Are you a flag waving thug?

[its hilly]

I reckon all the best to the team, but I'm not a footie fan.
Can't see why people should be made to be ashamed to fly their national flag though, its not racist or thugish to my mind its just saying good luck and well done for getting there, and we hope they win..well doesn't every country that gets in hope the same?

There is one BIG downside for me. I live in the countryside and ride horses. When cars go past with two flags flapping its surprising how loud and odd the noise is. It often spooks horses, and I saw a friends daughter thrown onto the road when her normally bombproof pony shied at it. Fortunately she was ok but I would like to make a plea for rural flag wavers just to have one on the drivers side if there are lots of horses riden in your area, or slow down and pass very wide.

[Bigmallly]

I reckon all the best to the team, but I'm not a footie fan.
Can't see why people should be made to be ashamed to fly their national flag though, its not racist or thugish to my mind its just saying good luck and well done for getting there, and we hope they win..well doesn't every country that gets in hope the same?

There is one BIG downside for me. I live in the countryside and ride horses. When cars go past with two flags flapping its surprising how loud and odd the noise is. It often spooks horses, and I saw a friends daughter thrown onto the road when her normally bombproof pony shied at it. Fortunately she was ok but I would like to make a plea for rural flag wavers just to have one on the drivers side if there are lots of horses riden in your area, or slow down and pass very wide.

Just for you.......

[Brengirl]

I would be a flag flyer if I knew which flag. Yonks ago it would have been the Union Jack but since somehow that is not applicable and the lovely St. George's flag has it's association with radical nationalism what to do that is the question?

[its hilly]

Lol BM, but its a swine trying to get a good shine on the armour.

[dawny]

Nice to see Bigmallly, that a horse & rider has out-shone a car & driver!

[HeyWayne]

or slow down and pass very wide.

Which is of course what you should do anyways.

[OllieMartin]

I've found that both the Cross of St 'G' and the Union Flag have both slowly become signs of racism. I'd happily fly one outside my house, but as Hull is one of the most racist cities in the country and I have an Indian family living opposite, I'd rather not provoke anyone even if it IS my flag!

Personally I'd fly the Union Flag over the St. George's Cross simply because it seems the rest of the Union hate the English (probably stereotyping), but I've got nothing against them and would rather we celebrate how brilliant being British is rather than how we hate being associated together.

Hopefully Nick G will let us have our flags back when he's finished with them!

[Hilary B]

If people are provoked by the English (or British) flag, is it because they have encountered unpleasant people using it, or because the newsrags have told them they ought to be offended?
There is NOTHING offensive about flying your country's flag, and if sensible, decent people would only ignore the PC idiots, then we really could reclaim it from the racist (NOT right wing, the 2 are not synonymous) nutcases.
It won't be reclaimed by allowing the stereotyping to go unchallenged!
I'm lucky, my holiday home is in Catalunya, and St George is Patron saint there as well, so I could happily paint it on my home-built barbecue, next to the Catalan flag, and the Union flag on the other side, without upsetting anyone! (not that many people ever go near enough to see them)

[lindyloo]

its hilly has already mentioned it-- flags and horses- i remember the last time a few years back. exciting times!!! ( mind you, most drivers are very good) someone had hung a full size flag, not too high, at the side of a road, just by the bridlepath gate. fun and games, i can tell you! ( high up flapping flags dont bother horses so much, but at eyelevel, they are scary, horse eating monsters!!!)

[Two_Sheds]

I fly the Cornish and the Singapore flag: never the St George (there are 100s round here though, on cars and hanging out of windows)

[kirsty b]

We don''t fly flags, but have nothing against those to choose to. One of our neighbours painted a mahoosive one on his house last world cup, and its still there

To look at him, appearances wise he fits the stereotype, but he's a nice guy.

[Jeanied]

I think we should fly the flag with pride, when we deserve it!

[Snadger]

St George was just someone the Romans foisted upon the heathen English as there Patron saint! Bah.humbug!!!!!

[Snadger]

I think we should fly the flag with pride, when we deserve it!

Nice six pack Jeanied!

[binley100]

I always understood that St. George was born at Caludon Castle.