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| 1. Author: PARrot Date: Tue 21st Oct 2025. 17:31 Its a pity all the bad publicity sirrounding the erection of flags. National flags seem to have been hijacked by the misguided for reasons of bigotry rather than patriotism I remember visiting Switzerland in the 70s. Flags everywhere. They looked great. I think there are bi-laws restricting flag pole erections. What flags if any would you display around your home if it was permitted Id do a Saltire, a city flag and my clan crest. Depending on which way Im leaning at the time I might do a Union Flag too. Post Edited (Tue 21 Oct 17:32) Reply |
| 2. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 21st Oct 2025. 17:39 Flags on public buildings are fine but having them on houses always looks tacky IMO. There`s a guy in Abbeyview who has a big union flag on his house. I don`t see the point. Everyone knows you`re in Britain so it`s a fair assumption you`re British, so why do you need a flag? I get if football is on people might want to show they`re supporting Scotland, England, Germany, whoever, but it just seems weird at any other time. Reply |
| 3. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Tue 21st Oct 2025. 17:44 People should just hang a flag if they want to, but don’t try to politicise it - and from that I mean both sides. You can be proud to be Scottish/English/British etc etc, but everyone needs to stop getting so offended by views that don’t match their own. Also, don’t try and paint/hang them on property that isn’t yours. It just negates any sort of relevance of the flag itself. Im a proud Scot, but wouldn’t care less if an Englishman flew the St Georges cross next door or a Ukrainian flag, or a Zimbabwean flag. Only issue I have is Union/tricolour flags at football games of certain clubs - theres no British Football Union and Celtic ain’t in the Irish FA - Scottish clubs should fly Scottish flags. Reply |
| 4. Author: PARrot Date: Tue 21st Oct 2025. 17:48 jake89, Tue 21 Oct 17:39 It foes look a bit odd when there is just one or two here and there especially on a crap pole and maybe damaged. Maybe just not our norm, but take a look at some pics of swiss towns and villages with local flags on chalets etc. I think it looks smart Reply |
| 5. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Tue 21st Oct 2025. 17:48 When I lived in Germany it was much more common for people to have flags of their football teams in the back garden. Here it seems you must have a union flag or a tricolour flag to denote your allegiance. Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte  Reply |
| 6. Author: PARrot Date: Tue 21st Oct 2025. 18:19 Yeah I`m Now thinking national flags are too much. City flag and clan crest on decent mounts. Maybe fitba teams too. Reply |
| 7. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Tue 21st Oct 2025. 18:51 Anything outside Fife is Babylon, but is is fun watching the political suicide of the permanently offended who are projecting their own bigotry on the raising of the colours.  Reply |
| 8. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 21st Oct 2025. 21:13 My main objection to flags is people referring to the union flag as English. It doesn`t bother me but it weirdly links with the defacto assumption that "British" values are just English values, and not even English values, south of England values. Perhaps that`s unsurprising as it`s the main population base but it never sits right with me. What`s also a bit odd as it always seems like non-white people in the south of England are more likely to declare themselves "British" than white people. Perhaps that`s related to passports, or maybe it`s just what the internet feeds me via their algorithms. I suppose the UK as a concept is a bit odd nowadays. Four fairly distinct but similar nations sharing an island (and a bit) and being expected to align. Is it the same in countries like Germany with the sovereign states? Do people in Bavaria associate with people in Anhalt? Reply |
| 9. Author: PARrot Date: Tue 21st Oct 2025. 23:26 https://youtu.be/utduy7qkvk8?si=w6xmh06dn36_3rsy Post Edited (Tue 21 Oct 23:27) Reply |
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