tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882083298533747439.post6116881982154689726..comments2019-12-31T11:45:30.066-06:00Comments on Carbondale Bytelife: Another Open Letter to Brad ColeParentheticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04397250058745076490noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882083298533747439.post-31699872809366351282007-04-04T13:52:00.000-05:002007-04-04T13:52:00.000-05:00P.S. There can't be any case law on this, seeing a...P.S. There can't be any case law on this, seeing as there are, quite deliberately, no enforcement provisions. So there's no way to get a case on this statute into court, that I know of.Calionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873204494424704333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882083298533747439.post-86812149419179625102007-04-04T13:50:00.000-05:002007-04-04T13:50:00.000-05:00Gadfly: I believe what you see all the time is bun...Gadfly: <BR/><BR/>I believe what you see all the time is <I>bunting</I>, that red, white, and blue streamer stuff. That's perfectly legal, and okay. It just says "I'm patriotic," not "I'm endorsed by America." Also--and this may seem a nitpicky point, but that's the law for you...a "Flag" is rectangular, and has horizontal stripes and a square blue field, etc.. Those "wavy flag" images you see don't actualy count as flags themselves; they're representations of flags, and legal. Don't blame me, I didn't write the law. But that's how it is. The image on Cole's sign is definitely a flag by the definition in the code.Calionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873204494424704333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882083298533747439.post-82977115065950626852007-04-02T05:49:00.000-05:002007-04-02T05:49:00.000-05:00The code seems clear, yet there are flags all over...The code seems clear, yet there are flags all over political advertisements in presidential years (or maybe my memory is faulty). I can't imagine no one has ever neglected to raise the issue elsewhere, so that made me wonder if political advertisements (i.e., political speech) is treated differently. I'd imagine one would have to dig through case law to know for sure.<BR/><BR/>In any case, no need to be defensive. Your post made me curious and I don't think I attacked you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882083298533747439.post-77190089962312412762007-04-01T22:09:00.000-05:002007-04-01T22:09:00.000-05:00You're welcome to check the code yourself (http://...You're welcome to check the code yourself (<A HREF="http://uscode.house.gov" REL="nofollow">http://uscode.house.gov</A>), but the snippet I posted (which is the entire relevant section) seems pretty clear: The flag is not to be used in any advertising at all. Ever. Period. What's strange about that? To do otherwise would be to imply that America itself endorses some political candidate over another.Calionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11873204494424704333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882083298533747439.post-87817459278294892792007-03-31T10:00:00.000-05:002007-03-31T10:00:00.000-05:00I'm a little surprised to learn the flag cannot be...I'm a little surprised to learn the flag cannot be used in political advertising. The section of code you cites "advertising," but that might mean "for profit advertising." Can you provide any additional details?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com