Scottish flag stickers on cars in Australia - WHY?
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One thing I have noticed recently is the number of Scottish people out in Australia… Now don’t get me wrong, I like the Scottish and Scotland, great place to go and one of the few if not the only places you can go to get a deep fried mars bar after a night out on the town…
But… Recently something has been bothering me slightly… I'm very proud of being English, I might not live in England anymore but that doesn’t stop me being proud. I don’t however feel the need to put a Union Jack or St Georges flag sticker on the back of my car…I do however feel the need for a PH Sticker sitting proudly on there!
Here's my question, why do the majority of Scottish people put a Scotland sticker/flag on the back of their car? They are normally a huge sticker or at least 4 inches long…It seems the only nation that has migrated to Australia to have done it… there is a vast mixed culture in Australia. Lebanese. Irish, Welsh, Greek, Italian but you don’t see those nationalities putting flags on the back of their car, just opening restaurants… so why do the Scottish feel it's necessary…
Maybe its just a Monday morning rant… (Ive nothing against Scotland or Scottish people) but it just seems so odd…
Thoughts???
But… Recently something has been bothering me slightly… I'm very proud of being English, I might not live in England anymore but that doesn’t stop me being proud. I don’t however feel the need to put a Union Jack or St Georges flag sticker on the back of my car…I do however feel the need for a PH Sticker sitting proudly on there!
Here's my question, why do the majority of Scottish people put a Scotland sticker/flag on the back of their car? They are normally a huge sticker or at least 4 inches long…It seems the only nation that has migrated to Australia to have done it… there is a vast mixed culture in Australia. Lebanese. Irish, Welsh, Greek, Italian but you don’t see those nationalities putting flags on the back of their car, just opening restaurants… so why do the Scottish feel it's necessary…
Maybe its just a Monday morning rant… (Ive nothing against Scotland or Scottish people) but it just seems so odd…
Thoughts???
In Australia, surely no one wants to be associated with the English, I thought they were the most hated race in the world for Aussies?
I am a Scot and fiercely proud to be, I have had Ecurie Ecosse badges and saltires on my cars.
Remember that Australia was made up of mostly Celtic criminals, hence Perth and New South Wales.
Its possibly the same reason why I have a German flag on my car, I am proud of my ancestry.
I am a Scot and fiercely proud to be, I have had Ecurie Ecosse badges and saltires on my cars.
Remember that Australia was made up of mostly Celtic criminals, hence Perth and New South Wales.
Its possibly the same reason why I have a German flag on my car, I am proud of my ancestry.
Edited by absolutely on Monday 25th August 02:31
I understand what you are saying but... I don't see the need for it I guess, lets face it, when in England would you be offended if all other nations started to display flags of their country…after all... its Britain, if you don't like it leave (etc etc etc) we have a national identity.
Perhaps I'm just going too native after 3 years here but I would have thought it might offend the Australians... Don't get me wrong, I am proud to be British, I do try hard to assimilate to the Australian culture & way of life and I haven't forgotten my heritage or my own culture but I chose not to live in Blighty.
To come to somewhere like Australia then display the flag of another country (the one that obviously isn't where you want to be) seems a little hypocritical and almost like you want the new place to be like the old place that you left because you didn't like it!
Perhaps I'm just going too native after 3 years here but I would have thought it might offend the Australians... Don't get me wrong, I am proud to be British, I do try hard to assimilate to the Australian culture & way of life and I haven't forgotten my heritage or my own culture but I chose not to live in Blighty.
To come to somewhere like Australia then display the flag of another country (the one that obviously isn't where you want to be) seems a little hypocritical and almost like you want the new place to be like the old place that you left because you didn't like it!
I would rather see someones home flag than those awfull "f
k off we're full!" stickers.
I really do find those ones offensive and find that those that have them tend not to have sufficient grey matter to explain what it means or why they feel the need to have the sticker.
No offence intended to those that might have one of course
k off we're full!" stickers.I really do find those ones offensive and find that those that have them tend not to have sufficient grey matter to explain what it means or why they feel the need to have the sticker.
No offence intended to those that might have one of course
deviant said:
I would rather see someones home flag than those awfull "fk off we're full!" stickers.
I really do find those ones offensive and find that those that have them tend not to have sufficient grey matter to explain what it means or why they feel the need to have the sticker.
No offence intended to those that might have one of course
Agree with you 100%k off we're full!" stickers.I really do find those ones offensive and find that those that have them tend not to have sufficient grey matter to explain what it means or why they feel the need to have the sticker.
No offence intended to those that might have one of course
A neighbour has one (live in a middle class area, only rental on the street etc etc) who is currenlty an unemployed security guard. I wish he would f$%k off and more people like the other neighbours (vietnamese family, one doctor, one accountant) would move in. Decent, lovely people
Really hate pointless racist crap. Could be because I was once beaten up at school for "polluting my bloodline" for going out with an indian chick.
I get slightly less irritated by national flags on cars over here than the overwhelming number of English people i meet in daily life in Melbourne who have a habbit of refering to the entire UK as "England". Not exactly what the correlation between distance from the place and lack of ability to remember the constituent parts of the United Kingdom/Great Britain/The British Isles but there certainly seems to be some.
Was asked the other week "How long had I been out of England for?..." - technically a valid question seeing as we flew out of Heathrow I suppose but still showing a nicely exagerated form of the common or garden Englishman's boorish ignorance that seems to be amplified by distance from the motherland.
Having said that i've seen more Greek flags on cars than I have Scottish ones - you sure you're identifying it for the right country, i mean the Greek flag is very similar to that cold wet Northerly bit of "England" where you go for hunting and fishing and not much else afterall......
Was asked the other week "How long had I been out of England for?..." - technically a valid question seeing as we flew out of Heathrow I suppose but still showing a nicely exagerated form of the common or garden Englishman's boorish ignorance that seems to be amplified by distance from the motherland.
Having said that i've seen more Greek flags on cars than I have Scottish ones - you sure you're identifying it for the right country, i mean the Greek flag is very similar to that cold wet Northerly bit of "England" where you go for hunting and fishing and not much else afterall......
Colonial said:
deviant said:
I would rather see someones home flag than those awfull "fk off we're full!" stickers.
I really do find those ones offensive and find that those that have them tend not to have sufficient grey matter to explain what it means or why they feel the need to have the sticker.
No offence intended to those that might have one of course
Agree with you 100%k off we're full!" stickers.I really do find those ones offensive and find that those that have them tend not to have sufficient grey matter to explain what it means or why they feel the need to have the sticker.
No offence intended to those that might have one of course
'Whats that say dad'.... erm.......
'it's..... oh do you fancy an ice cream' was my reply!!
deviant said:
I would rather see someones home flag than those awfull "fk off we're full!" stickers.
I really do find those ones offensive and find that those that have them tend not to have sufficient grey matter to explain what it means or why they feel the need to have the sticker.
No offence intended to those that might have one of course
That's poor form isn't especially considering Australia's history, haven't seen one my self though. People who I've meet who have an attitude like that tend to be brain dead bogans who mindlessly preach "Australia is the best place in the world everywhere else is rubbish" when i inquire about their travels abroad it is almost without fail that they have never been overseas. This kind of intolerance and ignorance infuriates me to no end. I say this as an Aussie who just yesterday sent off his UK ancestry visa application.k off we're full!" stickers.I really do find those ones offensive and find that those that have them tend not to have sufficient grey matter to explain what it means or why they feel the need to have the sticker.
No offence intended to those that might have one of course
Ta
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