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Anyone any idea if there is an equivalent law in the UK?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8636331.st...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8636331.st...
MX7 said:
I don't think so, fortunately. Do we want to get that precious over a flag?
Not sure. One side of the noggin says it's disrespectful to the nation and its peoples etc, the other side says it just a scrap of material so, so what?The CESM's have always had a very precious sense of national identity and I can understand why it would bother them more.
MX7 said:
I don't think so, fortunately. Do we want to get that precious over a flag?
In the US there was anger and outrage over a Mexican restaurant that was flying both it own country's flag and the US flag outside, however the Mexican flag was flying above the US one and they didn't like that, it's apparently illegal in the US to do that.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_IPorsrsT8
And in the UK some local councils have told people to not fly the British flag in case it might "offend".....
drivin_me_nuts said:
Not sure. One side of the noggin says it's disrespectful to the nation and its peoples etc, the other side says it just a scrap of material so, so what?
The CESM's have always had a very precious sense of national identity and I can understand why it would bother them more.
So should we have laws against things that are disrespectful? I realise that there are limits, but flag burning seems to be a fairly harmless past time that only fanatics would get offended about. The CESM's have always had a very precious sense of national identity and I can understand why it would bother them more.
I'd fear the legislation that introduced flag burning as an offence much more than some fools who think they are making some dramatic statement.
MX7 said:
drivin_me_nuts said:
Not sure. One side of the noggin says it's disrespectful to the nation and its peoples etc, the other side says it just a scrap of material so, so what?
The CESM's have always had a very precious sense of national identity and I can understand why it would bother them more.
So should we have laws against things that are disrespectful? I realise that there are limits, but flag burning seems to be a fairly harmless past time that only fanatics would get offended about. The CESM's have always had a very precious sense of national identity and I can understand why it would bother them more.
I'd fear the legislation that introduced flag burning as an offence much more than some fools who think they are making some dramatic statement.
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