Taxi with tricolours on it - patriotic or something sinister?

gurramok · 31-05-2012 08:52PM #1

On the way home, I spotted a taxi driver's car flying the Irish flag from its side passenger window and aerial. Also the back of the wing mirrors had the tricolour 'painted' on. Just to say, many private cars around have similar decorations as the Euro footie is approaching.

Considering this is happening so soon after the green lights controversy and various "Irish taxi driver" signs on cars, question is...

Do you think this is just a patriotic football fan displaying his loyalty to his national team or do you think the taxi driver is racist?

flutterflye · 31-05-2012 08:54PM

I think that I don't care at all, and don't really see why anybody would.

deisedave · 31-05-2012 08:57PM

gurramok wrote: »

On the way home, I spotted a taxi driver's car flying the Irish flag from its side passenger window and aerial. Also the back of the wing mirrors had the tricolour 'painted' on. Just to say, many private cars around have similar decorations as the Euro footie is approaching.

Considering this is happening so soon after the green lights controversy and various "Irish taxi driver" signs on cars, question is...

Do you think this is just a patriotic football fan displaying his loyalty to his national team or do you think the taxi driver is racist?

Maybe he is displaying that he is Irish, personally I would prefer to give my business to an Irish person and that aint racist every country should look after there own as much as possible before other people.

Aidric · 31-05-2012 08:58PM

Are you sure they weren't Ivory Coast flags?

WIZE · 31-05-2012 08:58PM

why would the taxi driver be racist

Sauve · 31-05-2012 08:59PM

We're in Ireland, it's an Irish flag.
Ffs.

Rega · 31-05-2012 08:59PM

The Euro's are next week.

End of thread.

forfuxsake · 31-05-2012 09:01PM

deisedave wrote: »

Maybe he is displaying that he is Irish, personally I would prefer to give my business to an Irish person and that aint racist every country should look after there own as much as possible before other people.

If every country did that we'd be fúcked

gurramok · 31-05-2012 09:02PM

flutterflye wrote: »

I think that I don't care at all, and don't really see why anybody would.

WIZE wrote: »

why would the taxi driver be racist

Because the taxi regulator(along with politicians) has clamped down on anything a taxi driver tried to visually display via anything green that he was Irish.

Pherekydes · 31-05-2012 09:02PM

OMG, I saw a teacher driving in the gates of a gaelscoil with a small Irish tricolour attached to her car, the racist biatch. :eek:

flutterflye · 31-05-2012 09:03PM

gurramok wrote: »

Because the taxi regulator(along with politicians) has clamped down on anything a taxi driver tried to visually display via anything green that he was Irish.

Why?
It all seems very strange to me.

Sin City · 31-05-2012 09:03PM

I mean youd never see the Americans flying their flag everywhere, hang on a minuite...............

Its for the euros

Mr.Biscuits · 31-05-2012 09:04PM

I bought a head of Lettuce today that was Irish and as I was on my way out of Lidl, another head of Lettuce from Spain called me a racist!

Borderfox · 31-05-2012 09:05PM

Maybe its the Italian flag oh no wait were not up north :-)

le la rat · 31-05-2012 09:06PM

It's problem

forfuxsake · 31-05-2012 09:06PM

Sin City wrote: »

I mean youd never see the Americans flying their flag everywhere, hang on a minuite...............

Its for the euros

I love that Americans hang their flag anywhere and everywhere and that every other building has the flag hanging high. It reminds me of Munchen in the '30s, vhen we ver strong, ya.

Micky Dolenz · 31-05-2012 09:07PM

Non story.

mikemac1 · 31-05-2012 09:07PM

The people who claim to most opposed to racism are the same people who see it everywhere and won't shut up about it

smash · 31-05-2012 09:07PM

At least when foreign taxi drivers are moaning you can't understand them.

biko · 31-05-2012 09:08PM

Ok, it's been two weeks since the last thread.

WIZE · 31-05-2012 09:08PM

gurramok wrote: »

Because the taxi regulator(along with politicians) has clamped down on anything a taxi driver tried to visually display via anything green that he was Irish.

it still doesn't make the taxi driver racist to saying he's Irish

it would be a passenger choosing and Irish taxi driver over someone else that could be discriminating

gurramok · 31-05-2012 09:09PM

flutterflye wrote: »

Why?
It all seems very strange to me.

This is why. I fully disagree with him by the way.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0515/taxi-drivers-reject-claim-green-lights-are-racist.html

rte wrote:

Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar said that he had only become aware of the practice, but had seen stickers on taxis to the same effect. He said his personal view was that it was wrong.
"I've only heard about this in recent days. The green light does not form part of the official sign, so it's not permitted, and the green lights do have to be removed.
"I have seen stickers on taxis, informing people that the taxi is 'Irish', so presumably they're trying to inform people that the driver is Irish. I think it's inherently racist and I think it's inherently xenophobic."

Archimedes · 31-05-2012 09:10PM

I don't see why you have to have a specific reason to be patriotic... I think it's a good thing that people are proud of our country.

Pantsface · 31-05-2012 09:10PM

God love him. He's probably just excited for the Euros next week & showing his support.

People have precious little to be concerned about these days, ff sakes

Sauve · 31-05-2012 09:11PM

smash wrote: »

At least when foreign taxi drivers are moaning you can't understand them.

:pac:
Tee hee hee

Pantsface · 31-05-2012 09:12PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

The people who claim to most opposed to racism are the same people who see it everywhere and won't shut up about it

spot on

Lynchy747 · 31-05-2012 09:12PM

gurramok wrote: »

flutterflye wrote: »

I think that I don't care at all, and don't really see why anybody would.

WIZE wrote: »

why would the taxi driver be racist

Because the taxi regulator(along with politicians) has clamped down on anything a taxi driver tried to visually display via anything green that he was Irish.

Incorrect, the scandal is due to green hunger lights. These are lights which are attached to the roof signs of taxis. The regulation states that the roof sign must not be tampered with except for phone numbers being printed thereon. There is also regulations restricting advertising on the car itself.

We fought for our freedom, and I can see dead politicians turning in their graves because of this. So what if its saying I'm Irish, there is nothing stopping a foreign national (or illegal immigrant) displaying a flag on their car? So what's the problem?

mikemac1 · 31-05-2012 09:12PM

Leo Varadkar is a dope

He's like the man down the pub who has a smart comment for every situation even when he doesn't understand what is being talked about

Pushtrak · 31-05-2012 09:12PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

OMG, I saw a teacher driving in the gates of a gaelscoil with a small Irish tricolour attached to her car, the racist biatch. :eek:

Really? You are going to conflate taxi/taxi drivers to this?

gurramok wrote: »

This is why. I fully disagree with him by the way.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0515/taxi-drivers-reject-claim-green-lights-are-racist.html

I would suggest it attracts racists/xenophobes and can be used by racists/xenophobes. Rather than inherently being racist/xenophobic, I mean.

I expect this thread will have a lot of "I'm not racist but..." types.

Duckworth_Luas · 31-05-2012 09:13PM

My next door neighbour had a Dublin flag flying outside his house for a month after last years All-Ireland victory. Well so he claimed when the cops dragged him away for being the head of the Anto Culchie League.

flutterflye · 31-05-2012 09:16PM

gurramok wrote: »

This is why. I fully disagree with him by the way.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0515/taxi-drivers-reject-claim-green-lights-are-racist.html

Yeah, that's just stupid - all of it.
Why would someone even think like that?

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