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The thing was informally settled, then.
Suspected flag burner pilloried
VALLEY FALLS -- The young man was given three choices: get turned over to the police, go one-on-one in a fight with a seasoned war veteran, or be duct-taped to a flagpole for six hours with a sign around his neck identifying his alleged crime: flag burning.
It was the third option that would still have the small town buzzing a week after a 21-year-old was hunted down and forced to endure a public humiliation with its roots dating to the Middle Ages. Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1938 were incensed enough to tie up the man last Sunday after they accused him of setting the flag in front of their building on fire.Post Commander Nick Normile, a Vietnam War veteran, said the man came into the post's bar Sept. 18 on Poplar Avenue and was eventually turned away for not having a proper ID.
Apparently angered, the young man, who Normile did not want to name, cut the rope of the American flag flying overhead and used a cigarette lighter to set it on fire, Normile and others said.
The man sat pilloried as the village had its fall youth soccer picnic with a long parade of children passing in front of him.
"He'll never disrespect the flag again, I can tell you that," Normile said.
Normile said the flag had at one point flown over U.S. troops in Iraq had special significance.
Veterans, both local and nationwide, responded to the event as accountings were posted online to the official VFW Facebook page and national Web site. Comments posted supported the act and added ideas for further punishment.
Other nearby business owners said they knew of the event but refused to give an accounting. Unconfirmed reports by citizens said the alleged flag-burner was a relative of a previous commander of the post.
Calls made to the alleged flag burner and a spokesman for the national VFW organization for comments were not returned. The Rensselaer County Sheriffs office confirmed knowledge of the event, but said they were not involved. State Police in Brunswick were contacted, but a trooper said no record of the event could be found.
The flag will be disposed of at a formal ceremony, Normile said.
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories...storyID=846181
Last edited by spursncowboys; 09-29-2009 at 12:21 PM. Reason: add picture
The thing was informally settled, then.
bet he ain't gonna do that again.
I'd normally say it should be free speech to burn a flag and no punishment should occur... but the dude stole the VFW's property and burned it.
He deserved what he got.
it'll do.
They gave him a choice, and it saved tax dollars
rednecks went medieval on the mofo
for reals.
pillory should be brought back as the preferred method of punishment for misdemeanors
That kid has winning lawsuit, all he needs to up these military assholes real good.
I'm sure he has plenty of offers from lawyers.
And you wonder why healthcare is so expensive
WHy does everyone have Yoni quotes?
I doubt people getting sued for pillory has a big impact on health care costs
I was talking about his mentality.
I don't wonder why heatlhcare is so expensive, I know.
Has nothing to do with kidnapping and assault.
I'm sure those military vets are a bunch of self-inflicted diabetic, obese, hypertensive fat s running up the Medicare/military health bills for the rest of us.
Yeah, shouldn't have done that. I burn a flag every week and have extras on a roll in the bathroom, but they all belong to me.
better watch your tounge.....those boys might decide your next.
don't worry your posts will be used soon enough...
So that guy who stole the Mexican flag from that restaurant could have been treated the same way and you'd have been fine with it.
OK.
I love your belief in absolutes, except for when it's obama.
I love your disrespect for the law.
You should be safe from that, since all you do is smilies.
Burning a flag is fine and protected by the first amendment. Burning someone else's property should earn you an ass-kicking though.
The law usually frowns on self-help, but I agree.
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