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Takes a lot to stir me up.... Actually forgot about theirs....... I wad more concerned about replacing the union jack withe the welsh flag instead...... Why? Mnehhh no reason, just because!!!!!! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by lorrieandjas
Don't stroke it, TAP it!!!!.....
Would be interested to get some of our UK members to comment on our flag especially the union jack part.
No more beach towel ideas please
I already did mate lolQuote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
To tap, or not to tap: Well it's obviously tap because this is the signature hey!!!!!! Duh
Part time Pom or Fulltime Clunk ???
My family arrived on HMS WANATA in 1850ish
settled in the Phillip island area at a place called Kilcunda
suppose that makes me 100% skip
Ofcourse we'd kick up a stink bigrig! After all, we were colonised before WA, SA, NT, QLD, ACT and VIC! We have the first aussie casino, oldestest pub, and a few other cool things I obviously don't care enough about to remember at the moment lol.
On the flag thing, I think change for the sake of change is useless.
If someone is after cultural and social changes then start trying to change the cultural and social attitudes. Don't just change a flag and expect everyone to wake up the next day with a different view.
Having said that, I don't think the majority of Australia needs to change a thing. There's a few bogan nobs about but as a whole, Australia has a culture and way of life that is envied all over the world. In my opinion, to say we need to change a flag is to say that we all need to change our attitudes and lifestyles. Am I somehow a racist bogan who wants to oppress minorities and suppress cultural diversity because I don't want to change the flag? Sure seems to be hinted at.
Ok my lunch break is over lol
EDIT: My Italian grandparents jumped on a boat and ran away from Hitler to Australia. They learnt English and helped to bring diversity. My Irish heritage was chained to a ship and taken to port arthur, which was like hell on earth to them. Neither of them scream out for parts of their old countries to be included on the aussie flag.
FanTapstic!
It seems that many think that Australia is the same country it was in 1901. Even the current flag is out of date. The commonwealth star only has 7 pointers. That needs to be updated. No-one is advocating changing our flag for the sake of it. I am on the fence, but I have an open mind about the topic and I can see that many in Australia now feel that the current flag does not fit their vision of Australia. And many countries have changed their flags over the centuries to reflect both their history their present and the people that live there.
The more I look at the flag in the original post and I think about it, the more I think that as a nation we can have a look at this. Its not an issue. Or a problem.
I think that change will come eventually. Like in any society the old guard moves on and the new incumbents bring a new and fresh way of looking at things.
If I was to design a flag for Australia I would simply take the Union jack off the current one and leave it at that.
change will come ,will we be around to see it may be another matter?
I love the cultures of Aus my missus is Italian we eat so much or used too
theres some Greek in there as well,, oom pahhh
Countries are in a constant state of change. How often should we change the flag? Lock it in for once every 200 years? I think by default a flag represents its country. Because the country is how it is at any point in time and that is its flag (if that makes sense? lol). I've never thought to myself "hmm I wonder what that country is like, I'll just look at their flag"
FanTapstic!
Any change would be eventually embraced by most Aussie I think. I can still remember the out cry when the national anthem was changed..... Would we ever consider going back to God save the Queen/King? I hope not. If you show our current flag to most foreigners and ask what country is that flag for. Many, if not most would not have a clue.......
I think Dr John Blaxland should be spending his vast Knowledge researching other things, like the plight of homeless people, old age care, stopping the boats, stopping theft and bashings, internet fraud, and some of the many other problems brought about by so called "multicultualism''
Rant over, going out now to raise the REAL Australian flag!!
Cheers, the ferret.
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