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Rebranding the Union Jack?

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It appears that some people consider the Union Jack 'racist' and want to include some black into it to make it more 'multicultural.'

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phongn wrote:It appears that some people consider the Union Jack 'racist' and want to include some black into it to make it more 'multicultural.'

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How can they say a flag can be racist? :?
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Best comment, so far
The idea is fine in principle but the design is all wrong. As far as I can see the blue and red people of this country are still massively over represented. Perhaps we could use a system of proportional representation and update the flag at each census.
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The new flag looks like shit.

And anyway, I thought race wasn't a big deal in the U.K., at least not as big a deal as it is over here. Like, you're all British first, whatever race you happen to be second. Maybe I've been misled.
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That twat can stick his new flag where the sun don't shine.
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I didn't know Britian had a large red population.
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The BNP, our own resident bunch of racist fuckwits use the slogan "There's no black in the union jack"....which I think might be the reason behind this. It smacks of something of a tounge in cheek thing to me....
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Not only is the stupid because you'd need a giant flag to represent all minorities but it's really just combining the crosses of St Patrick, St George and St Andrew (there's no separate representation of Wales)
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maybe after that we can replace the white stars on the US flag with [Lepruchan voice] orange stars, green clovers and purple diamonds [/lepruchan voice] we could throw in a few gold cadillac emblems too.
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Col. Crackpot wrote:maybe after that we can replace the white stars on the US flag with [Lepruchan voice] orange stars, green clovers and purple diamonds [/lepruchan voice] we could throw in a few gold cadillac emblems too.
You're obviously a racist, seeing as you want the orange, green, and purple people represented but not the black, yellow, and red people. And adding gold Cadillac emblems shows your disregard for the working man, mother Earth, and those of us who think GM products are pieces of shit. Also, they were blue diamonds.
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SirNitram wrote:
While PC Bullshit, it gives a wonderful excuse to go out and conquer some nation to keep with precedent.

All in favor of rescinding the Declaration Of Independence, and bringing the US back under our sway, vote Aye. All in favor of using the US's nukes to then nuke the French, breath.
Duh, why not use all the hundreds of nukes the UK has on those nice shinny Vanguards?
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This again shows the sorry state some people's minds are in...
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Wow.....he needs a good dose of common sense, preferably by baseball bat.
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RedImperator wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:maybe after that we can replace the white stars on the US flag with [Lepruchan voice] orange stars, green clovers and purple diamonds [/lepruchan voice] we could throw in a few gold cadillac emblems too.
You're obviously a racist, seeing as you want the orange, green, and purple people represented but not the black, yellow, and red people. And adding gold Cadillac emblems shows your disregard for the working man, mother Earth, and those of us who think GM products are pieces of shit. Also, they were blue diamonds.
Also, which Cadillac logo? The old one or new one? I mean, obviously the new one is evil because they removed the miniature ducks, showing the evils against Holy Mother Earth.
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phongn wrote:
RedImperator wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:maybe after that we can replace the white stars on the US flag with [Lepruchan voice] orange stars, green clovers and purple diamonds [/lepruchan voice] we could throw in a few gold cadillac emblems too.
You're obviously a racist, seeing as you want the orange, green, and purple people represented but not the black, yellow, and red people. And adding gold Cadillac emblems shows your disregard for the working man, mother Earth, and those of us who think GM products are pieces of shit. Also, they were blue diamonds.
Also, which Cadillac logo? The old one or new one? I mean, obviously the new one is evil because they removed the miniature ducks, showing the evils against Holy Mother Earth.
whichever, as long as it is all natural hemp and hand made by workers making a living wage. and it should be green. because white is racist, red is violent and blue is eletist.
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I'm surprised this hadn't come up in the US, what with all the black power shit and AA.
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Ted wrote:I'm surprised this hadn't come up in the US, what with all the black power shit and AA.
Most of the people nutty enough to want such a thing in the USA are too busy pushing for an independent black state and 20 trillion in reparations.
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God, that's got to be a joke. :? :roll:

Last I checked, the Union Jack meant something, as it represents the union of the countries of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, with each of their crosses of being part of the banner (well, except Wales, but they didn't have a flag). Changing that would be stupid and disrespectful.

I mean, whats next, are they going to say that the Cross of St. George is racist against dragons and should be removed from the Union Jack next?
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Color schema now looks vaguely nazi-ish, and the cross doesnt help.

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Montcalm wrote:How can they say a flag can be racist? :?
Ask some Southern Rednecks flying the Stars-n-Bars Confederate flag.....
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