Am I getting wound up over nothing?

[SC7]

I drove my lad to school this morning, and noticed a new flag flying at the local cenotaph. On closer inspection it turns out it's a Fair Trade flag to mark our town's Fair Trade fortnight.

However, the flag is flying IN PLACE OF the usual Union Flag. They've actually taken down the national flag that has been there my entire life and longer, in order to stick a stty Fair Trade flag up.

I'm at work now and the more I think about it the more it's winding me up.

[mumsnet]Am I being unreasonable?[/mumsnet]

[mondeoman]

I don't know which is more worrying: the fact that you're hacked off about the removal of the union flag or that you've referenced mumsnet??!!

[audidoody]

Chill out. Read the Daily Mail.

[normalbloke]

mondeoman said:

I don't know which is more worrying: the fact that you're hacked off about the removal of the union flag or that you've referenced mumsnet??!!

This.

[SC7]

So it's just me then? Maybe I'm getting my knickers in a twist over nothing.

I just don't see why they couldn't fly both; the FT flag under the Union.

I think it's disrespectful to take it down.

[thinfourth2]

Send an angry letter to the council

They will have many many meetings about it

It will keep them busy for weeks


Which is a good thing as it will stop them interfering with anything that is important

[CaptainSlow]

SC7 said:

I drove my lad to school this morning, and noticed a new flag flying at the local cenotaph. On closer inspection it turns out it's a Fair Trade flag to mark our town's Fair Trade fortnight.

However, the flag is flying IN PLACE OF the usual Union Flag. They've actually taken down the national flag that has been there my entire life and longer, in order to stick a stty Fair Trade flag up.

I'm at work now and the more I think about it the more it's winding me up.

[mumsnet]Am I being unreasonable?[/mumsnet]

I agree with you.

There are places for the cardigan wearers to fly their latest PC flag, the cenotaph isn't one of them.

[SC7]

thinfourth2 said:

Send an angry letter to the council

They will have many many meetings about it

It will keep them busy for weeks


Which is a good thing as it will stop them interfering with anything that is important

Sounds like a good idea

[stevejh]

SC7 said:

So it's just me then? Maybe I'm getting my knickers in a twist over nothing.

I just don't see why they couldn't fly both; the FT flag under the Union.

I think it's disrespectful to take it down.

It's just symptomatic of a society that has no national pride any more or, more accurately, is told that national pride is a bad thing in our multi-cutural society. Somebody obviously believes that our national flag is so unimportant that it can be replaced with any other flag at any time. Try doing the same thing in the US.

Now I'm worried that I'm over reacting or taking it too seriously.

Edit: I missed the cenotaph bit - that is very wrong. Whoever authorised the flying of a Fair Trade flag over a cenotaph really needs a history lesson - at least.

Edited by stevejh on Tuesday 28th February 10:23

[Getragdogleg]

If the EU "flag" is still flying then I would be raging.

If the Fairtrade flag is not classed as a flag but as an advertisment then I would also be raging.

[Eric Mc]

On what basis do they think the Cenotaph is an appropriate location for such a flag? What has it got to do with war dead?

It belongs on top of Waitrose or Sainsbury's.

[Du1point8]

stevejh said:

SC7 said:

So it's just me then? Maybe I'm getting my knickers in a twist over nothing.

I just don't see why they couldn't fly both; the FT flag under the Union.

I think it's disrespectful to take it down.

It's just symptomatic of a society that has no national pride any more or, more accurately, is told that national pride is a bad thing in our multi-cutural society. Somebody obviously believes that our national flag is so unimportant that it can be replaced with any other flag at any time. Try doing the same thing in the US.

Now I'm worried that I'm over reacting or taking it too seriously.

I wouldn't be, I have been to Finland many times in the summer and have helped the OHs father raise the finnish flag on a number of occasions and whilst they are not rednecks they are proud of their heritage.

They have one rule though and the flag must not touch the ground otherwise its considered dirty and needs replacing... strange but I accept them for what they do and I wish sometimes that the UK folk had just 1% of the pride that those guys have in their heritage.

[TheHeretic]

I think it is possible to be proud of your heritage without going to the rather absurd extremes of worshipping a flag.

[pilchardthecat]

SC7 said:

So it's just me then? Maybe I'm getting my knickers in a twist over nothing.

I just don't see why they couldn't fly both; the FT flag under the Union.

I think it's disrespectful to take it down.

It's not just you. The thing is not an ornament, it's a memorial.

[JMGS4]

Eric Mc said:

On what basis do they think the Cenotaph is an appropriate location for such a flag? What has it got to do with war dead?

It belongs on top of Waitrose or Sainsbury's.

+1

[crankedup]

Its desecration of a Memorial, tip off your local newspaper and local radio AND DO IT RIGHT NOW, ITS A DISGRACE.

[crankedup]

Eric Mc said:

On what basis do they think the Cenotaph is an appropriate location for such a flag? What has it got to do with war dead?

It belongs on top of Waitrose or Sainsbury's.

Or The Co-operative

[marcosgt]

Yes, you are.

M.

[Tiggsy]

More importantly...why are you driving your kid to school. People didnt die for this country so you could raise a lazy lard bucket!

[Blue62]

Tiggsy said:

More importantly...why are you driving your kid to school. People didnt die for this country so you could raise a lazy lard bucket!

+1 To vent your frustration you could always slip into your brwon shirt and pop down to St Pauls to take it out on some of those pesky protesters.