Protecting The Symbol of Our Country :: Argumentative Persuasive Topics

Protecting The Symbol of Our Country On June 12,1997 the Flag Amendment was passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 310 to 114. The Amendment gives Congress the right to counter the physical desecration of the American stagger. Todays vote is impregnable evidence that the voice of the American people has been heard and heeded by the US House of Representatives(Flag Alliance, Inc. 1), says Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, who is the head of the Citizens Flag Alliance(CFA). Today, forty-nine state legislatures have make it clear to Congress that they want flag protection laws. However, not everyone is in favor of these laws. These radicals or revolutionists as they like to c each themselves, feel that fire the flag is their constitutional right under the first amendment freedom of speech. (You king want to go ahead and establish your thesis here. It shows up in the next paragraph, and thats okay too though.) I strongly support the flag protection amendment. The flag is a symbol of our great nation and all that we stand for. No other American symbol has been as universally honored or has bestowed such honor as the flag(Flag Alliance, Inc. 1), says Rep. William Lipinski of Illinois. Those who enter the flag, or view it as just a design on a piece of cloth lack the understanding of our nations(AP) history, and take their American citizenship for granted. They burn the flag only to get attention, or because they are wrothful with the government, and see it as a way of getting back at them. My solution to these people who are aggravated with our government is to move somewhere else. Try living in China or Cuba, and see if you keep back with the way they run their government. When you burn the flag you break the chains that holds you in concert in unity with the rest of the nation. (This is a pretty extreme metaphor. You choose to clearly establish why the desecration of the flag is so damaging. Also, disembodied spirit at your solution. It is also e xtreme. Will you effectively convince people who dont contain with you by being so extreme? Some drama and sense is good. But remember that your audience will expect you to show open-mindedness as well.) An astonishing eighty-one percent of Americans are in favor of the amendment. This figure of speech shows how much of an affect the flag has on our country.