St George's Day this Friday

[davek]

Is any English forum member going to actually celebrate this or arsed about it for that matter?

I mention it because I hear that Liverpool City Council are 'bowing to pressure' to throw Cross of St George flags up on County Road, West Derby Road, Walton Lane, Heyworth Street etc in the north end. Who in the name of all that's holy would want the council tipping up for this when the money could be used on something useful and when there's never seemed to be a big momentum behind this event in the past?

http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/News/newsdetail_3462.asp

 

[Robert Jarvis]

I will be putting my St Georges flag out of the window.

 

[davek]

I will be putting my St Georges flag out of the window.

Good luck to you, Rob. That's a private citizen's prerogative.

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

I will be putting my St Georges flag out of the window.

Good on you. I hope you dont have anyone near by who would be offended by you flying your national flag? It seems you cannot even do that now in your own country. My cousin put his out last year in Brighton, and it started a fight. How anyone can get offended by a flag is beyond me.

 

[davek]

Good on you. I hope you dont have anyone near by who would be offended by you flying your national flag? It seems you cannot even do that now in your own country. My cousin put his out last year in Brighton, and it started a fight. How anyone can get offended by a flag is beyond me.

In this case it's a council spending money on flags and flagpoles and diverting employees to the work of placing and securing them. That's over and above any cultural criticism (vald in my opinion).

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

In this case it's a council spending money on flags and flagpoles and diverting employees to the work of placing and securing them. That's over and above any cultural criticism (vald in my opinion).

You should always be proud of your heritage and celebrate it when you can. We all lose our identity otherwise.

 

[davek]

You should always be proud of your heritage and celebrate it when you can. We all lose our identty otherwise.

Not arsed, tbh.

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

Not arsed, tbh.

You will most likely be out protesting those celebrating.

 

[davek]

You will most likely be out protesting those celebrating.

I have no interest on taking on the English Defence League and other such ruffians.

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

I have no interest on taking on the English Defence League and other such ruffians.

I thought you took on all comers.

 

[davek]

I thought you took on all comers.

Nooooooooo! And I certainly wouldn't take on a racist mob of flag wavers.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

I'm all for celebrating it if people want to.

It is however a religious day in some respects and I'm not religious so wont be celebrating, I would do so before I'd celebrate any of the others though.

 

[Matt Damon]

Is any English forum member going to actually celebrate this or arsed about it for that matter?

I mention it because I hear that Liverpool City Council are 'bowing to pressure' to throw Cross of St George flags up on County Road, West Derby Road, Walton Lane, Heyworth Street etc in the north end. Who in the name of all that's holy would want the council tipping up for this when the money could be used on something useful and when there's never seemed to be a big momentum behind this event in the past?

http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/News/newsdetail_3462.asp

You've just answered the issue there for me with your attitude.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

You've just answered the issue there for me with your attitude.

You gonna be out celebrating then?

Gonna embrace it because you can or be one of those idiots who sit and moan about how you can't celebrate it when in reality you can and there is nothing stopping you, infact in plenty of places its encouraged.

 

[chicoazul]

Hope all those celebrating have a mighty fine day.