Time to ditch the Union Jack?

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Jonathan Bryce wrote:

Flying the Union Jack or indeed the Union Flag is basically saying either "I
support Nick Griffin", "I support Ian Paisley", or "I'm Gordon Brown".
Everyone else flies the Scottish, English or Welsh flags, or the Irish
tricolour.

Er no, most of us don't fly any flags at all.

-- Richard


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Britain is now a multi-cultural society and flying the Union Jack
is basically saying "your excluded" to many ethnic groups.

Isn't it time in this day and age, in the 21st century, to ditch
this piece of racist gabage?

I mean British Airwrays scraped it ages ago.

Scraped what?

the UJ

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:16:09 +0000, Jonathan Bryce
wrote:

Lord Turkey Cough wrote:

Britain is now a multi-cultural society and flying the Union Jack
is basically saying "your excluded" to many ethnic groups.

Isn't it time in this day and age, in the 21st century, to ditch
this piece of racist gabage?

Flying the Union Jack or indeed the Union Flag is basically saying either "I
support Nick Griffin", "I support Ian Paisley", or "I'm Gordon Brown".
Everyone else flies the Scottish, English or Welsh flags, or the Irish
tricolour.

I see scarcely any individuals flying national flags in the UK or The
Irish Republic (more than a mile or so from the border).

DG

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Not of any real significance to most people.

Perhaps "most people" should be better educated.

Pray tell, why would most people even care?

I don't suppose they do.

Do what?

You heard.

With what?

Those things.

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Not of any real significance to most people.

Perhaps "most people" should be better educated.

Pray tell, why would most people even care?

I don't suppose they do.

Do what?

You heard.

With what?

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root wrote:

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:30:10 GMT, "Lord Turkey Cough"
wrote:
Britain is now a multi-cultural society and flying the Union Jack
is basically saying "your excluded" to many ethnic groups.

Learn the difference between you're and your.

Troll English doesn't have such distinctions.

-- Richard
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"Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.

On 22/11/2007 6:30 pm, Lord Turkey Cough wrote:

Britain is now a multi-cultural society and flying the Union Jack
is basically saying "your excluded" to many ethnic groups.

Isn't it time in this day and age, in the 21st century, to ditch
this piece of racist gabage?


Yes? But this is true of all national flags since many/most countries
are multi-cultural. I don't see much in the way of requests to stop
flying the Stars and Stripes in the USA, for example and the people
there are comprised of as many originating nationalities and creeds and
religions as you could imagine - they don't feel excluded, it's their
flag, whatever their family origins. This is our flag. So what you are
suggesting is that flags in general should be scrapped. I cannot see
why the union flag is any different - oh yes, *some* Scots and others
may not like being a part of this particular union but that is a whole
different question.

--
Wilf

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On 22/11/2007 6:30 pm, Lord Turkey Cough wrote:

Britain is now a multi-cultural society and flying the Union Jack
is basically saying "your excluded" to many ethnic groups.

Isn't it time in this day and age, in the 21st century, to ditch
this piece of racist gabage?
Yes? But this is true of all national flags since many/most countries are
multi-cultural. I don't see much in the way of requests to stop flying
the Stars and Stripes in the USA, for example and the people there are
comprised of as many originating nationalities and creeds and religions as
you could imagine - they don't feel excluded, it's their flag, whatever
their family origins. This is our flag. So what you are suggesting is
that flags in general should be scrapped. I cannot see why the union flag
is any different - oh yes, *some* Scots and others may not like being a
part of this particular union but that is a whole different question.

In USA you have to be American.
They got more sence than here, if you not noticed they have made English a
dirty word now.
Regards
David

On Nov 22, 6:30 pm, "Lord Turkey Cough" wrote:
Britain is now a multi-cultural society and flying the Union Jack
is basically saying "your excluded" to many ethnic groups.

Isn't it time in this day and age, in the 21st century, to ditch
this piece of racist gabage?

Are you a fan of Martin Amis?

Isn't it time the UK flew the green crescent and stars
of islam?

"Lord Turkey Cough" wrote in message
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Britain is now a multi-cultural society and flying the Union Jack
is basically saying "your excluded" to many ethnic groups.

Isn't it time in this day and age, in the 21st century, to ditch
this piece of racist gabage?