WORKING FOR A FREE; WORLD, .
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October 198~
_by ·Katrint~r:,~~-' ::schwi.Qg.~ .-~ ·,
· · - ·iJie buiiung-· ofth~'n~g: However, -~s former; SUN:Y-Binghaintori · s~qdelit~ ·-- .,·_ ·the R~view·· pointed'-out~- h,e.fajled.to , organ~ed a flag burning ceremony in~. ~"~:', mention ;,·ihai · il1 -' Cu·ba~:. :meiely :~,.-;.:. '; 'staiidingon_ afountai~ -to~:prowsfthe ; ~ ,_·_ ' front 'pf t:he -Fine Arts' Build{ng~ -·_system will get- an- in,dj-yid~aLtq.rown . >· · ~ Accor~iilg ttfJ~ell, the-ceremonial / :, .:: .. ':· · · , in· jail, if-npt ki!lep. ' burning- was ~·a protest expressing . Thebi.unin'g .anit the~co'unter r~ily. .. · religio~s b_e liefs_of : our American ~ .. attracte{l a qrowd . o{ more thap J50 ·-- forefat}lers.. ~ beH,e fs held: by ·, people inciuQing. both-students, ane:t _ . ltonorabie meri. such as'· Thomas '·. mem'b.er~ :~ 9f - the .. surroun_ding ·. · Jefferson:" · ·Joe Goldman, .a Navy '·. -COJnml.,Ulttle$. the pre~edin,g ... --.- In a speech ~vete~an · who servee:t -dQI"ing bW'Iling, Bell stated, "If flag c~ be War II in both the Atlantic and the , desecrate~\ then .,it is a religious · Pac~fic', :was lmpr~ssed with· the -' .· icon .. jt is , then 'impl!i.ed . 'that the . · number of students who protested . , state it represents is ,.ti9Iy~" ,_ He'Bell's ac-ticins and the manner in · further..stated that '' ·to :defend the ·-i· · . flag and ·pot defend -the-fr~doms: it ·. / . 'whiCh dley· d~fended·,the. American · , · ·· flag. · - . ' , · represents is· fascism." Goldman . further stated,."The The Bing_h'amton Review,. alo.ng '·, . Senate and · 'Supn~me · C9~rt.' [in · with the ~college Re:tmblicans. ~ opposiiio~ to] the legislation protesting rally . organfzed a counter protecting the American flag.should _ the actiqns cmd beliefs (Q_eld by BelL . be replaced ... The. flag is not only a . flag the · that .. · ,The Review argued . symbol, but stands for everything .embodies .every ideal. which makes for which the veterans fought America the most free. nation in the . died." world. lt is a unique, symbol whose burning . cannot 'be ju~tified as. ' · "freedom of gpeech." ~ The flag _burning coincided with the Senate vote against legislation ,· · which would ·have P!('}tected ~the:·flag under -th·e -Unifed ·. States · Constitution . . · Bell cited · this as · evidence ofthe freedoms this country . gr:a'lts to its citizens. He argued that J~age· in Cuba, they have laws prohibiting
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