A wonderful example of selective enforcement at work

Attaching these signs to an upside down flag gets you arrested... while...

...using a flag as notepaper gets you.... ?

THE FLAG CODE Title 36, U.S.C., Chapter 10 As amended by P.L. 344, 94th Congress Approved July 7, 1976

§ 176. Respect for flag: No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

. . . . (a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.