Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Certainly it has been seen here as an exclusive kind of patriotism, and anti-immigrant/racial ethnicity which has been encouraged by certain minority political parties. The flying of a national flag in certain parts of Northern Ireland, for example, can and does lead to riots. Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) Web: www.gwpics.com On 4 Jan 2012, at 09:21, John McMaster wrote: > Often taken as a sign of non-inclusive nationalism (i.e. white > supremism/racism) in the UK.... I think this came up on the list a few > months back (Rugby World Cup time?)? > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > Why on Earth would it be illegal to display your country's flag? The > government here doesn?t care if we do or don't. Making people display it > would be something you'd expect an unfree government to do, but I cannot > imagine any government telling people not to display their own flag. Weird! > > -- > > On 1/4/12 4:11 AM, "Gerry Walden" <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > >> I find the displays of patriotism in the United Sates interesting. Here >> in the UK it is not allowed to put a flag on the outside of the house >> in this manner without specific permission. >> >> Gerry > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information