People who wear 'Great Britain' hoodies for fashion

conorh91

Today I saw something that made me stop and do a double-take.

A guy I know wearing a Jack Wills hoodie (fair enough) with GBR printed on the back in massive lettering.

Myself and a friend took the piss out of it, but he and his friend saw nothing wrong with it.

Never thought this as something that would cause me a second thought, but I can't imagine wanting to wear a Great Britain sweatshirt. Maybe it's an outdated view.

AH, what say ye?

Kevin McCloud

Go to bed your drunk.

xXxkorixXx

No way! But yet I'd have absolutely no problem wearing a united States hoodie

kneemos

I think AH has turned into a boring pile of steaming horse manure.

Links234

That sounds like a pretty pissy thing to do, being a dick to some guy you don't know over his hoodie?

Kevin McCloud

kneemos wrote: »

I think AH has turned into a boring pile of steaming horse manure.

No fault of your own?

kneemos

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

No fault of your own?

Friday 13th. That's new.

Mint Aero

Irish fashion faux pas. It happens. People don't think twice about sporting the Union Jack or GBR in this instance on their clothing. All we can do is be mortified for them or burn their clothes, then take nudey pics

conorh91

Links234 wrote: »

That sounds like a pretty pissy thing to do, being a dick to some guy you don't know over his hoodie?

.

conorh91 wrote: »

A guy I know...

Kevin McCloud

kneemos wrote: »

Friday 13th. That's new.

It sure is.

RedemptionZ

I have a Liverpool football jersey and I'm not from Liverpool. What's the difference between that and a GBR hoodie? Wouldn't get even a second thought for wearing an EPL jersey.

Links234

I misread that.

Still kinda pissy though

eternal

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Go to bed your drunk.

Always jumping in first with inane 'wit' aren't we?

conorh91

RedemptionZ wrote: »

I have a Liverpool football jersey and I'm not from Liverpool. What's the difference between that and a GBR hoodie?

I suppose the Northern Ireland element comes into it. GBR encapsulates much more than just a sporting club, it's the embodiment of a whole nation.

It's not a problem in itself, personally i'd just be wary of the fact that it's politically sensitive.

I'm fully openminded about the fact that I am probably wrong. My own excuses don't satisfy myself tbh. The whole thing just seemed a bit out of place

kneemos

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

It sure is.

Better than your one other effort in fairness.

Kevin McCloud

eternal wrote: »

Always jumping in first with inane 'wit' aren't we?

Who pissed on your cornflakes tonight?

eternal

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Who pissed on your cornflakes tonight?

I don't eat breakfast at night.

Pat Mustard

conorh91 wrote: »

AH, what say ye?

I still remember that Ray Shah fella wearing an English rugby jersey on Big Brother years ago.

*puke*

Kevin McCloud

eternal wrote: »

I don't eat breakfast at night.

Try it sometime.

eternal

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Try it sometime.

I might. It might make me in a better mood.

Kevin McCloud

eternal wrote: »

I might. It might make me in a better mood.

it may.

Adamantium

Just the military dressing down, and setting up a forward operating base in your local town.

P.S Please send weapons and helmets....and money.

Sunnyisland

I have seen that numerous times, Be it the Union jack,US, Japanese, Canadian flag or emblems, think it's just a fashion fad ?

Personally I Wouldent be wearing any others countries flag or emblems,we have enough of our own to share...if that way inclined.

suicide_circus

I seem to remember lads in school taking a biro to that little union jack that used to appear on some reebok runners

Sunnyisland

suicide_circus wrote: »

I seem to remember lads in school taking a biro to that little union jack that used to appear on some reebok runners

:-) yep that's right, Anything with the union jack on it was either tore of or marked out, And as for women or some men having a Union Jack handbag, well you probaly be arrested for your own safety, reeling in the years is right...

Wide Load

Anyone who gets upset about what someone else is wearing be it another countries flag on a piece of clothing or a hat, clearly has very little else to be worrying about. I've never been able to wrap my head around the whole patriotism thing anyway, flags are flags, places are places, it's all the same thing at the end of the day.

al22

ould anybody refuse to take a big bag ull of the US Dollars, GB Pounds, Japanese Yen, Chinese Yuan... etc ????

Menas

al22 wrote: »

ould anybody refuse to take a big bag ull of the US Dollars, GB Pounds, Japanese Yen, Chinese Yuan... etc ????

I am not sure what analogy you are making!

P_1

Good grief, it's a piece of coloured fabric arranged in a specific way, hardly the end of the world is it.

Nationalism is so 19th century

Selfish Giant

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

it may.

It may.

HalloweenJack

I used to have a great pair of Reeboks that had a tiny Union Jack beside the logo. Fairly sure I squiggled over it with permanent marker but have no trouble wearing clothes that have flags of any other country.

It's the way we're raised, unfortunately.

Testament1

P_1 wrote: »

Good grief, it's a piece of coloured fabric arranged in a specific way, hardly the end of the world is it.

Nationalism is so 19th century

My sister bought me a hoody for Christmas years ago that was very nice bar the little Union flag on one sleeve which was promptly removed. I have absolutely zero issue with present day England but to me the Union flag is incredibly outdated and still represents the "Empire" and isn't something I'd be comfortable
with wearing given its very murky past.

