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2007-07-22 Britain

St. George Cross Is Racist, Skull And Crossbones Okay

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-22 16:31|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 want ot bet if it was green with a yellow crescent it would have been ok too?

Posted by Abu do you love 2007-07-22 17:47|| 2007-07-22 17:47|| Front Page Top

#2 So, a black immigrant who wishes to show loyalty to his adopted country by displaying its flag is racist?

The flag of England is racist?

I think the Pendle town council needs to get out of England...

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-22 17:50|| 2007-07-22 17:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Teams and groups I agree, because the yobs like to fight about it. Even other countries, for the same reason. But the flag to which the citizens owe allegiance? Someone should be flogged round the flagpole, and not the patriotic dustman.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-22 18:02|| 2007-07-22 18:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Ironically the St George's Cross is used proudly by non-English people

This is the Presidential color of the Indian Navy. At the center of the St George's cross is the official emblem of India, the Lion Capital of the Emperor Asoka (232 BC). The top left is the flag of the Indian republic with the Asoka Chakra
(the Buddhist wheel of Dharma)

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-22 18:59|| 2007-07-22 18:59|| Front Page Top

#5 And the golden, walking elephant in the bottom right quadrant, facing left, John Frumm? What does that represent?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-22 21:46|| 2007-07-22 21:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Bet they don't allow this in British schools anymore:

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,

This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,

This other Eden, demi-paradise,

This fortress built by Nature for herself

Against infection and the hand of war,

This happy breed of men, this little world,

This precious stone set in the silver sea,

Which serves it in the office of a wall,

Or as a moat defensive to a house,

Against the envy of less happier lands,

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England

Posted by DMFD 2007-07-22 21:51|| 2007-07-22 21:51|| Front Page Top

#7 The gold elephant emblem is from the president's personal standard

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-22 22:51|| 2007-07-22 22:51|| Front Page Top

#8 The elephant on the presidential standard

originally comes from the Ajanta cave frescos (2nd century BC to 7th century AD)

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-22 23:11|| 2007-07-22 23:11|| Front Page Top

#9 cooooool pix, JF

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-07-22 23:34|| 2007-07-22 23:34|| Front Page Top

#10 The Lion Capital (erected 250 BC) at Sarnath (where Buddha preached his first sermon)

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-22 23:34|| 2007-07-22 23:34|| Front Page Top

#11 One at Varanasi

Ons of Asoka's rock edicts

Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, has caused this Dhamma edict to be written. Here (in my domain) no living beings are to be slaughtered or offered in sacrifice. Nor should festivals be held, for Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, sees much to object to in such festivals, although there are some festivals that Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, does approve of.

Formerly, in the kitchen of Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, hundreds of thousands of animals were killed every day to make curry. But now with the writing of this Dhamma edict only three creatures, two peacocks and a deer are killed, and the deer not always. And in time, not even these three creatures will be killed.

Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, conquered the Kalingas eight years after his coronation. One hundred and fifty thousand were deported, one hundred thousand were killed and many more died (from other causes). After the Kalingas had been conquered, Beloved-of-the-Gods came to feel a strong inclination towards the Dhamma, a love for the Dhamma and for instruction in Dhamma. Now Beloved-of-the-Gods feels deep remorse for having conquered the Kalingas.
I have had this Dhamma edict written so that my sons and great-grandsons may not consider making new conquests, or that if military conquests are made, that they be done with forbearance and light punishment, or better still, that they consider making conquest by Dhamma only, for that bears fruit in this world and the next. May all their intense devotion be given to this which has a result in this world and the next.

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-22 23:42|| 2007-07-22 23:42|| Front Page Top

#12 If you look at the NASA earth lights map, the Indian state of Orissa (Kalinga) is darker than most of India. Two thousand years after Asoka razed the place they have never recovered....

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-22 23:49|| 2007-07-22 23:49|| Front Page Top

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