDFs of lots of 19th century books with a lot of photos and drawings embedded. And I have one PDF 1.15GB in size with over 14,000 scanned articles in it, from 1870-1920. 256GB isn't an excessive amount of storage for serious book collections.
In 1986 I took my wife and 7-year-old stepson to Reno, NV by plane. While out there we bought him a 6-inch wooden derringer that was a single piece of wood.
Airport security wouldn't let us take it on the plane. Common sense doesn't work with the government.
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What is a U.S. flag?
Defining a flag that should not be burned is hard to do intelligently.
In the mid-1980s I was at a July 4th parade in Atlanta with a lot of nice U.S. flags in the parade, but someone was handing out free tiny flags that deserved burning. They had a big "Made in China" label, and the star field and stripes were badly misprinted and out of alignment.
That was about the time the whole fuss about flag burning started, and I remember thinking that no one understood that some flags need burning.
Taking any symbols too seriously is stupid and a waste of time and effort.
Moxie is still available
The soft drink Moxie is still available regionally, esp. in New England, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie
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Why would you assume that books are text only? I have a number of PDFs of coffee table picture books that are 256MB to 512MB or more in size. I have PDFs of lots of 19th century books with a lot of photos and drawings embedded. And I have one PDF 1.15GB in size with over 14,000 scanned articles in it, from 1870-1920. 256GB isn't an excessive amount of storage for serious book collections.
The Arkansas Law is Stupid
An individual can boycott any country, state or company at their discretion.
Since companies are people now, they should have the same right.
Of course, if the Supreme Court should decide that companies are no longer people...
This problem pre-dates TSA
Airport security wouldn't let us take it on the plane. Common sense doesn't work with the government.
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