Senators Murray and Cantwell,

As your constituent, I urge you to oppose HJ Res. 4/SJ Res. 4, a constitutional amendment to ban desecration of the flag. This legislation would undermine the very principles for which the American flag stands.

All the obvious reasons aside, this is a blatant attack on the American way of life. I mean, how will people hypocritically put the flag to commercial or sentimental use if desecrating it is banned, and punishable y imprisonment (where, for that matter, will we find room in prisons that already hold over 2 million Americans - will we build prisons for flag desecrators? Maybe make them sew Old Glories as penance?). Would it not, for example, be a terrible pity to ban the desecrating display of those ultra-huge flags over used car lots? And wouldn't it be a pity if the first thing America did to its most freshly minted citizens was to have stormtroopers rush into naturalization parties, and arrest them for desecrating the flag by eating slab cakes iced with it? That would be only the start. Before long, if the letter of the law was upheld, we'd have to appoint arbiters to determine which of all the acts involving flags were desecrating. Wrapping oneself sanctimoniously in it? Approving amendments using it to squelch civil liberties? Using it to avoid any reasoned, nuanced issues in world politics?

Please do not only vote against any such bill, but also consider standing up and denouncing it for what it is. Anything but contempt and ridicule for this amendment would be appeasement of the new thought police in America.

By the way, I am not, strictly speaking, a constituent, as I'm a foreign sucker - not one who is likely ever to swear allegiance to a flag desecrated by an amendment such as HJ Res. 4/SJ Res. 4.

Sincerely,