I get really annoyed seeing people wearing the flag as a cape.... since the flag is actually longer then most of them are tall, the ends of it are routinely dragged along the ground and repeatedly trodden on. Great way to show "pride" in your country
Oh, you'd love to see what they do to it over here then. We went to a backpackers club on Sunday and as usual they were all wearing their flags like capes, but they are usually paraletic by the time they get inside, and the place is swimming in beer and sick... the flags end up pretty filthy.
I'm wondering if that's where a lot of it starts - backpackers are very into celebrating it over here, so perhaps they end up taking that enthusiasm back with them?
Southy - that's pretty depressing to hear.
Mark is not kidding about the problems here, although I do think we have many more Somali 'refugees' than Sudanese. A number of their communities are involved in terrorism - the attempted attack on 21st July 2005 was planned and carried out by Somali's and Eritreans. They had come in to this country as refugees. It's nice to know that after receiving homes, benefits etc, that they felt strongly enough to thank us for it all. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a particularly patriotic person, but if you don't like it somewhere, if the way of life clashes so violently with your beliefs, well then, to be frank, Fuck Off! There are plenty of places in the world where you can settle down and live the life you want. Oh, yeah, except that you won't get free housing, benefits, free health care, be allowed to go boozing without fear of penalty of death. All that kind of stuff. Hmm, a tricky one indeed.
