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Originally Posted by Gayle
No I won't and you know full well that wasn't my point. If everyone was flying the flag (as they do during sporting events) there is no question, however, when there are a few stray flags flying outside people's houses that does often give the impression that it's BNP.
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but see as an asian thats the problem. for far too long have good folk bowed down and backed down to the bnp, c18 and so forth, in the hope that if they do fly the flag they'll get viewed as racists. but if every other house in uk flew the flag b it st george or the welsh dragon or the union jack then your setting a precedant. your saying i'm british and eventually that mentality will change. just like it took 10 yrs for the bnp to claim the flag it may take 10 more yrs to claim it back. i really enjoy the fact that when i finish work and i pop over to a fried chicken shop owned by asians that it has an england/union jack flag. b it for financial or other reasons it feels good. a few years ago i went up to a meet-up with other users of an asian website - it was glorious weather and i went with my england shirt. and i was surpised that in a group of about 50 lads 30 of them decided to wear england shirts too!
the thing is wiht the asian community there's alot more england/british flag flying-wannabe's than they'd like to admit to. but there needs to be that step, that door to be opened where it becomes common enough to have pride in the flag by not just the bnp but the good folk of the uk. then it'll come by. when i go to the JJB soccerdome you see enough guys wearin gerrard/rooney/beckham england tops and in 10 yrs time if there is that change taking place then why wont they when they're married, kids, have their own home fly the flag too?
growing up in the 80's i used to hate the sight of the union jack in shops, cars and on jackets etc. i would automatically associate them with being racists and BNP. now obviously that association for me is long over and done with. but there's still people who have that association and it wont be broken until the sight is common for them to realise its not the flag its the people flyin the flag that matter and those people are not hte right wing kind.
this whole protocol reminds me of when diana died and the royals thought that htey have to go by the rules and eventually realised thru much persuation that the rules have changed, unofficially and thats what they should follow. there should ALWAYS be a union jack outside every town hall up and down the country. there should be one outside every police station, hospital, major landmark, park, govt building and any other place.
i'm jealous when i went to the usa and they had usa flags all over. its not that the americans are more patriotic to their country than the brits - its just that they can show it and so should we.