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@bluecat*dancing wrote:

I object to it,too and am looking forward to it eventually being changed, Once we become a republic, there would be no reason for the Union Jack to remain on the flag.

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Not ever going to happen in your life time as the republic movement is dead as a dodo in Australia

 

So what do you object to our national flag, what dont you like about it and do you consider our flag racist? 

Maybe, maybe not. Being a republic supporter, I would prefer that the Union Jack be removed. I do not like what it represents nor do I consider it to be relevant these days. I do like the Southern Cross  and hope that that stays because, unlike the Union Jack, it does have asthetic appeal and actually is representive of this country. I don't consider the flag to be racist.

A flag is a pievce of cloth bearing an abstract design how can it be racist, sexist or any other kind of "ist".? it is the people who misuse it  to proclaim privilage or superiority over others that are the problem.

 

I also feel the Union Jack is no longer relevant and would like to see it go. I rather like the one designed by Franck Gentil

 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/simoncrerar/alternative-australian-flags-minus-union-jack#147ylfv (scroll down to number 9)

 

Australians faught and died under the Union Jack , right up to the Vietnam war as it was this war that we first faught under our own flag
Lots of good has been done under our current flag, but all that means nothing if you have tunnel vision and can only focus on the bad, the sad part is that in a few time if we were to change the flag the same people would be complaining about all the bad done under the new flag

Canada and South Africa have both managed to change their flags without detroying the patriotism of their citizens.

And, no doubt people will fight and die under a new flag. My grandfather did not fight in WWI because of a flag and would have fought no matter what was on the flag.

What about a dark yellow background with an emu on it with its head stuck in the ground wearing thongs and a tinny under each wing

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@bluecat*dancing wrote:

Failed politicians can be so tedious. It would appear that if you are not a bigot and/or a bogan, you must hate Australia and therefore leave the country.

 

One word in particular comes to mind and that is "propaganda".

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What do you call it when the PM claims Australian made is of lesser quality therefore we need to purchase our submarines OS?

An emu with an identity crisis? It could work.

There was a bit of discussion when we were in Scotland last month about what the Union Jack would look like should the vote go Yes. I wonder what Australia would have done with our flag had the UJ changed?