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The Fury on 15 September 2014
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ikki5 said:
The Fury said:

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, Scottland 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 Scottland 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 fag, they will probably have their changed as well to the new design.

Don't insult me.

I know the Union Flag represents our joined nations and I understand it very well. But it doesn't mean we, as the rest of the UK who are proud of our nation and proud of our heritage, don't want to keep the flag that represents us. To have to be told just because some people in the North don't want us to have a bit of blue in the background so we have to change it is insulting. St Patrick's Cross is still present on our Union flag but the country it represented, Ireland (as a whole), is no longer part of our Union.

The Queen is head of state of Canada. Canada does not have the Union Flag on theirs flag anymore, they gave it up. It was their choice. So the Queen being head has little to do with it. If Aus and NZ wanted to change there is no stopping them. By your logic, Aus and NZ would have to change their flag too if Scotland left, right?



Hmm, pie.