Flags: Good or Bad?

Every year, whenever Wimbledon comes around, whenever the Euro cup happens, and whenever the World Cup happens, they always have this age old arguement....

Should people fly the flags of the nation they're supporting?

At the minute, London for one, is completly covered with St. Georges Flags. In the windows of houses, shops, cars, Black Cabs... everywhere.

But still, theres stories of cabs being told to take them down. And a mother being told to turn her babies England shirt in-side-out, so it didn't show as an England Strip.

So where do you stand? Is it such a bad thing to fly flags, not just for the World Cup, but any event, sporting or non-sporting (Like the jubilee, Olympics, World Cup, Euro, Wimbledon, Queens, etc)? Discuss :D

Again I think this should be in the Sports forum lol sorry..

Ermwell one of my mate brought in a HUGE England flag. He got told of from our head because apparently the flags are racist..

No one questioned it but everyone is really confused and dosen't understand how it's racist.. Neither do I whatever the points are.. We are only supporting our country/team!!

of course we should be allowed why not!

sory but i get really peed of about this i was watching the news and it said peopel were told to take them down because it offended people from countries such as iran iraq and pakistan etc. well f**k them if they dont like it they know what they can do! why come into this country if they dont like our rules? they are even trying to change them! if we want to fly our flag and be proud of what country we are in then so be it! if you go to france you can see the french flag flying high on every important building such as the primisters house or whatever basically they fligh their flag because they are proud of their nationality , where do you see it in england when things liek the world cup wimbledon etc are not on?...you dont

my point.... its these immigrants who come into our country them demand what they want! if our flag offends tehm then they can go somewhere else! you cant change british history

Or they can put their own flag up!! It won't be offending us because we are supporting England!! Nothing we can do about it and besides.. this is ENGLAND!!

ye thats just what gets me! they can go around all dressed in black so we can only see their eyes but i dont see many complaints about that but when we fly our flag in our own country they strongly disagree with it?

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Originally Posted by .:SpIcYsPy:.

Again I think this should be in the Sports forum lol sorry..

Ermwell one of my mate brought in a HUGE England flag. He got told of from our head because apparently the flags are racist..

No one questioned it but everyone is really confused and dosen't understand how it's racist.. Neither do I whatever the points are.. We are only supporting our country/team!!

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I dont just mean for sporting things, but for all things where people become Patriotic. Like the Jubilee, Eurovision, all those type of things. What i mean is, is it right to show yourself to support your country and be patriotic. Or is it wrong. Thats why i didn't put this in the sports forum, because i think it goes further then just sports events. But hey, i'm open for corrections.

I think anyone and everyone should show what country they support- be that England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, or whatever. I think its great people show, through flags, that they're supporting whatever country. People always say it discriminates against minorities, and can be seen as racist. Well, i dont think it is really. I think anyone and everyone should put up flags, or whatever, to support ANY country (not just England or other British flags). I think its great to see some foreign flags, like France. Its just because you mainly see British flags for these things, so they stand out more then anything.

I am proud of my country and of its flag. However it should be treated with respect and anyone flying it should be aware of the responsiblities that come with it. So many times I have seen it flying upside down

I think that people should be able to show their support for whatever country they want and it really shouldnt matter to anyone else unless they start getting violent. In cornwall almost everyone I know have cornish flags on their cars then you have people with the england ones aswell!

Oh ok sorry Abi!! :) But I think whatever flag you're putting up it should be allowed.. it's all about SUPPORT!!

I seriously can't understand how it's racist.. Hope someone brings in an England flag and questions him.. politely of course!! Just clearly to see what his reasons are because there are mixed nationalties in out school.. not many but a few but still I see no racism in a FLAG!!

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I seriously can't understand how it's racist..

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im not sure either but i did hear that muslims get offended by the english flag because its also a sign for a beliver in their country or something? well not a believer but like take hitler for an example i heared that the english flag meant a sign for hitler...its not actually hiteler i just dont know the fuill details