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Tsk tsk - no fire extinguisher at flag burning

Three students who burnt a New Zealand flag on Anzac Day have been temporarily suspended from Victoria University.

But not for burning the flag per se.

Rather their crime was the breached health and safety standards.
"These students have shown a disregard for the safety of others and of university property," dean of humanities and social sciences Professor Deborah Willis said.

The students had set the New Zealand flag alight using an accelerant without warning anyone around them or having any means to put out the fire.

Go figure.