Oh well the following will have to 'ditch their flag: New Zealand, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, Fiji, Queensland, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, British Indian Ocean Territory, Bermuda, Falkland Islands, Niue, Taunton Massachusetts, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Coquimbo Chile, Cook Islands, Hawaii, red ensigns.. this goes on and on and on,
Last edited by bekisman; 01-Sep-16 at 07:10.
"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped."
Empire building is a fact of life, that does not in any way justify it. And yes France, Portugal,Germany, Spain etc. etc. have nothing to be proud of either. So I will not be associating myself with the Butchers Apron. Empire building is vile.
You could associate with the Caithness Flag piratelassie, it's that new it doesn't have any history to it?
You mean this one: "The failure of the Darien colonisation project has been cited as one of the motivations for the 1707 Acts of Union. According to this argument, the Scottish establishment considered that their best chance of being part of a major power would be to share the benefits of England's international trade and the growth of the English overseas possessions, so its future would have to lie in unity with England. So stop whinging piratelassie YOU asked to join England, NOT the other way around!
"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped."
You forgot to mention the Netherlands, if empire building is "vile" what about c21 empire building, what do you think the good ol US of A is doing, and China / India and for years Japan, the essence of capitalism is building and protecting "trade" empires. The only way to get away from this is to become 100% self sufficient and live on an uninhabited island otherwise your just another hypocrite in a world of hypocrisy
If only that was possible.
If only that was possible.There's Stroma!
It is, find some where, go and form a commune, live a free life, if you can do without your creature comforts, in any capitalist system ( which you live in now and will do if you get your Scottish independence ) we are all hypocrites in a world of hypocrisy, we all indulge in exploitation, its at the heart of the capitalist system, you cannot escape from it. Flags are but mere symbols
Easier said than done...
You'll find that all land is owned by someone so you would need to buy the land & then declare yourself as an independent state, something I can't see the powers that be allowing, so you would still have to live under their laws & pay any taxes they see fit to impose on you.
“We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine....
And the machine is bleeding to death."
It's still known world wide as the butchers apron. I don't know of any other national flag with that reputation.
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