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| Thread ID: 141922 | 2016-03-24 09:27:00 | How Sad - Never mind | wainuitech (129) | PC World Chat |
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| 1418073 | 2016-03-30 00:33:00 | Not at all. They go well with my worship of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. And they taste better than Spaghetti if dribbling butter......Yum Ken Spaghetti I can take, not dribbling butter after daughter put buns and shucked corn in microwave, awful mess both days. Always thought she believed in the "big bang" theory, but she told me over the weekend, that she always asked the teacher, "who lit the fuse". Marvelous the topics that come up at these times. lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1418074 | 2016-03-30 01:47:00 | The money would not have been used for anything. It just would have stayed in the gov accounts.. Not the point, it has been spent on nothing. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1418075 | 2016-03-30 01:48:00 | That's only 26 centipedes. It is more likely they would have invested it in 4 consultants reports.That would have given 4 opinions, all recommending further reports. Don't get me started on the monopoly twats. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1418076 | 2016-03-30 02:08:00 | Don't know how many CMT chaps on here Ken, but one would have hoped they voted for the Status Quo. If one didn't "stand to" when the New Zealand flag was lowered last thing in the evening, you had the penalty of the "bull ring" to help you not to forget. Glad to see you enjoyed your "hot cross buns", then again that's another bit of b/****. lurking. Yes, "Lest we Forget". And for those who can read this, thank your teacher. For those that are reading it in English, thank our War Veterans. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1418077 | 2016-03-30 02:29:00 | Yes, "Lest we Forget". And for those who can read this, thank your teacher. For those that are reading it in English, thank our War Veterans.I mean no disrespect to our war veterans of any conflict but I suspect I'm going to get flamed for this anyway: People who say we shouldn't change the flag because "we fought for/under it" are being fairly shallow it seems to me. Surely what they actually fought for were the ideals embodied in the flag, not the design on the piece of fabric. There have been at least two (depending on how you count) flags before the current one, and people "fought under" those ones as well, but when the circumstances changed, the flag was changed. There is a groundswell of opinion, but clearly not a majority, that thinks the circumstances have changed again. We are no longer tied to Mother England's apron strings, we got away from that years ago, and some would say that is a good thing. Our orientation these days is firmly towards this part of the world and our flag should reflect that - which is why retaining the Southern Cross was a good idea. The issue of the confusion with Australia's flag is also an issue, but should not be the main driving force for change. I think the vote for change failed because the design offered was seen as somewhat tawdry - the "tea towel" analogy was apt, and the whole process was flawed in many ways. The pity of it is that now no-one will be game to re-visit the issue for many years - probably until the republican debate becomes a reality. Let's hope that when that happens it is dealt with in a much more mature and reasoned way. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1418078 | 2016-03-30 03:37:00 | Meeehhh, over it. Only see the poxy thing flying at sporting events anyway. | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1418079 | 2016-03-30 04:03:00 | I mean no disrespect to our war veterans of any conflict but I suspect I'm going to get flamed for this anyway: People who say we shouldn't change the flag because "we fought for/under it" are being fairly shallow it seems to me. Surely what they actually fought for were the ideals embodied in the flag, not the design on the piece of fabric. There have been at least two (depending on how you count) flags before the current one, and people "fought under" those ones as well, but when the circumstances changed, the flag was changed. There is a groundswell of opinion, but clearly not a majority, that thinks the circumstances have changed again. We are no longer tied to Mother England's apron strings, we got away from that years ago, and some would say that is a good thing. Our orientation these days is firmly towards this part of the world and our flag should reflect that - which is why retaining the Southern Cross was a good idea. The issue of the confusion with Australia's flag is also an issue, but should not be the main driving force for change. I think the vote for change failed because the design offered was seen as somewhat tawdry - the "tea towel" analogy was apt, and the whole process was flawed in many ways. The pity of it is that now no-one will be game to re-visit the issue for many years - probably until the republican debate becomes a reality. Let's hope that when that happens it is dealt with in a much more mature and reasoned way. Make all the excuses you like, but the Referendum was lost by 285,000 votes. The disloyal and ungrateful were soundly beaten. :clap |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1418080 | 2016-03-30 04:05:00 | I would just like to throw a God save the Queen out there. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1418081 | 2016-03-30 04:36:00 | Make all the excuses you like, but the Referendum was lost by 285,000 votes. The disloyal and ungrateful were soundly beaten. :clapAnother case of not reading the post... I acknowledged that the vote was lost. I fail to see how anything I have said makes me (or anyone else who voted for a change) "ungrateful". |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1418082 | 2016-03-30 05:32:00 | Another case of not reading the post... I acknowledged that the vote was lost. I fail to see how anything I have said makes me (or anyone else who voted for a change) "ungrateful". Oh to see ourselves as others see us. :groan: |
B.M. (505) | ||
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