Please sign a petition to make burning UK flags a crime.

megatron · 19 Nov 2017 at 13:58

https://www.change.org/p/9752408/u/22036165

Uther · 19 Nov 2017 at 14:04

Not really a thread for SC. Rather hilariously the one who started the petition seems to live in Thailand.

cheesyboy · 19 Nov 2017 at 14:15

I really don't think there's any good reason for that to be a crime.

Uther · 19 Nov 2017 at 14:19

cheesyboy said:
I really don't think there's any good reason for that to be a crime.

Nope, we're not American, and anyway I quite like burning them on occasion.

TJM · 19 Nov 2017 at 14:31

What problem is this supposed to address? Please be specific.

G-MAN2004 · 19 Nov 2017 at 14:53

I signed it simply because I know it'd make some idiots angry if such a law existed and that's good enough for me.

Kenai · 19 Nov 2017 at 14:54

This seems remarkably pointless, we're hardly in the middle of a flag burning epidemic

Raikiri · 19 Nov 2017 at 14:56

If we had voted to stay in the EU they would all be flame retardant anyway.

Gogl · 19 Nov 2017 at 14:58

I propose a hefty flag tax, that way flag wavers will have to be really patriotic before buying them on the one hand and we'll be depleting the coffers of fundamentalist flag burning groups on the other. Unless they burn people instead, that may not be so good.

Steeps · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:00

If burning a flag is such an issue why do they create flag napkins that allow the user to smother it in grease from a burger and blow their nose in... can I dispose of that on an incinerator or does it have to go to landfill?

Ayahuasca · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:03

G-MAN2004 said:
I signed it simply because I know it'd make some idiots angry if such a law existed and that's good enough for me.

It's this kind of mindset that is ruining the country, so many people out there doing things simply to anger others and get a reaction instead of focusing on their own life and things that will make a difference. I was quite similar at one point and it took a hell of a lot of introspection to realise all that type of behaviour is really doing is making your own life even more insufferable.

robfosters · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:05

I won’t sign that but I would sign one that makes the flying of the IS flag illegal as many are still brazenly doing it.

Hades · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:06

I'm not sure what this problem fixes? I'm very patriotic but equally believe in freedom of speech.

ADT · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:10

Steeps said:
If burning a flag is such an issue why do they create flag napkins that allow the user to smother it in grease from a burger and blow their nose in... can I dispose of that on an incinerator or does it have to go to landfill?

Or doormats /flip flops with the flag on it.

Puzzled · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:11

Raikiri said:
If we had voted to stay in the EU they would all be flame retardant anyway.

Genius, why make laws when we can just make our flag indestructible!

Uther · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:12

(Disclaimer: flags made in China)

RDM · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:25

megatron said:
https://www.change.org/p/9752408/u/22036165

Would you like to explain why this restriction should be put in place? As protests go, burning your own flag is fairly harmless.

LOAM · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:26

How else will I keep warm in the winter?

NoobCannon · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:34

I used to have a union jack bog seat in my batchelor days. What about them?

FoxEye · 19 Nov 2017 at 15:36

LOAM said:
How else will I keep warm in the winter?

Burn some dirty foreign flags?