josephbloggs

That's the extent of your argument is it? That I have referred to cloth flags and nylon flags. Flags are made of many different materials, it doesn't change the fact that worshipping them is childish and pointless, they are just inanimate objects.

Absolute nonsense. I really do wonder where you get your information from. Actually, no I don't - it is obvious.

They are not given free iPhones. Please stop spreading this myth.

Ah yes, of course. "I'm not getting in that dinhgy, it's dangerous and that's the world's busiest shipping lane, no way - people drown!!" "But you might get entry to various historical sites" "Ok, I'm in!"

Ah, I think now I understand your posts in the Israel threads!

Correct, it is only cloth. Couldn't care less. If you attack gay people or their rights that's another issue, but do what you like to some nylon. Everyone should have the right to symbolic protest, as long as it doesn't infringe upon anyone's rights.

No, they did not die for a flag. They died protecting the country from invasion. Do you not see the difference? A flag is a bit of cloth, nothing more, nothing less, no one has died for a flag. No one would go to war over a flag. It is a bit of cloth, do what you like with it. What is your weird obsession over it? What about patriots wearing it on their shoes that trample on dirty pavements, mud and puddles, and maybe a bit of dog poo here and there? What about patriots wearing it where it touches their dirty arses, possibly getting skidmarks on it? A year in prison for them now?

It's a bit of cloth. Your obsession with it is seen as pathetic and ridiculous by the rest of world. Sadly we have morons (and racists) in the UK trying to emulate you, I hope they do not succeed.

No, burning it is now a criminal offence anywhere, nothing to do with your imagined "burning ban" areas. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/prosecuting-burning-of-the-american-flag/

Ok, bigot then. Better? I said that England is full of Brits, you posted a picture of Muslims and said "count them", implying England is not full of Brits but Muslims (who are mostly British by the way). Bigotted if I am being kind, racist and disgusting if I am being honest. And the picture you chose to show that England isn't full of Brits is actually a picture of 130 mostly British Muslim Imams denouncing the Manchester and London attackers and refusing to give them Muslim burials and denouncing them, and calling on all Imams to do the same, even though it goes against their religion. Open hearted, progressive, and intelligent - everything you are not, Gottfrid Pickering.

Eh??? It's a bit of cloth, it is not important. And if you want to set fire to a bit of cloth that is your own right, constitutionally protected free speech under the first amendment. Well, it used to be. See Texas vs Gregory Lee Johnson. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/491/397#:~:text=The court first found that,a symbol of national unity. You're welcome. MAGA!!

President Trump, doing the big things!! A year in prison for burning a bit of cloth. MAGA!! And that rambling nonsense, he is losing it: "They don't know why they do it, when you ask them say 'I don't know, I was given money to do this'". "I think our nation now is the most respected nation anywhere in the world by far." "You see that in Europe and NATO where they respect your president, they call me the President of Europe". And then the sycophants around him, "Thank you sir for keeping D.C. safe". Have some dignity, please. It is hilarious to watch, but also a little sad. And to all the MAGA's (@ThreeCardMonte?), you don't care about freedom of speech or freedom of expression any more?

Ah, perfect. So not only are you a Ronnie Pickering hard man internet wannabe but you're also a racist. You keep winning.

Where the heck do you get "leftists" from? Some people disagreed with his aggressive driving, some didn't. What have political leanings got to do with this? You're obsessed.

Oh dear. You don't understand irony do you? It's ok, not many of you do.

It's a bit of cloth.

It's a bit of cloth. Americans are ridiculous with their attachment to cloth.

That picture hardly describes all budgets to be fair. It's a really really low budget, and a pretty low budget.

Jesus, even for AN this is getting pathetic. @lordgrinz just take your video to the police and see what they say. That will end this ridiculous thread. Either they'll agree with you, track him down, flog him, and deport him, they'll agree with him that you were the aggressor (you weren't apart from in your driving style), or - 99.999999999% likely they'll say this is a massive nothing burger, you were both being idiots, now get out of the police station and get on with your life. Please do it.

This sounds odd. I don't think you can just decide to change a name like that. No, you cannot do a visa. You daughter is a UK citizen and a UK citizen cannot enter the UK on a foreign visa. I know this because one year I was renewing my son's UK passport and it was taking weeks (I think 11 weeks in the end) and it was getting to be very touch and go, so I thought I would just get him a UK visa on his Thai passport as a backup. I looked in to it and was told in no uncertain terms this is not possible. A UK citizen cannot legally enter the UK on a foreign passport. You could chance it and not tell anyone and just pretend she is Thai but this is very risky, especially as you are entering with her as a UK citizen, it would definitely be flagged. I am sure you would get in eventually but it could be stressful. ***Disclaimer, I am not an expert on this, you need to talk to someone who is. I am only going by what I was told when I considered it for my son. You have until April, plenty of time to do what you need to do, but I would say drop the idea of her entering on a Thai passport.

If someone asks "What Is Aseannow like?" you can tell them this thread typifies the entire place. We have: A guy posting a video clearly looking for validation in an echo chamber ("oooh, you were hard done by, we all agree you must go to the police immediately") many people disagreeing and the OP getting belligerent as he isn't getting the validation he hoped for tons of pointless bickering way beyond the point where it even means anything the usual pedantry by our usual pedant some classic internet hard man comments someone bringing up a gripe from another thread (about pizzas, wtf?) circular logic - nothing achieved people giving out absolutely terrible - and potentially dangerous - advice All that's missing is someone whinging about a thumbs down emoji. I think someone should make a poll and let that be the end of it.

Well it was in England which is mostly full of Brits so what did you expect?

Leave it out, please. We all know President Trump has the straightest walk in the history of walking! Nobody knows more about straight walking than him, he even went to see a straight walking expert who asked him how he did it as he's never seen anyone walk that straight in his professional career. To be honest that video didn't really show much, nothing like the Putin red carpet wobble.

I really like the way it looks, but what's in interior like? Is it cheap and plasticky? Basic?

No it doesn't. Out of the 14,000 (and the figures were very similar under the Tories before anyone invented the "two tier" fantasy), how many resulted in convictions? And how many convictions led to custodial sentences? No one has been thrown in jail for pointing out grooming gangs. And you know it, you just either want to be obtuse, or you live in a fantasy land.