Scottish Independence vote - Yes or No?

[ikki5]

The Fury said:

ikki5 said:

Why would it stay the same? Do you know what the Union Jack stands for? It stands for the union between England, Scottland and Ireland and with Scotland no longer united into one, the flag would not repesent what it actually means. I know Endland does have it'ts own flag and that won't change but the Union Jack for the United Kingdom would enither disappear or be changed to represent the union of two instead of three.

Okay sure. So what about Ausrtralia? New Zealand? And all those other now independent nations (with the queen as head) or even places like Hawaii. That Union Jack in the top left. They keep it for it's significance on their history. Without Scotland the United Kingdom wouldn't even exist (same King), so why should we give it up just because Scotland are breaking us up?

Are you stupid? Are you really that dumb? Sorry but I honestly cannot believe that you don't understand this. The Union Jack represents the Union of 3 countries, Ireland, Scotland and England. That is ONE nation. That ONE nation, the Queen is the head of state with the absolute power (dispite what a lot of people believe), though she doesn't excersie it and also more works with the parliment but she still actually has power over that government. Now, Countries like Australia and New Zealand have the Union jack is because the Queen is still technically the head of state and since the home country of the Queen is the UK, they have the flag of her/his country and that would be the Union Jack. With that, if Scotland does seperate, the Home country flag, The Unon Jack, will no longer mean what it represents. If they were to keep The Union Jack, they would need to change the meaning of the stripes or do without the flag entirely and design a new flag. If there is a new design, you will most likly also get those nations that have The Union Jack on their flag, they will probably have their changed as well to the new design.