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Default political correctness gone mad????? - 06-11-2003, 11:26 AM

I'm insulted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2981038.stm

Britain's national flag - the union jack - has been given the makeover treatment, in the hope of reflecting a more modern society.

A campaign is being launched to modernise the red, white and blue flag by adding a touch of black to reflect multicultural Britain in the 21st Century.

The proposed new flag (see above) is the work of Nigel Turner, an enthusiastic fan of the UK's transformation into a multiracial society over the past 50 years.

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I'm not a racist but this is ridiculous, when immigration starts to change your society so that people build temples and stuff I can handle that, but changing the flag, WTF!!!???
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 11:27 AM

the black reminds me too much of a German cross oOo:
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 11:29 AM

This is happening everywhere.

They wanted to change the Canadian National Anthem because it had the word God in it and not everyone believes in God.

This stuff has been around for a long time. Why can't people just shut up and leave it alone. These things are the roots of our countries and a reflection of the way things were in the past. Don't try to change them.
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 11:31 AM

The politicians have no balls these days, Thatcher would have this guy hung from the yardarm. oOo: oOo: oOo: oOo:
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 11:34 AM

How do people like this get press time???


I like this guys response best.

The idea is fine in principle but the design is all wrong. As far as I can see the blue and red people of this country as still massively over represented. Perhaps we could use a system of proportional representation and update the flag at each census.


Maybe a nice multi colored pie chart on neutral colored banner should be the next flag. oOo:
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 11:40 AM

It will not happen. I don't believe it will happen.
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 11:46 AM

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It will not happen. I don't believe it will happen.
didnt they change a whole bunch of shit in school text book in america to be political correct.

i bet i will happen, this world is fucked!!!!!!
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 11:47 AM

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It will not happen. I don't believe it will happen.
this world is fucked!!!!!!
i agree with you
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 12:01 PM

Ha ha, this is so stupid! Who wants a multi cutural society? They do not work, its better to have one cultural society, not one rcae society, but one culture. Any race can adopt another culture, and they should if they live in a certain country.
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 12:02 PM

thats so fucked up. i wouldnt fly that new black flag. use the "old" brittish flag. i feel your pain fluffy.


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Default 06-11-2003, 12:03 PM

Don't be afraid, it will not happen. Think it over, and you can come to only one conclusion: It will not happen.

Why not? Because it's one of the most ridiculous ways to force a multicultural environment. A flag is a symbol of a country. Has been for ages, in most cases.

[quote:8746b]"The United Kingdom is not a firm which changes its corporate branding each time the management alters. The flag is an enduring symbol of unity which transcends politics and absorbs cultural change."

MSP Phil Gallie told the Scottish Parliament: "The suggestion that our flag should be redesigned is ridiculous tokenism and would do nothing to stamp out racism."

So what does Mr Turner need to do to make his flag official? The answer is not black and white, says flags expert Charles Ashburner.

"There are no laws governing the union flag. Primarily, it's the monarch's flag, but it has come to represent the UK through common usage.

"So to make it official, he just has to make people believe it's the official flag. It will never take the place of the union flag of course, but it could became a sort of quasi-official flag if enough people flew it."[/quote:8746b]

And this list will never end. There are just too much arguments against it. Some stupid idea of some ultra left wing supporting group/man.

It will not happen. It should not even be in the news as if it were an option to replace the original flag.
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 12:05 PM

Mr Turner, who has called his campaign Reflag, believes his plan would reclaim the union jack from its negative associations, and silence that old skinhead chant: "There ain't no black in the union jack."

"If I flew the union jack from a flagpole in my garden, many people would see it as a racist statement," he says.


well this makes a little more sense for the flag changing color..but still eek:


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Default 06-11-2003, 12:08 PM

[quote="Simo Häyhä":74c61]Mr Turner, who has called his campaign Reflag, believes his plan would reclaim the union jack from its negative associations, and silence that old skinhead chant: "There ain't no black in the union jack."

"If I flew the union jack from a flagpole in my garden, many people would see it as a racist statement," he says.


well this makes a little more sense for the flag changing color..but still eek:[/quote:74c61]

Yeah, like, the German flag (black, red, yellow) is totally wrong. It should be changed. Most Germans are offended by it. Since most Germans are white. Not Afro-German, Indian, Chinese.

Gimme a break.
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 12:19 PM

Can you even begin to contemplate the effects of someone standing up and declaring a black Stars and Stripes? And having some politicians actually taking it seriously?

If there's one thing that I'm proud of about my country it's the flag, IMHO it's the prettiest flag in the world and if that changes the very idea of Britain is destroyed, this is like sacrilege.
  
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Default 06-11-2003, 12:50 PM

It looks like crap like that. To be honest, I always thought the pattern of the UK flag was awesome, but that totally killed it.
  
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