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Someone catches themself on fire burning the US flag; would you try to help?

Someone catches themself on fire burning the US flag; would you try to help?

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X Factor said:
Been some conversation about flags and flag burning and this is just a hypo I thought interesting. You're out walking with your bucket of water (as everyone does sometime throughout the day) and you happen upon an angry protest complete with flag burning. The fire from the flag actually ignites the person lighting it and very soon, his clothes will be fully ablaze if someone doesn't act. What would you do, what WOULD you do?

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Ok, top 4 include a little commentary which, I learned is not always so appreciated, so included a yes and a no with no comments. Happy now - you know who you are? :2razz:
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What inappropriate behavior. Pull out your phone and make a video. Otherwise nobody will believe you, you were there. And you can't sell the story to television without pictures either.
 
KevinKohler said:
You know, I just googled it to get a link for you, and I came up empty. I swear this was how we retired flags in the scouts...maybe the rules have changed?
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As far as I can tell that procedure would not necessarily be wrong. It just is not a traditional requirement. The guidelines I learned was a flag to be retired was to be burned in private without ceremony. Of course nowadays that gets problematic with some of the plastics like material used for flags.
 
maquiscat said:
Pretty much all flag conduct is tradition and not law. I've always been aware that the traditional disposal was burning, I had just never seen the cutting into squares before your post.
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You can shred it, or bury it as well.
 
maquiscat said:
Pretty much all flag conduct is tradition and not law. I've always been aware that the traditional disposal was burning, I had just never seen the cutting into squares before your post.
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I did not make the statement of "cutting into squares". It was someone else. Just posted a doc on approved methods of disposal.
 
mike2810 said:
I did not make the statement of "cutting into squares". It was someone else. Just posted a doc on approved methods of disposal.
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I think it was the guy who responded after you, but since the cutting into squares was what I was talking about....
 
Because I'm a patriot, I'm obligated to be the better man, so I'd help them.
 
X Factor said:
Been some conversation about flags and flag burning and this is just a hypo I thought interesting. You're out walking with your bucket of water (as everyone does sometime throughout the day) and you happen upon an angry protest complete with flag burning. The fire from the flag actually ignites the person lighting it and very soon, his clothes will be fully ablaze if someone doesn't act. What would you do, what WOULD you do?

poll on the way

Ok, top 4 include a little commentary which, I learned is not always so appreciated, so included a yes and a no with no comments. Happy now - you know who you are? :2razz:
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Yes, I'd try to help put out the fire.

The flag burner has a right to demonstrate as he/she sees fit. And, thus, he/she has a right to be stupid. But to sit back and do nothing when another life is in danger...

There'd have to be a damned good reason for me to just stand by and watch a person burn. Otherwise, as a general call to humanity, I couldn't just stand by and watch without trying to help.
 
They're called the Darwin Awards. Do the species, the gene pool, a favor and let their abject stupidity play out.
 
Objective Voice said:
Yes, I'd try to help put out the fire.

The flag burner has a right to demonstrate as he/she sees fit. And, thus, he/she has a right to be stupid. But to sit back and do nothing when another life is in danger...

There'd have to be a damned good reason for me to just stand by and watch a person burn. Otherwise, as a general call to humanity, I couldn't just stand by and watch without trying to help.
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Exactly. Frankly, I highly doubt that just about anyone here (barring the possibility of there being actual psycho/sociopaths present) could actually just stand by and watch someone burn to death. That's simply not the way people are wired.

Regardless of one's political leanings, basic human instinct is going to naturally take over in the heat of the moment.
 
I'd be like, "Damn. Here we got a flag burner who is engulfed in flames and I forget the marshmallows."
 
Yes.

I try to be at least a semi-decent human being.
 
I would help put out the fire and then tell them what a ****ing moron they were...
 
Van Basten said:
Because I'm a patriot, I'm obligated to be the better man, so I'd help them.
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What about not burning a flag makes you a better man?
 
Cardinal said:
Yes, of course I would. Jesus Christ...

Edit: Please tell me you made a lulz vote.
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My vote is pretty much me laughing at my own joke.
 
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Does a person who plays with fire have a right to not be burned?
 
X Factor said:
Been some conversation about flags and flag burning and this is just a hypo I thought interesting. You're out walking with your bucket of water (as everyone does sometime throughout the day) and you happen upon an angry protest complete with flag burning. The fire from the flag actually ignites the person lighting it and very soon, his clothes will be fully ablaze if someone doesn't act. What would you do, what WOULD you do?

poll on the way

Ok, top 4 include a little commentary which, I learned is not always so appreciated, so included a yes and a no with no comments. Happy now - you know who you are? :2razz:
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Interesting to see that you voted to place cloth symbols above human life in your priorities. Telling. How about if the person on fire was pregnant?
 
Andalublue said:
Interesting to see that you voted to place cloth symbols above human life in your priorities. Telling. How about if the person on fire was pregnant?
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That would be taking the euphemism "bun in the oven" to a whole new literal level.
 
Cardinal said:
What's the functional difference between 1 and 5? Screw those who voted for any other option.
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If they were a beautiful young lady that I was married to or dating or thinking of dating, I might well consider that option regarding that too patriotic gal who voted for anything other, ha ha ha...
 
Myself, anybody that is in trouble, probably even were it Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, my first instinct is to run grab the first pail of liquid on hand and toss it on them to put the fire out... hopefully its not gasoline, eh?

I would also have to add that if I got there too late I would not feel too too sorry as if you are stupid enough to burn the flag and yourself that badly, hey, hope it was before that person added more really stupid genes to the gene pool. While certainly nobody should, and I would certainly hope nobody would burn to death for such a relatively minor crime against the symbol representing, among other things, all those that have given their last full measure to defend our and other's freedoms, for a knot-head to even to do this... if they did, unfortunately, die it would be a kind of symbolic poetic justice.
 
X Factor said:
Depends on if it was Robin or The Joker who was on fire.
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No actually it doesn't. Batman saved Jokers life at least once, after his first Robin (Nightwing) strangled Joker to death (granted Joker did some pretty heinous things to the whole bat family that just sort of culminated after that latest). Batman is pretty steadfast in his no death rule.
 
roguenuke said:
No actually it doesn't. Batman saved Jokers life at least once, after his first Robin (Nightwing) strangled Joker to death (granted Joker did some pretty heinous things to the whole bat family that just sort of culminated after that latest). Batman is pretty steadfast in his no death rule.
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Except for Snyder's Batman. He was killing goons like it was nobody's business.
 
X Factor said:
Been some conversation about flags and flag burning and this is just a hypo I thought interesting. You're out walking with your bucket of water (as everyone does sometime throughout the day) and you happen upon an angry protest complete with flag burning. The fire from the flag actually ignites the person lighting it and very soon, his clothes will be fully ablaze if someone doesn't act. What would you do, what WOULD you do?

poll on the way

Ok, top 4 include a little commentary which, I learned is not always so appreciated, so included a yes and a no with no comments. Happy now - you know who you are? :2razz:
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I'd put it out as quickly as possible. I'd call 911 and make sure an ambulance was there. Then I'd consider karma being a bitch and all that.
 
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