I really hope that every household in the uk
resist any urge to fly the Union Jack outside their homes in the light of these attacks.
(asciifaceofbob bob bob bob bob bob bob bob, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:12, archived)

For no particular reason
I have a mini-USA flag on my PC tower.

Not sure where my British flag is right now.
(R-T-C Got arbitrage profits?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:14, archived)

half mast
mark of respect, innit?
(Brad Dice, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:14, archived)

mark of respect brewer's droop
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:17, archived)

I don`t think you`re allowed to actually.. isn`t it deemed racist or something?

( Reckless_Rik, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:14, archived)

is a St. George's cross worse
or betterer?
(lemonymillenniumbaboon, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:15, archived)

yeah you are
just that some people incorrectly get pissy. And fucking yobs and the BNP have adopted our flags as symbols of their movement. wankers.
( MrA, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:18, archived)

There's plenty round this way,
that fly the Union Jack all the time. That said, there's one house that flies the South African flag, instead.

Heh! Just remembered the last World Cup, where I got verbally abused in the street because my t-shirt had "ITALIA" written across it.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:14, archived)

I'm not quite sure
I understand why you say that. The union flag strikes me as one of the more inclusive, and if they'd been flying in celebration of the successful Olympic bid would you have been so upset?
( Dekazer, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:15, archived)

I was simply referring to the the
frenzied flag waving that took place in the states post 9/11.

*invests in a flag making company*
(asciifaceofbob bob bob bob bob bob bob bob, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:17, archived)

I understand
why people might want to do it - I don't understand why you don't want them to do so.
( Dekazer, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:19, archived)

As mentioned above,
the BNP (and other, similar, groups) have adopted it as their own symbol, so (rightly or wrongly) you run the risk of looking like a racist moron. Tragic, really.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:21, archived)

I don't think you do
Particularly the union flag - and since various big sporting successes I think some of that stigma has gone.

We should be reclaiming it - we deserve to have the same pride as the Scots and the Welsh and the Irish have. We have no more to be ashamed of and no less to be proud of :)
( Dekazer, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:25, archived)

Yes, I agree,
but British nationalism is always being hijacked by extremists.
Anyway, I quite enjoy the other, British custom of being overly cynical and thinking that everything is shit. :¬)
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:30, archived)

why not fly the english flag?
It avoids the BNP shite, and you neatly avoid imperialistic abuses as well as having pride in the country that is england (which usually does tremendously well at sport anyway).
( WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:45, archived)

because it's fucking pointless

(asciifaceofbob bob bob bob bob bob bob bob, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:24, archived)

In times
of success and of hardship people want to feel part of a community. That Blitz spirit. Flag flying is one way people have of showing support and solidarity.

If you don't want to, don't do it.
( Dekazer, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:29, archived)

At the other end of the spectrum,
who fancies a t-shirt, emblazoned with "My Mum went to New York London, and all I got was this bloody t-shirt"?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:19, archived)

ooh
harsh


hehe
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:29, archived)

A bottle of tippex and a black marker,
and I'll be a rich man.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:40, archived)

Erm
what would be wrong with flying the national flag?
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 15:17, archived)