The Flags/Heraldy/National Symbols Thread

[Strike Witch]

[Wings of Fire]

Oh shut up.

[JennyGenesis]

[CrissCross]

im from the wallace clan so

[STM]

What Wallace clan emblem is that? I'm from the Wallace clan and we have the sword and arm 'Pro Libertate' CoA.

[JennyGenesis]

Wallace Clan?

Now I'm probably going to look stupid for saying that

[CrissCross]

descendants from sir william wallace, havent you seen braveheart :P

[STM]

We were displaced through the United Kingdom and no longer have any land to our name, besides the Wallace monument and Castle.

CC, have you seen this before This is what I thought was our only emblem...

[JennyGenesis]

havent you seen braveheart :P

No I haven't.

[CrissCross]

aah yes! that is the emblem i was looking for :P i never knew i would find a fellow wallace clan person thing...ian that's awesome

and jenny seriously rent it out it's a really good movie (even though mal gibson's creepy)

[STM]

It's good to see another clansman yes! Have you ever been to Scotland to see our foundation? It's really worth the trip, if not for the house or monument then for the stunning views! And the people their are so welcoming of returning family.

Hmm, some point definably in the last 1700 years we had a common ancestor...I'll leave you to decide if this is a good thing.

[Wings of Fire]

Ahahahaha

The William Wallace monument. The one that looks like Mel Gibson. Wielding a totally anachronistic ball and chain.

Have fun with the Hollywood fictionalization of your country's history Alex Salmund, it's reflected nicely in the Mel Gibson quotes you spew.

[CrissCross]

i would like to go see scottland, one of my old teacher's went there and said it was beautiful (although i dont know much of my family down there)

[STM]

Wings, I mean the proper monument, the big old tower, I am not interesting in the fictionalisation of a national hero. The fact that they wore tartans into battle was stupid enough...they wore trews for goodness sake. Stupid Hollywood idiots.

And I've never said a Mel Gibson comment, unless you include that I shout FREEEEEDDDDOOOMMMMM! whenever I wake up.

[Wings of Fire]

Lets not forget the battle of Stirling Bridge

[STM]

Haha quite, and the number of casualties...and the fact that they hat bloody kitchen pipes instead of bagpipes, and that William Wallace had sex before marriage...in fact I don't think he was ever even engaged.

EDIT: I love how I got neg-rep for taking the piss out of the American flag, isn't that just the perfect epitomisation of your typical indoctrinated American?

[MeechMunchie]

I think they should have all the stars colliding with each other and blowing up. That would be more accurate.

[STM]

Lot's of blue stars blowing up other blue stars, or baby stars/ women and old stars.

[Manco]

i would like to go see scottland, one of my old teacher's went there and said it was beautiful (although i dont know much of my family down there)

It's wet and miserable, don't bother.

[Wings of Fire]

It seems to be really beautiful around the end of April though, without fail for three years.

Then when the exams finish in May it gets very shitty.

[STM]

It was nice in July for me, July and August, especially in the highlands.

[mr.odd]

EDIT: I love how I got neg-rep for taking the piss out of the American flag, isn't that just the perfect epitomisation of your typical indoctrinated American?

I won't name the dirty wanker but he neg repped me and said something like, fucking hilarious, it's in the flags and heraldry topic, not even my wittiest remark.

All right i'll man up an come out say it was me. I realize i was being overly sensitive when I did that, but in my defense i was in an irritable mood yesterday. Plus i get pretty sick of hearing how it's such an unforgivable sin for Americans to love there country and its flag. Now Im not one of those guys who would walk around waving the flag in the streets for times like the whole bin laden thing. But I do give it my full respect like any other American. So yes, I do get offended easily when people talk shit about our flag. I now realize you guys were probably just kidding around (it least i hope you were) And I probably just proved your point about how "obsessed" some of us can get.

So i apologies to STM and JG for the Neg-rep. It was a pretty childish thing to do and i hope you didn't take it personnel. If anything you probably laughed about how I just proved the stereotype.

[STM]

Lol don't worry, just thought it was funny who you can get so angry for someone joking about *a flag*.

[Bullet Magnet]

People actually say it's bad to be patriotic in America? I've only ever heard the opposite.

[OANST]

I think he is referring to the fact that stupid cunts on the internet (most people here included) seem to think that America is the great evil, and make constant comments to that end. It is mighty wearisome. It wouldn't be so bad if it were constant comments about our government, but the fucking idiocy of you people and your incessant hateful blabbering about Americans in general gets to be as irritating as it is stupid. Especially since so many of you owe so much of your modern culture to this country.

[mr.odd]

Lol don't worry, just thought it was funny who you can get so angry for someone joking about *a flag*.

That's the thing though, it didn't seem like a joke to me at the time. It's hard to tell sometimes when people are either kidding or just being down right rude.

And I agree with OANST. Alot of people seem to have this image of America that the majority of the population is stupid, fat, and lazy and if you come here you have a good chance of being shot by a random citizen, like it's the old west or somthing. I try not to let the comments get under my skin, but sometimes they go way to far.

[Disgruntled Intern]

I think he is referring to the fact that stupid cunts on the internet (most people here included) seem to think that America is the great evil, and make constant comments to that end. It is mighty wearisome. It wouldn't be so bad if it were constant comments about our government, but the fucking idiocy of you people and your incessant hateful blabbering about Americans in general gets to be as irritating as it is stupid. Especially since so many of you owe so much of your modern culture to this country.

We do the same thing with other cultures/countries. People from France are lazy cowards. People from England are snobs with horrible teeth. Everyone from Australia is the crocodile hunter. Mexicans are lazy. Everyone in Africa has AIDS. Stop fucking whining. All you do is whine.

And I agree with OANST. Alot of people seem to have this image of America that the majority of the population is stupid, fat, and lazy and if you come here you have a good chance of being shot by a random citizen, like it's the old west or somthing. I try not to let the comments get under my skin, but sometimes they go way to far.

The majority of our population is fat, stupid and lazy. As far as being randomly shot, I guess that just depends on where you go. But the same can be said of just about any place.

[OANST]

We do the same thing with other cultures/countries. People from France are lazy cowards. People from England are snobs with horrible teeth. Everyone from Australia is the crocodile hunter. Mexicans are lazy. Everyone in Africa has AIDS. Stop fucking whining. All you do is whine.

I agree that that there are stereotypes of every culture, but no single stereotype is harped on so incessantly, or taken so seriously as that of the stupid, cultureless American.

Or maybe I just read too many of Havoc's posts.

[Disgruntled Intern]

I agree that that there are stereotypes of every culture, but no single stereotype is harped on so incessantly, or taken so seriously as that of the stupid, cultureless American.

Or maybe I just read too many of Havoc's posts.

You work in sales. You know the deal. People will tell three people about a negative experience versus telling one person about one that was positive. I think it's the exact same thing with cultures, ours in particular. You get some loud mouthed jackass from south Texas in France on business, and of course the waiter he offends is going to tell several of his friends about the 'big dumb loud' American that pissed him off at work that day. As for the quiet couple who took three years of French in college and keep their shit in check? Well, what is there to talk about, exactly?

And then you have our television programs/modern broadcasting content which seems to be nothing but reality television showcasing the rich and delightfully dim-witted, sitcoms featuring oversexed and mentally/socially inept yet decent looking people finding their way in life, and, of course, FOX fucking news. What would you think, if you found yourself on the outside looking in?

[OANST]

The problem with that is that every country has their fair share of this shit. I don't judge British culture based on The Daily Mail or Big Brother.