[*mazedsalv**]

an English flag on his car.

He's the only one of my Dads best friends that supports England as all his other best mates are Italian and support them.

Well anyways earlier on, the POLICE stopped him and told him to take the English flag off, and I couldnt believe it!!

Its bad enough to go up to someone and tell them to take off another flag. eg. As we always put an Italian one up, and tell us to take it off. That is RACIST. Yes it is.

Never mind the actual people in the country. This has shocked me. Anybody should have the freedom to support whoever they want in whatever country. We have never had issues ove rthis in the past when we seen Spanish, German, Argentian, Italian etc... flags up in previous years.

Now isnt this the same as the police going up to a woman with a Burka and telling her to take it off?? Yes it is.

****ing ridiculous. And they say things are "racist" real excuse for that right now. They just want to stir trouble up.

[InOne]

I usually think these kind of stories are myths lol I'd of the told officer to fark off

[ILoveTRW]

this is why im moving out of the uk as soon as possible

[Vicky.]

And people said this was all just the sun spouting nonsense to stir up racial hatred...

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

yeah i thought these stories were made up to make people racist too lol

[*mazedsalv**]

Well it happened, I thought that it was a rumour/myth... but that really pissed me off big time.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by *mazedsalv**

Well it happened, I thought that it was a rumour/myth... but that really pissed me off big time.

I already know its true. I work in a bar and we were actually asked to remove the england flags.

Just everyone else reckoned it was just made up...and I would have no doubt been accused of being racist for stating a fact.

The country is going down the drain really.

[WOMBAI]

Originally Posted by *mazedsalv**

Well it happened, I thought that it was a rumour/myth... but that really pissed me off big time.

I would imagine it had more to do with the flag being on the car - than who the flag supported!

[Boothy]

Why can't people see the difference between racism and patriotism?

This is England. If I want to proudly support my country by showing the St George's Cross then why can't I? It's in no way, shape or form racist.

This country has gone right down the s**tter.

[Twilight]

Pfttt god what is happening to this country.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by WOMBAI

I would imagine it had more to do with the flag being on the car - than who the flag supported!

I was going to say that! (great minds) How big was the flag and where was it on the car?

[Spike]

Did the police tell him to take it off because it was racist or because it was a safety issue?

[ILoveTRW]

what are they going to do at the london olympics when it comes to raising the flags?

[Zippy]

It's not official policy to ban flags on cars so whats with all the declaration about the country going to pot? These are individual cases. Decisions made in certain situations maybe because there is tension in that area at that time or whatever and it could spark something.

Ive seen hundreds of flags on cars.

[Kerry]

I'd love to see them try on my street. Most houses and cars have them. Theres never been an issue. A muslim bloke up the road has the St George flying on his car.

[Harry!]

This is England therefore we are allowed to display England flags no matter what people say.

[Stacey.]

i thought you were allowed to have them on your cars tbh.

Lots of people have them on their cars round where i live

[Mrluvaluva]

That's utterly ridiculous.

[Shaun]

Are you sure it wasn't obstructing the driver's view (ie. on the back window or something?)

And as Zippy said, this is a rare case...sure, there're nutters out there, but it's not some grand scheme of 'PC gone mad'.

and another thing - it's not racist, as there is no "English race".

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Stacey.x

i thought you were allowed to have them on your cars tbh.

Lots of people have them on their cars round where i live

You are allowed

[Vicky.]

The reason we were given at work was that it 'promotes violence'. Nothing to do with anything else...I dont understand that at all though :/

Doesnt 'promote' violence any more than people wearing, say, a newcastle top. And even then its just a few nutters that actually cause trouble over football

[*mazedsalv**]

The flag was outside of the car, been in the car before and it wasnt view dstracting at all, you cant see it at all from inside the car.

[CaraRawr]

England is such a mess at the moment.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by CaraRawr

England is such a mess at the moment.

Has been for a while tbf...

[WOMBAI]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

The reason we were given at work was that it 'promotes violence'. Nothing to do with anything else...I dont understand that at all though :/

Doesnt 'promote' violence any more than people wearing, say, a newcastle top. And even then its just a few nutters that actually cause trouble over football

Well I guess those nutters are out in their hoards at this time of year and frequenting the bars, just looking for trouble - just a precautionary measure really! They don't need much excuse!