A lot of Americans think it should be illegal to burn the US flag; many believe that it already is illegal to do so. Both beliefs are wrong. It’s not illegal, nor should it be, for someone to burn their own property, assuming that there aren’t air quality or safety issues. Now if some steals *your* property and burns it, then, yes, by all means the cops should come along and lay baton to noggin until they pay restitution. But if the burner is the lawful owner? It’s theirs to do with as they please.

If you are one of those delicate snowflakes who believes that the US Constitution means doodly squat and that your feelings are so vital that they should be protected from someone burning a flag, consider this:

Three year prison sentence for people who damage EU flag, German state proposes

Do you *really* want to be just like a European Union bureaucrat? Is that *really* who you want to emulate? If so… step away from the computer and take a year or two off to re-evaluate your life. If you *are* an EU bureaucrat, take a decade or two off to re-evaluate your life.

The article also says that the proposed law will protect the EU anthem, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” How exactly do you burn music? The best I can figure, they want to ban stuff like these:

And one wonders what German EU bureaucrats would make of this: