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1984 takes another step closer, German state to jail anyone who burns an EU flag. Thi

The Highwayman

Does anyone not find this both ridiculous and terrifying?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1143515/european-eu-flag-brussels-afd-germany-saxony/amp

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Irish Guitarist

I don't give a shite about a piece of material. If you want to burn a flag you've bought with your own money in your back garden knock yourself out. Burning flags in a public place to cause intimidation to others should be prosecuted though. I'd love to see some of those fuckers in the North hauled off to jail.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/827656/EU-flag-up-in-flames-Eleventh-Night-bonfires-Northern-Ireland-brexit-theresa-may-dup

Capt'n Midnight

Hang on, something about this story doesn't smell right ...

A man protesting against the EU was filmed trying and failing to set an EU flag on fire because of EU rules on flammable material.

So it's a false flag operation because genuine flags don't burn.

dxhound2005

JuanBerrosa wrote: »

Wow, so now critisizing Islam or burning the EU flag can land you in jail in Germany!!

The SS are back!!!

Also denying the Holocaust and flying the Swastika. The SS are definitely back.

Gimme A Pound

Danzy wrote: »

Conform or **** off, the new progressive and liberal political mantra.

This is hardly a great example of that though. Try burning a US flag in the States.

I also wish people would stop using two of the greatest novels of all time - Nineteen Eighty Four and The Handmaid's Tale - to compare to things that aren't actually like these visions of insane tyranny at all.

kowloon

smurgen wrote: »

What's with the constant divisive,almost trolling type threads in boards? I've notice it get progressively worse the last few months.this last month It's be very blatant.It's a shell of itself at this stage.

It's pretty bad, a lot of re-reg posters constantly trying to ruin things. I'm not sure how it compares to other sites.

Gimme A Pound wrote: »

I also wish people would stop using two of the greatest novels of all time - Nineteen Eighty Four and The Handmaid's Tale - to compare to things that aren't actually like these visions of insane tyranny at all.

Orwell has been a trope common in the press since it was new. Handmaid's tale is a TV series now, so that probably explains why that's so prevalent.

[Deleted User]

This just proves all the Germans are Nazis and that Brexit is right. It's great that such stalwart defenders of democracy like the Daily Express, Daily Mail and all the rest are here once again, just as they were in the 1930s, to warn everybody of the dangers of rising extremism on foreign shores. This is proof that Britain is really the only sane place left in Europe.

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Capt'n Midnight

Gimme A Pound wrote: »

This is hardly a great example of that though. Try burning a US flag in the States.

Actually you're supposed to burn a US flag. The United States Flag Code states:

“The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”

[Deleted User]

The Patron wrote: »

I'd happily piss on that ugly flag.

Welcome to Boards. That's a very thought-provoking first post. Why, pray tell, do you feel like this?

Gimme A Pound

kowloon wrote: »

Handmaid's tale is a TV series now, so that probably explains why that's so prevalent.

Guarantee so many of the idiots who say life is like it for women now (yes it is - in Pakistan - but that's not where they mean) never heard of it before the tv show and still haven't read it.

Guy:Incognito

Deleted User wrote: »

What specifically, though?

We can probably take a stab at it ourselves. The usual stuff will be rolled out . "unelected bureaucrats" , like those one we had elections for......eh.

"uncontrolled immigration" - you know, like the way anyone from outside the eu can just decide to come here and stay...........

etc

Capt'n Midnight

The Patron wrote: »

I am not particularly happy with how the EU is run.

So how did you vote in the recent elections ?
and how have you engaged with your MEP ?

dxhound2005

smurgen wrote: »

What's with the constant divisive,almost trolling type threads in boards? I've notice it get progressively worse the last few months.this last month It's be very blatant.It's a shell of itself at this stage.

It would take a lot of analysis to find out if this is correct. In general I go with the idea that things have always been much the same, and thinking that the past was better is just mistaken. But I am in agreement with your sentiment about threads like this.

Guy:Incognito

Deleted User wrote: »

What's your alternative?

Non elitist average joe non career politicians like Nigel Farage..........

[Deleted User]

Gimme A Pound wrote: »

Guarantee so many of the idiots who say life is like it for women now (yes it is - in Pakistan - but that's not where they mean) never heard of it before the tv show and still haven't read it.

Was also a movie, around what 30 years ago. People didn't realise it was based on a novel then either.

Things have improved here in that time in a lot of ways due to membership of the E.U. what's gotten worse is the cranks, back then the only person I knew who was against the E.U. was a self proclaimed unionist, who working and living in Dublin because he had a job with an American multinational.

Cienciano

The Express and English tabloids are great at spinning nothing stories into anti-EU headlines. No wonder brexit happened when people read bullshít headlines like in the op. Here's a few more fed to the British public over the years:

20 Years Of Fake News About The European Union

EC regulations to ban playgrounds – Daily Express

Rolling acres outlawed by Brussels – The Telegraph

EU to scrap British exams – Sunday Express

Obscure EU law halting the sale of English oak seeds – Mail on Sunday

EU may try to ban sweet and toy ads – The Times

EU to tell British farmers what they can grow – Daily Mail

EU ‘Bans Boozing’ – Daily Star

Light ale to be forced to change its name by Eurocrats – Daily Mail

EU fanatics to be forced to sing dire anthem about EU ‘Motherland’ – The Sun

British apple trees facing chop by EU – The Times

EC plan to ban noisy toys – Sunday People

EU to ban bagpipes and trapeze artists – The Sun

Children to be banned from blowing up balloons, under EU safety rules – Daily Telegraph

Straight cucumbers – The Sun

Curved bananas banned by Brussels bureaucrats – The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express

Brussels bans barmaids from showing cleavage – The Sun, Daily Telegraph

Rumpole’s wig to scrapped by EU – Mail on Sunday

Church bells silenced by fear of EU law – Daily Telegraph

Motorists to be charged to drive in city centres under EU plans – Daily Telegraph

EU to stop binge drinking by slapping extra tax on our booze – The Sun

Brandy butter to be renamed ‘brandy spreadable fat’ – The European

British loaf of bread under threat from EU – Daily Mail

Truckers face EU ban on fry-ups – The Sun

EU to ban Union Flag from British meat packs – Daily Express

EU seeks to outlaw 60 dog breeds – Europa News Agency

Double-decker buses to be banned – Daily Telegraph

EU bans eating competition cakes – Timesonline

Now EU officials want control of your CANDLES – Daily Express

21-gun salutes are just too loud, Brussels tells the Royal Artillery – Mail on Sunday

Brussels threatens charity shops and car boot sales – Daily Mail

Plot to axe British number plates for standardised EU design – Daily Express

Women to be asked intimate details about sex lives in planned EU census – Daily Express

British cheese faces extinction under EU rules – PA News

EU meddlers ban kids on milk rounds – The Sun, The Telegraph

British chocolate to be renamed ‘vegelate’ under EU rules – Daily Mail

EU to ban church bells – Daily Telegraph

British film producers warn of new EU threat to industry – The Independent

Kilts to be branded womenswear by EU – Daily Record EU to ban double decker buses – Daily Mail

Cod to be renamed ‘Gadus’ thanks to EU – Daily Mail

Brussels to restrict drinking habits of Britain’s coffee lovers – Daily Express

EU responsible for your hay fever – Daily Mail, The Times

Condom dimensions to be harmonised – Independent on Sunday

EU wants to BAN your photos of the London Eye – Daily Express

Corgis to be banned by EU – Daily Mail

EU forcing cows to wear nappies – Daily Mail

Eurocrats to ban crayons and colouring pencils – The Sun

Smoky bacon crisps face EU ban – Sunday Times

EU outlaws teeth whitening products – Daily Mail

Domain names – ‘.uk’ to be replaced by ‘.eu’ – Daily Mail

Brussels to ban HGV drivers from wearing glasses – The Times

New eggs cannot be called eggs – Daily Mail

EU to ban selling eggs by the dozen – Daily Mail UK to be forced to adopt continental two pin plug – Daily Star, Daily Mail

EU targets traditional Sunday roast – Sun on Sunday

English Channel to be re-named ‘Anglo-French Pond’ – Daily Mail

Brussels to force EU flag on England shirts – Daily Mail

EU orders farmers to give toys to pigs – The Times

Firemen’s poles outlawed by EU – Daily Mail

Euro ban on food waste means swans cannot be fed – The Observer

Noise regulations to force football goers to wear earplugs – The Sun

Traditional Irish funeral under threat from EU – Daily Telegraph, The Times

EU to ban high-heel shoes for hairdressers – Daily Express

Commission to force fishermen to wear hairnets – Daily Telegraph

Brussels to ban herbal cures – Daily Express

Bureaucrats declare Britain is “not an island”– the Guardian

EU bid to ban life sentences for murderers – Daily Express

New EU map makes Kent part of France – Sunday Telegraph

EU tells Welsh how to grow their leeks – The Times

EU to ban lollipop ladies’ sticks – News of the World

EU plot to rename Trafalgar Square & Waterloo station – Daily Express

UK milk ‘pinta’ threatened by Brussels – The Sun

EU bans ‘mince’ pies – Daily Mail

Eurocrats say Santa must be a woman – The Sun

Now EU crackpots demand gypsy MPs – Daily Express

Brussels to outlaw mushy peas – The Sun, Daily Mail, Telegraph, Times

Brussels says shellfish must be given rest breaks on journeys – The Times

Pets must be pressure cooked after death – Sunday Telegraph

EU puts speed limit on children’s roundabouts – Daily Express

2-for-1 bargains to be scrapped by EU – Daily Mirror

EU madness: chat up bar girl and pub will be fined – Daily Star

Queen to be forced to get her own tea by EU – The Sun

EU tells women to hand in worn-out sex toys – The Sun

British rhubarb to be straight – The Sun

EU to ban rocking horses – The Sun

Scotch whisky rebranded a dangerous chemical by EU – Daily Telegraph

Brussels ban on pints of shandy – The Times

“High up” signs to be put on mountains – BBC

Euronotes cause impotence – Daily Mail

EU to ban under 16-year-olds from using Facebook – Daily Mail

Strawberries must be oval – The Sun

EU orders swings to be pulled down – Daily Express

Tea bags banned from being recycled – BBC

British lav to be replaced with Euro-loo – The Sun

Unwanted Valentine’s cards to be defined as sexual harrasment – Daily Telegraph

Bosses to be told what colour carpets to buy by EU – Daily Star

EU says British yoghurt to be renamed ‘Fermented Milk Pudding’ – Sunday Mirror

EU to ban zipper trousers – The Sun

EU loophole could see 77 MILLION Turks head to Britain, warn Farage and Johnson

Full list from Tom Pride

dxhound2005

Links to Euromyths here.

https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/

kowloon

Gimme A Pound wrote: »

Guarantee so many of the idiots who say life is like it for women now (yes it is - in Pakistan - but that's not where they mean) never heard of it before the tv show and still haven't read it.

I can't really complain, haven't read it or watched the TV show.

gozunda

Hmmm if Germany is going to make it an offence to disrespect flags - then it better start with Angela Merkel ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kgQF5rvpY0