Patriotism, Flags Etc

[Bjornebye]

Drove through Melling earlier and they've always got union jacks and cross of st george flags about. Even Christmas stuff seems to have adopted this cross thing. What's the point? Who are you telling in Melling where you're from? We all live in the same place? I know the Americans love a flag, it's drummed into them from a young age to be some Stars and Stripes Yankee Doodle fuckwit but who really gives a shit where anyones from? 

 

I understand sport tribalism because people support different teams but what's with the country flags? I don't get it and think it's very odd. 

 

Maybe in London I get it but fucking Melling? 

[Elite]

I've no problem with either. Humans are tribalistic by nature and people should be proud of where they come from etc.

 

They can be used as a subtle form of racism though but it can be hard to differentiate. That's the downside.

[Bjornebye]

23 minutes ago, Elite said:

I've no problem with either. Humans are tribalistic by nature and people should be proud of where they come from etc.

 

They can be used as a subtle form of racism though but it can be hard to differentiate. That's the downside.

 

I've got a feeling the second statement is probably more true. It's quite tory up that way towards Ormskirk. 

[Creator Supreme]

As my arl fella used to say, it's a piece of coloured cloth, and will never be worth fighting over or dying for.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

The trouble with flags is that anyone can decide what they think they symbolise.  A national flag can be waved to show that you want a team to win a match, or to show that you want all the immigunts shipped off to Rwanda.

[Captain Turdseye]

Tory Councillors in my town tried to vote through a £9k upgrade to the Mayoral chain last week. Thankfully the Labour lot voted it down. The Tories and Independents (ex-Kippers) were saying that pomp and ceremony are what Britain is all about. 
 

This is after they’ve been arguing for ages about a £4k donation to the local food bank. I know they don’t have too much money at Town Council level but the Mayor’s chain, fucking hell. Priorities. 
 

Britannia rules the waves. 

[Captain Turdseye]

One of our lot is the Mayor this year anyway. I know him well. One of the other Labour councillors shouted out “we’re not spending nine grand on a necklace for Dave!”

[Kevin D]

This country is ace:

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/30/robbery-trial-abandoned-after-juror-suspected-instead/
 

A suspected robber has walked free from courtafter a witness claimed a male juror looked like the culprit instead.

 

Francis McGuire, 39, was accused of targeting homes across Lanarkshire and Glasgow between November 2021 and February 2022, taking £60,000 worth of valuables.

 

One woman said she had jewellery including a 24-carat gold diamond ring taken from her home. An Audi car, jewellery and cash were also reported stolen in other raids, which were suspected to be linked to organised crime.

 

Mr McGuire was arrested and went on trial at Hamilton sheriff court, where he denied carrying out the raids.

 

The case against him collapsed when one witness whose house was broken into said a juror resembled one of three masked men who threatened him.

 

Maciej Lachowicz, a businessman, had £8,000 worth of valuables and his car keys taken when raiders targeted his home in Glasgow.

 

One of Mr Lachowicz’s neighbours said they had seen him dragged from the property by three men, one of whom was brandishing a hammer, before the group fled.

 

But Mr Lachowicz did not identify Mr McGuire in the dock and instead pointed the finger towards a juror, which sparked baffled looks in court.

 

He said: “He is very like one of these three people.”

 

Following the incident, the prosecutor, Aga Mathieson, told the court she was no longer seeking a conviction and the sheriff, John Speir, told Mr McGuire that he was free to go.

 

It is believed the juror in question is not under any investigation. The Crown Office has been approached for comment.

[Kepler-186]

“But gather together to greet the storm, tomorrow belongs to me.”

[Section_31]

That's one thing you always notice in America, drive down the street and there's spangled banners out the arse.