Red Arrows Banned from 2012 Olympics

Invader_Xan · Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 540 Location: In Space

WTF!?

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Tue 25th Sep, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject:

Damn.
I love the red arrows.
They show a spectacular demonstration of modern engineering, physics and prettiness.
They may be RAF aircraft but the things they do nowadays, although affiliated with the RAF, are more for show.

What else awesome does Britain have to offer?

I wish people would WAIT FOR A COMPLAINT before changing something for PC-ness.

I.E. I bet no epileptic EVER complained about the usage of the phrase 'brainstorm'.

People are too paranoid.

Felixwah · Posted: Tue 25th Sep, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject:

for me i am proud to be british as are most british people for many reasons but seriously am losing faith in it and i have wanted out for a long time (to oz) hence why i started engineering.

It is stuff like this that disapoints me in what sort of irrational reasoning do they believe the red arrows to be too british. Will other countries not be offended by our flag? is that to go next.

secondly i now feel like a minority i feel britain is now catering for foriegners more than its own people which takes the pizzle!

could rant more but dont want to offend.

home time see you cats 2morrow Smile

Daedra · Posted: Tue 25th Sep, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject:

Well, They say their taking the Scottish elements of the British Flag away if they declare themselves separate from Britain lol.
But that's just a rumor really.

Well I'm proud of my country, but I do feel slightly less proud of it lately. Especially if they remove the right for the Red Arrows, our countries finest, to fly, I mean you don't see other countries removing everything that makes them who they are at the end of the day.

Oh god I can see this turning into a flaming Britain thread soon lol.

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Tue 25th Sep, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

I'm proud of Britain. Some things are a bit wrong though. I also dont think the media help things when they blow stuff out of proportion.

I was reading a 'Letters' page in a paper the other day and I could just tell that one came from a completely media-brainwashed individual ranting about how 'Whites are now a minority in England' - which is a huge lie.

She was ranting about how 'England should have it's OWN anthem, not just GSTQ which is for all of Britain!'

What surprised me more was that the paper even published it.

(For anyone who hasn't got my angle - England DOES have its own anthem.)

Daedra · Posted: Tue 25th Sep, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject:

I agree with J, because of the media a lot of people would think that English people are outnumbered by other Ethnicities.

I mean this is only one example and not enough to base an argument on; looking at London today, it is crammed packed full of different ethnicities. Then they get blamed for a lot of crime when it is just blown out of proportion.

Just because that's happened in London it doesn't statistically mean that everywhere in Britain is exactly the same.

Invader_Xan · Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 540 Location: In Space

Frankly, the thing I hate the most about the whole Olympic fiasco is that logo. I mean, what the hell? It's one of the ugliest things I've ever seen.

Shockingly bad reflection on us graphic designers, IMHO...

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Tue 25th Sep, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject:

precisely. people think that because britain has a lot of people in it that we can generalise, but london has a very unique culture and you cant generalise that.

haha it is a terrible design.

Daedra · Posted: Tue 25th Sep, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

Lol, Xan, we should come up with a new and better logo.

Then graffiti it En Masse onto the Olympic stadium!!

Yeah what is up with that logo anyways man? Do you think that is literally the best their superior group of GFX Designers could come up with?

I've seen better logos used for photoshop tutorials!

Xshadow · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 65 Location: Essex/ England

The Red Arrows too british?
Thats just absurd.

I too am proud to be English/British,it's starting to lose the plot lately but hopefully we'll sort it out.

Daedra · Posted: Wed 26th Sep, 2007 8:12 am Post subject:

Well, Britains been losing the plot ever since we lost quarter of the globe when we owned it lol!!
Nah just Joshing, but yeah i think in one or two areas Britain could buck its ideas up a bit.

What annoys you all about Britain today?

Felixwah · Posted: Wed 26th Sep, 2007 8:44 am Post subject:

ok maybe we aint a minority but, me and our lisa were homeless when she was pregnant non the less, she had been on the list for a council house since she was 15 and had plenty of points (it works on a points system for those who dont know its like 1 point a month and you need loads to get a house) we still havent got one luckily our families helped us out but it was still a very stressful time in our life because foreigners were given priority! There are is also a 'polish' shop near us that when it opened had the sign 'no english allowed' im not joking they did take it down after a week or so also the local morrissons warehouse no longer takes on new BRITISH employee's.

My point being that i do not have a problem with them living here that is there choice but it is when the government gives priority to others instead of looking after there own.

raaa im riled

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Wed 26th Sep, 2007 8:46 am Post subject:

that IS bad O_O

You'd think putting up a shop IN ENGLAND they'd feel obliged to allow british folk in.

Felixwah · Posted: Wed 26th Sep, 2007 8:46 am Post subject:

and also to learn the language grrr

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