ohhhh FLAG OFF !

Look i am not in anyway English... but if i was... BOY would i be pissed off right now.

Warning for flying-flag drivers


Patriotic motorists wanting to fly the St George\'s flag during Euro 2004 have been warned they may face trouble if the emblems are not safely displayed.
The run-up to the showpiece football tournament has seen a spate of drivers in England proudly displaying their national flag from windows and car ariels.

Leading supermarkets have estimated that they have sold more than 100,000 flags to England fans.

Sainsbury\'s is selling an England supporters\' pack which includes a car flag and an England bumper sticker.

But police and motoring organisations are worried that flags carried on some vehicles could put cyclists and pedestrians at risk, as well as the drivers themselves, if they are too large or badly positioned.

The AA points out that police can fine drivers £2,500 and impose three penalty points if a flag is deemed to obscure the vision of the driver.

Supt Neil Haynes, of the Metropolitan Police, said: "We\'re not in the business of trying to destroy anybody\'s fun.

"But we\'ve got to make sure that individual car occupants and other road users are safe."

Road safety my @rse... members of the police force are now saying that its noting to do with road safety as most motorists put flag on there cars safely.

The even extends to flags outside houses and other public areas...


there is even accounts of NEW LABOUR councilers walking into LONDON markets and telling stall owners to take down the St George\'s flag because it might "cause offence".

WTF??????


Who would be offended ?


its your NATIONAL flag

This is Political correctness GONE MAD !

As a sign of my solidarity with my English friends I will be flying both a  St George\'s & Union Jack herein Scotland…

Bloody Blair and his Political correct brigade is to blame for this YET again..

BLAIR and these PC loons MUST GO !

bugga off m8!

\'ello theh guvnah!  I\'ll sweep ya chimney I will I will!!

I know this might not seem like a BIG deal... but try and imagine that Political Correct lobby gaining enough power in the US where they can go round and demand that the Stars and Strips is removed from public places because its “racist” and “might cause offence”….

You lot would have enough sence to tell the Political Correct lobby to **** off and rightfully SO  !

But over here… we appear to be ruled by the ****ers  !

Who is the flag offensive to?

Originally posted by Black Samurai
Who is the flag offensive to?

Little to no explanation has been given to this ruling other that it might cause offence to minority groups in Britain…but the strange thing is that the minority groups in the UK are right behind flag and do not see it as offence.

Ah well it’s the usual story in Britain… looks like the only people who ARE offended are the politically correct.

"Political correctness is just tyranny with manners." - Charlton Heston

God...:eek: This has to be the FIRST and LAST time i agree with Charlton Heston

Those so called minority groups they are referring to are:

SOCCER HOOLIGANS!

[clips]

the one flag that IS racist is the confederate flag over here in the states...

Originally posted by GigaShadow
Those so called minority groups they are referring to are:

SOCCER HOOLIGANS!

That and the fact that a ultra Right Wing "political" party called the BNP have claimed it as their own.

Strange that this action as caused them to win in the end...

You don\'t get the ideals behind your national flag back by banning reasonable law abiding majority of using it.

This kind of action will only renforce the mindless minoritys hold over the Union jack and the St Gorge\'s cross...

Originally posted by clips
the one flag that IS racist is the confederate flag over here in the states...

That is debatable.  Some view it as their heritage and after all the confederate flag is the battle flag - not the political flag - which is the cross of St. Andrews.  Alabama still uses it as its state flag and Florida incorporates it to some extent.  The reason it gets such a bad rap is the fact that hate groups use the flag in their organizations.  On the other hand, Civil War re-enactors use it to display their heritage and honor the men who fought for the confederacy as do families who have lived in the South for centuries.  

Even though the confederate battle flag (the stars and bars) has become a controversial flag, it is no where near as bad as the swastika.

I wish they\'d pass some kind of law against all the gddamn Laker flags on cars around here.  Oh well, they will be gone soon enough.  Right after the Detroit Pistons knock them off.  

[Kurt Angle]

I am pretty fed up of seeing all those flags now to be honest. Waste of money and they cause too much drag at high speeds.

Originally posted by Kurt Angle
I am pretty fed up of seeing all those flags now to be honest. Waste of money and they cause too much drag at high speeds.

Unpatriotic…. Sorry could resist

If a country is taking down it\'s flags because they cause offense, then maybe they should try making their country less offensive.

if your waving a flag inside the car this could easily obscure your view or the road...

anyway i am against the flying of the English flag as a rule..

seriously though....its all academic since Sweden have got Euro 04 all wrapped up...