[Brenda]

A pencil box. To show the one flagging graduated.

[EyeBrock]

martin14 martin14:

Brenda Brenda:

My point is this: Do it right and gracefully, or do it not at all. Same goes for a flag in a tree. I mean, please... Buy something like this:

screw it on your wall, balcony, whatever floats your boat, and hang it in there. Don't put it in a tree, touching branches, ground and what more. A little respect...

know whats funny ?

I dont know if I have ever seen those in Canada, maybe I'm blind or something.....

Cool, we can set up the business to import them

You can martin, Canadian Tire do them.

Not with the Prince of Orange Lion though, they are a bit plainer.

[Donny_Brasco]

The one marine asked me which way was up. So I told him. Then I made myself scarce.

[EyeBrock]

That photo still shocks me.

[Canadian_Mind]

How do you fuck that up?

[ridenrain]

It's unfair that the property manager is taking the flack for this, and the reporter who wrote that crap is to blame. All he wanted was for the flag to be paid due respect and he's the one getting death threats? From the picture in the original article, the flag is hardly off the ground.

..still, slow news day.

[GreenTiger]

leewgrant leewgrant:

In the UK a number of police officers are wearing a small badge of the Union Jack to support the troops in Afghanistan. Unbelievably some politicians are telling them to remove them saying, "it offends Muslims".

A UK police offer is told that they should remove a union jack on his uniform because to could offend moslems.

My response would simple. Welcome to the UK, if the flag of my country offends you that is unfortunate you can either get back on the plane or get used to it.

[EyeBrock]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

leewgrant leewgrant:

In the UK a number of police officers are wearing a small badge of the Union Jack to support the troops in Afghanistan. Unbelievably some politicians are telling them to remove them saying, "it offends Muslims".

A UK police offer is told that they should remove a union jack on his uniform because to could offend moslems.

My response would simple. Welcome to the UK, if the flag of my country offends you that is unfortunate you can either get back on the plane or get used to it.

Not in England where political correctness is at insanity levels. Senior police commanders don't have the balls to do anything. Morale is in the dumps and a majority of command officers are from the graduate entry progam that sees candidates become sergeants in 3 years, inspectors in 5. Which means 90% of police leaders in the UK have spent 2-3 years on the street.

The UK Police a spent force anyway.

The next election will see the Labour government decimated at the polls.

[PENATRATOR]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

leewgrant leewgrant:

In the UK a number of police officers are wearing a small badge of the Union Jack to support the troops in Afghanistan. Unbelievably some politicians are telling them to remove them saying, "it offends Muslims".

A UK police offer is told that they should remove a union jack on his uniform because to could offend moslems.

My response would simple. Welcome to the UK, if the flag of my country offends you that is unfortunate you can either get back on the plane or get used to it.

graduate entry progam that sees candidates become sergeants in 3 years, inspectors in 5. Which means 90% of police leaders in the UK have spent 2-3 years on the street.

.

Sounds like the NCO world in the CF at the moment

[leewgrant]

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

How do you fuck that up?

It's easy to fly the British flag the wrong way...and you often see it. But to not know the top from the bottom of a leaf...kind of startling.

[willo]

wildrosegirl wildrosegirl:

This is just bullshit. Offended by our country's flag?

Whoever filed the complaint should have one shoved up their ass on the way back to the boat they're being sent back "home" on.

I'd love to see far more flags waving in our country.

Absolutely.
The thing about this case though is that it wasn't someone complaining because they don't like the sight of the flag. The complaint was that it was being flown improperly - hanging from a tree (although personally I don't see anything especially wrong with that. Rather see it flying from a tree than not flying at all).

[BeaverFever]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

leewgrant leewgrant:

In the UK a number of police officers are wearing a small badge of the Union Jack to support the troops in Afghanistan. Unbelievably some politicians are telling them to remove them saying, "it offends Muslims".

A UK police offer is told that they should remove a union jack on his uniform because to could offend moslems.

My response would simple. Welcome to the UK, if the flag of my country offends you that is unfortunate you can either get back on the plane or get used to it.

Meh, I think alot of these stories are misleading. Usually uniform issues come down wearing "unapproved insignia" and bureaucrats worrying about a slippery slope where cops start wearing all sorts pins and cause-du-jour ribbons on their uniforms. When I googled the story about UK police, the argument against the pin was:

$1:

"The row started when 200 officers at Heathrow Airport were barred from wearing the badges last month on the grounds that they were in breach of the Met's strict dress code...

Scotland Yard said in a statement: "The Metropolitan Police has a dress code policy to clarify the dress standard expected from all staff whether they are wearing uniform or plain clothes.

"The Met wants to ensure that everyone projects a smart and professional image in support of delivering a quality service.

"The dress code states only the approved corporate badging may be used and only on clothing authorised by the Clothing Board." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5928688/Police-anger-over-ban-on-Union-Flag-badges-in-support-of-British-troops.html

Although sources to the story did suggest that an unspecified "someone" filed a complaint for reasons not given...sounds fishy.

We have to be careful not to take the "blame political correctness" bait, often its just a red herring or overplayed in the media to sell papers. I know, it feels good to get all outraged about something that seems so flagrant, and allows us to engage in our favourite pass-time of singling out and piling on some other group, but usually stories like these are exaggerated. Sounds like some police bureaucrat just a stickler for rules on approved apparrel.

[ridenrain]

Just to make this clear:

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[martin14]

someone else posted better in a tree than not at all.

I agree in spirit with that, but.....


...go to CT and buy a doohickey please...