Ideology Is Less Flammable Than Flags

This idea comes from a comment Tom made regarding flag burning under the previous post. Here in the U.S. there is a divide between those who support flag burning as freedom of speech and those who find it offensive and think it should be illegal. I do not find flag burning the least bit offensive. I can understand that to certain people the flag represents what they have fought for or believe in in other ways. To some others it represents things they wish to change. The burning symbolizes the doing away with the old order. If your church burns down, do you lose your faith? One would hope not or else your beliefs are very weak. I think of flags in the same way. If one's beliefs are so weak as to be challenged by the destruction of a material thing then one should not have those beliefs. It is foolish to be concerned over the burning of a flag itself but far more logical to be concerned with the reasons and ideology of someone burning a flag. On an end note, according to the U.S. regulations regarding proper disposal of the U.S. flag the accepted method of destruction is to burn it.