Man fined for insulting French flag

[spikeyhead]

AJS- said:

ShadownINja said:

I quite like France. They seem to have a strong sense of national pride and it appears they don't take st from foreigners. Do you think if I moved to France they'd pay for an English interpreter? Exactly.

I think that's a false impression. Many French cities are just as rotten as English ones with all the wrong sort doing all the wrong things.

You only need to have a look at how much rioting happens in France. This quote came from a quick google and refers to last news years eve.

France24dotcom said:

In the eastern city of Strasbourg, traditionally a hotspot for New Year's disturbances, media said about 70 cars had been set on fire. Police in the Hauts-de-Seine district near Paris reported 32 cars burned.

So that's over a 100 cars burned in just two metropolitan areas. Rural France is great, mostly because there's so much room. The cities are another matter.

[Kermit power]

Countdown said:

I always find it strange that no-one finds union flag underpants offensive?

It's already been defaced by having the Scottish/English/Northern Irish (delete as appropriate) flag scrawled over it, so why worry about using it for underpants?

[SamHH]

voyds9 said:

Roll on the olympics where our flag is 5th. Swells my chest with pride.

Isn't the order something like.

Olympic flag
French flag
Gay rights
Friends of the Earth
Union flag

What are you on about?

[RacerMDR]

Mojooo said:

RacerMDR said:

brilliant - should have more of that in this country. It is about time guests of a country respected the country they have lucked into living in.

couldnt they first use it against the english students messing up flags from the recent student protests?

damn right - i'd have had that idiot English son of a rockstar hanging upside down from a flag pole for a month as a warning to the rest of the little bds

[twazzock]

SamHH said:

voyds9 said:

Roll on the olympics where our flag is 5th. Swells my chest with pride.

Isn't the order something like.

Olympic flag
French flag
Gay rights
Friends of the Earth
Union flag

What are you on about?

+1 - have you got dementia?

It's just a flag. Grow up.