RE: England afraid to fly its own flag

[John Galt]

The flag of England (St Georges Cross) Or the flag of Great Britain?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:42 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: England afraid to fly its own flag
> 
> I have just spent the last week driving around England and at the moment
> the
> flag is everywhere. It's on cars, houses, tshirts - I even bought toilet
> paper with it on the packet.
> 
> On 6/7/06, John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > While the source of this might be a tabloid, many in England do actually
> > feel this way.  St. Georges cross is looked on as bad as a nazi flag
> almost,
> > and you can be harassed just for wearing any of their flags lumped in
> with
> > groups like the bnp and na.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:52 PM
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: Re: England afraid to fly its own flag
> > >
> > > Wait.. The Sun? It's that the tabloid with the page three cheesecake?
> > > Britain's answer to the National Enquirer?
> > >
> > > Dana
> > >
> > > > Here's the original story. Can go either way:
> > > .......
> > > >
> > > > Killjoys at cable giant NTL are among the latest party-poopers
> â€"
> > > > ordering van drivers and subcontractors to tear down their flags in
> > > > case they offend Muslims.
> > > >
> > > > One shocked driver said: “If we’re seen with any flags
> on our vans
> > > > we’ll be given a written warning.”
> > > >
> > > > The company insisted: “We work in many multicultural areas and
> in
> > > > different countries within Britain so we want to maintain a
> > > > professional image and a sense of impartiality.” Among others
> to be
> > > > hit by a flag ban are:
> > > .......
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006250446,00.
> > > html
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208296
Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5
Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5
Unsubscribe: 
http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54