Rubberchikken

ok, that explains it for me. i've seen the hoodies, though they were some club. turns out they're not:eek::eek:

Fudge You

Wide Load wrote: »

Anyone who gets upset about what someone else is wearing be it another countries flag on a piece of clothing or a hat, clearly has very little else to be worrying about. I've never been able to wrap my head around the whole patriotism thing anyway, flags are flags, places are places, it's all the same thing at the end of the day.

Yeah sure.
Try waving a palestinian flag to a local football match. Like what happened last season in Dundalk.
Flags are not just flags, they represent something to each individual.

If I wore an ISIS flag in a packed shopping centre this afternoon, what would happen to me?

Flags are not just any ole piece of material like regular clothing.




P.S. not saying the british flag is comparable to the ISIS flag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

towelly

I wouldn't wear a butcher's apron.

towelly

Wide Load wrote: »

Anyone who gets upset about what someone else is wearing be it another countries flag on a piece of clothing or a hat, clearly has very little else to be worrying about. I've never been able to wrap my head around the whole patriotism thing anyway, flags are flags, places are places, it's all the same thing at the end of the day.

The rest of the world disagrees with you.

P_1

towelly wrote: »

The rest of the world disagrees with you.

Which really is a crying shame

LDN_Irish

I went in to get a leg of lamb yesterday and the fecker was decked out in a butchers apron. Walked straight out.

Up the Ra!

Gran Hermano

towelly wrote: »

I wouldn't wear a butcher's apron.

Vegan?

bb1234567

Its 2015, not 1915.

towelly

bb1234567 wrote: »

Its 2015, not 1915.

And?

Harry Palmr

towelly wrote: »

I wouldn't wear a butcher's apron.

I see you are happy to have "butchers" bloody money in the pocket though

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=94545253

looksee

This is a very sad thread. Are you all going to whinge about all the shamrocks and stuff that people all over the world will be wearing on Tuesday - they took our wimmin and our traditions! What the heck does it matter what other people wear on their clothing. Your own choice is your own business, but getting uptight about what other people wear?

bb1234567

towelly wrote: »

And?

Are we still as consumed with hatred of the british flag today as we were then?

I've a Union Jack cushion cover, it's beside my Irish Tricolor cushion and an Old Glory cushion on my sofa. I wouldn't mind an EU one.

I'm English of mostly Irish descent, am I supposed to hate myself, or what?

conorh91

bb1234567 wrote: »

Are we still as consumed with hatred of the british flag today as we were then?

Who here is "consumed with hatred"?

Seems a bit unfair to expect people to be robotically blind to Irish people wearing 'Great Britain' flags and logos.

As a semi-interesting shift in attitudes, it's at least worth mentioning.

Nobody's getting upset, although some are a bit defensive.

Notorious97

conorh91 wrote: »

Who here is "consumed with hatred"?

Seems a bit unfair to expect people to be robotically blind to Irish people wearing 'Great Britain' flags and logos.

As a semi-interesting shift in attitudes, it's at least worth mentioning.

Nobody's getting upset, although some are a bit defensive.

You are in the wrong forum, boards is notoriously anti Irish and ashamed of our past.

Personally I agree with the points you made, it is something that stands out and catches your eye, at the same time like you said nobody is up in arms over it, just a discussion.

Selfish Giant

Candie wrote: »

I'm English of mostly Irish descent, am I supposed to hate myself, or what?

Not at all. You've the best of both. You should be very proud of who you are.

looksee

Selfish Giant wrote: »

Not at all. You've the best of both. You should be very proud of who you are.

Why would anyone need to be 'proud' just because of where they happened to be born, what nationality their parents were, or where they grew up? Be proud of your achievements, of what you have done with your life, certainly. But the rest is just serendipity, not something to be proud about.

Selfish Giant

Selfish Giant wrote: »

Not at all. You've the best of both. You should be very proud of who you are.

I am proud of who I am, but my nationality and heritage hasn't much to with that.

As Looksee says above, where I was born, and to whom, is simply an accident of fate and nothing I can take credit for or pride in.

conorh91

looksee wrote: »

Why would anyone need to be 'proud' just because of where they happened to be born, what nationality their parents were, or where they grew up? Be proud of your achievements, of what you have done with your life, certainly. But the rest is just serendipity, not something to be proud about.

Not necessarily. Different communities have different values. Some communities' values are desirable and virtuous, some are not.

So obviously you can be 'proud of who you are' because of where you were born or where you live. Your community has ordained you with its values, which you can later decide are virtuous or not.
Furthermore, you as an active citizen in a community can enhance and influence the values of the community.
In this way, the citizen and the community can be proud of one another, and the citizen can be proud to be a member of his community.

For example, a libertarian might be proud of Florida, and proud to identify himself as a member of the Floridian community, because it has endowed him with certain values, and he has in turn influenced Floridian life in terms of how he conducts himself, and in his engagement with the state.

Same in Ireland. Except in Ireland, patriotism and pride of place is called nationalism, which is a subject for scorn, especially online.