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Originally Posted by BuddyBoy
Can I clarify something? I'd appreciate it if you could make the real effort to put yourself in the following hypothetical situation. Let's say you rented out a room to a student or such in your house, and they chose to drape a nazi flag in their window, or a tattered, ripped and burned american flag with, say, a large red circle and slash though it, you'd be fine with that being displayed on your property and defend their right to do so?
Or would you tell them to take it down or face eviction?
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I would be pretty unhappy with them, borderline Irate actually, but legally the only thing I could do is ask them not to display the Nazi flag or the burned American Flag, as long as they have a lease agreement with me. I wouldn't be happy at all about it, and I would ask that if they wished to display it they would do so in a private room, but once again they wouldn't have a legal obligation to do so. The only thing I could do, and would only do if there were potentially other tenants and they were to request me to do so, is refuse to renew the lease.
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
What often muddles me in discussions like this is that words like 'patriotism' and 'freedom' aren't clearly defined, and it's not always clear what people mean when they use these terms.
E.g. Is someone free if they are forced to recite a pledge of allegiance?
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Freedom
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Patriotism
And I do agree with TGS on this one, Astra.