Interesting response -- I'm something of a British liberal myself.

Nonetheless, I do feel flag-burning should constitute a criminal offence. The flag, for me, is an important symbol of nationhood that should not be taken so lightly.

Legitimate protest is an essential part of democracy; the right to differ over issues like Iraq is crucial and to take your protest to the streets should you wish to express your anger, perfectly acceptable. And yet flag-burning seems a grave insult to that hard won right to protest, to that very freedom.