kasigi Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 Scotland and Wales have their own flag. I'm not in either of those. I'm in England. Can we have an England flag please? K.
Edge Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 WRONG!!!! England, Scotland, and Wales are NOT Countries. United Kingdom is our Country, we are Brittish citizens, however I do feel for you as both scotland and wales have their own flags. Chin Up!!
cwai02 Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 I have a UK passport...maybe I need to get an England if there is one? Btw, UK is a country.
kasigi Posted May 20, 2006 Author Report Posted May 20, 2006 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom or the UK) is a political union occupying part of the British Isles in northwestern Europe, comprised of the constituent countries of England, Scotland, and Wales on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_kingdom I thank you K.
Edge Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 The international mapping governing body and also the international country registering body DO NOT recognise Scotland, England, NI, and Wales as countries. We have NO polotical rights, and we are NOT recognised by others as individual countries, this is a FACT. We are all members of the UK, our country is the UK. We all have UK passports. Our country is UK because we all have the same head of state THE QUEEN. This is not a debate these are facts. As much as I would love Scotland to be a country it is not. I am a BRITTISH citizen, not a scottish citizen. Simple, country = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
kasigi Posted May 20, 2006 Author Report Posted May 20, 2006 Well bugger me sideways with a red hot cricket bat implanted with 2" barbed nails coated with some kind of deadly infectious disease. I was about to get all hoity toity and argue the toss but I bit my lip and went away to do some research. So I was wrong, unusual but it does happen Doesn't change anything though, I still want an England flag. It's not fair *stamps foot* K.
Edge Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 Doesn't change anything though, I still want an England flag. It's not fair *stamps foot* K. I agree it's not fair. Ah well Sh*t Happens. At least ther's a Scotland flag, use that.........
Johnkaz Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 I thought we had one already. The flag of St George. Does that make Yorkshire a Principality or a Duchy, we have the Duke of York who is a Prince. Cheers Johnkaz.
KB Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 The flag of St George. This is my take on it too, just as the Scotish flag is the cross of St. Andrew. Both the cross of St.George and the cross of St.Andrew are definitive parts of the Union Jack. Ken
kasigi Posted May 20, 2006 Author Report Posted May 20, 2006 You're missing the point. I have to have a Union Flag over there <--- because there's no English flag. Scotland and Wales are listed but not England. BTW, it's only a Union Jack if it's flown from the bow of a ship K.
KB Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 Ok I am missing something here..........................over where? Ken
BilboBaggins Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 Ok I am missing something here..........................over where? Ken lol...he means there is no English flag for us to select for our profile. Jon
KB Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 Oh I understand now Feek.................tough titties Ken
kasigi Posted May 20, 2006 Author Report Posted May 20, 2006 Bah, it's racism I tell you *runs and hides behind the nearest large orange rock in the desert* K.
Dani Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 Scotland the movie bravehart by the way a great movie i though Scotland was a own country that fight down the British??History not my best part in school North Ireland i dont think people need to ask them self what side i em on
cwai02 Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 (edited) that's the soccer teams flag... I love the England soccer team...even though they have zero chance in the World Cup. animation: Edited May 20, 2006 by cwai02
dadog13 Posted May 20, 2006 Report Posted May 20, 2006 i know it is a soccer team flag...but since it is very soon the worls cup it could be nice to have that one...and BTW it looks better than the england flag...
Finepics Posted May 21, 2006 Report Posted May 21, 2006 By the way did anyone know that St George was in fact Turkish and that he is the patron saint of several countries!!!
rsv123 Posted May 21, 2006 Report Posted May 21, 2006 By the way did anyone know that St George was in fact Turkish and that he is the patron saint of several countries!!! Yeah, St. Patrick was born in Scotland (although did apparently die in Ireland) but St. Andrew didn't set foot in Scotland while he was alive, indeed it is not reliably established that his bones even made it that far! You have to take all these legends with a large pinch of salt....
kasigi Posted May 21, 2006 Author Report Posted May 21, 2006 By the way did anyone know that St George was in fact Turkish and that he is the patron saint of several countries!!! Yup, it was on the wireless last week. Explains why we love kebabs K.
cornerstone Posted May 21, 2006 Report Posted May 21, 2006 Yeah, St. Patrick was born in Scotland (although did apparently die in Ireland) but St. Andrew didn't set foot in Scotland while he was alive, indeed it is not reliably established that his bones even made it that far! You have to take all these legends with a large pinch of salt.... And a lot of these patron saints were just chosen on the basis of cloud formations - ooh, it's a bit blue and that cloud looks like a cross. Didn't St Andrew die on x-shaped cross? It can be our 'lucky' cloud formation. Sort of medieval equivalent of lucky football socks. Scotland shares St. Andrew with Russia and Greece I'm told. The English flag is taken from Genoa. They don't advertise that much. Freaks out English tourists in Genoa. Not sure who the patron saint of Australia is. Lisa McCune I think.
Les Center Posted May 21, 2006 Report Posted May 21, 2006 (edited) I'm a UK citizen too... I was taught and for 60 years have believed that Scotland was a country. When did it cease to be a country? Les Edited May 21, 2006 by Les Center
cornerstone Posted May 21, 2006 Report Posted May 21, 2006 I'm a UK citizen too... I was taught and for 60 years have believed that Scotland was a country. When did it cease to be a country? Les Well it is a nation and country, but not in an international political sense. It doesn't have complete sovereignty - as in the other parts of the UK can democratically impose laws there. Also it is not internationally recognised (nor does it claim to be) an independent country - it couldn't pull up a seat at the United Nations. The political unit is the UK.
Les Center Posted May 22, 2006 Report Posted May 22, 2006 Well it is a nation and country, but not in an international political sense. It doesn't have complete sovereignty - as in the other parts of the UK can democratically impose laws there. Also it is not internationally recognised (nor does it claim to be) an independent country - it couldn't pull up a seat at the United Nations. The political unit is the UK. OK, that makes sense. Les
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