This flag represents my heritage!

chrisinhouston · 06-23-2015, 03:18 PM

You can't stop me from flying my flag, it is my heritage! My great great great great great great great great grandfather (yes that's my 8X grandfather), Captain William Shaw fought at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and was rewarded after the battle with forfeited lands in County Killkenny!

So from now on I am going to fly my flag!

Gravdigr · 06-23-2015, 04:27 PM

Here's mine:

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Sundae · 06-23-2015, 04:46 PM

What are you going to do with your flag?!

NSFW - swear words.

BigV · 06-23-2015, 09:55 PM

My flag:

Crimson Ghost · 06-25-2015, 12:28 AM

Ok, Riff Raff.

glatt · 06-25-2015, 07:27 AM

is that the Joe vs. the Volcano lightning bolt?

BigV · 06-25-2015, 12:27 PM

Nope, Crimson Ghost is on target. Riff Raff, Magenta, *and* Frank N. Furter are all from the planet Transsexual, in the distant galaxy of Transylvania. This is their flag, too.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-26-2015, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

You can't stop me from flying my flag, it is my heritage! My great great great great great great great great grandfather (yes that's my 8X grandfather), Captain William Shaw fought at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and was rewarded after the battle with forfeited lands in County Killkenny!

So from now on I am going to fly my flag!

Dutch, French, and English, fuck the Irish again.

Griff · 06-26-2015, 06:41 AM

I'm not a big flag guy. Our tiny little ape brains are too easily turned off in the presence of powerful symbols.

Crimson Ghost · 06-27-2015, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I'm not a big flag guy. Our tiny little ape brains are too easily turned off in the presence of powerful symbols.

They have pills for that.

Griff · 06-27-2015, 07:52 AM

The miracles of modern medicine.

Happy Monkey · 06-27-2015, 11:00 AM

chrisinhouston · 06-27-2015, 11:05 AM

I saw this one this morning. Someone needs to just bring out a welding torch and cut down the pole.

When I moved to Georgia in 1967 I can remember that when they showed 16mm films in class (no videotape then) every movie from the Georgia dept of education started out with a band playing Dixie and the rebel flag waving in the wind. We also didn't get Memorial Day off from school but got Confederate Memorial Day. I graduated high school in 1974 and we had a bit over 700 kids in our class and only one was black. I never knew his name as he was just called Bosco.

I also remember when Martin Luther King was shot, I think I was in 7th grade. Governor Lestor Maddox didn't attend the funeral of Dr. King and we had a discussion about it in class. I remember one kid who still lived on a small farm not far from school saying "a white man don't go to a nigger's funeral."

sexobon · 06-27-2015, 11:32 AM

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A flag of this design flew in front of my unit headquarters (HQ) right under the American flag for a short period of time. The best translation, interpretation really, I found online is:

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... As a French speaking Canadian I am able to ''translate'' the signification of ''nous defions''. This is hard to explain, but this is a mix of ''we dare", "we threaten", "we defy". This is not just daring, but also defy and challenging everything. "Nous defions" sounds like an arrogant challenge to everybody and everything. ...

The flag was flown by the Special Forces unit given the US counterterrorism mission in the late '70s until another organization dedicated to that purpose, Delta Force, could be formed up and become operational. The flag was being flown by a unit commanded by a Colonel. It drew the ire of the Commanding General (CG) of the 1st Special Operations Command which was the next higher HQ. The CG was hard pressed to tell his subordinate Commander to remove it on a whim. The priority on the Colonel's mission gave him considerable influence with the CG's superiors. Where there's a will; however, there's a way...

So the CG found an Army regulation that says subordinate units may not fly their flags higher than their next higher HQ's. The spirit of the regulation was intended to mean that subordinate units would not fly their flags on taller flagpoles than their next higher HQ as a matter of protocol. The CG used the letter of the regulation to force the Colonel to take down his flags including the American flag; because, the subordinate unit's HQ was uphill [on higher elevation terrain] than the CG's HQ. The difference in elevation was enough that the Colonel would have to had dug a ditch to fly his flags, which would be another violation of regulation.

After Delta Force became operational, the Special Forces counterterrorism element became the model for their Special Operations and Tactics (SOT) course [kinda like civilian SWAT] and the logo is still popular on patches and t-shirts. Hope you enjoyed the story. I was there to see it during the week or two that Nous Défions actually flew in garrison (in addition to the remote training site). Between the thread title and my turning 60 in a couple days, I was reminiscing. [/true story ...]

chrisinhouston · 06-27-2015, 12:38 PM

I have a friend who has a beach house down in Galveston and always hoists the nautical Delta flag when cocktail hour starts.

I am maneuvering with difficulty

06-23-2015, 03:18 PM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	This flag represents my heritage! You can't stop me from flying my flag, it is my heritage! My great great great great great great great great grandfather (yes that's my 8X grandfather), Captain William Shaw fought at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and was rewarded after the battle with forfeited lands in County Killkenny! So from now on I am going to fly my flag! Attached Images

06-23-2015, 04:27 PM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Here's mine: __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	What are you going to do with your flag?! NSFW - swear words. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-23-2015, 09:55 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	My flag: __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-25-2015, 12:28 AM	#5
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Ok, Riff Raff. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

06-25-2015, 07:27 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	is that the Joe vs. the Volcano lightning bolt?

06-25-2015, 12:27 PM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Nope, Crimson Ghost is on target. Riff Raff, Magenta, and Frank N. Furter are all from the planet Transsexual, in the distant galaxy of Transylvania. This is their flag, too. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-26-2015, 06:41 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm not a big flag guy. Our tiny little ape brains are too easily turned off in the presence of powerful symbols. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-27-2015, 07:52 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The miracles of modern medicine. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-27-2015, 11:00 AM	#12
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06-27-2015, 11:05 AM	#13
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I saw this one this morning. Someone needs to just bring out a welding torch and cut down the pole. When I moved to Georgia in 1967 I can remember that when they showed 16mm films in class (no videotape then) every movie from the Georgia dept of education started out with a band playing Dixie and the rebel flag waving in the wind. We also didn't get Memorial Day off from school but got Confederate Memorial Day. I graduated high school in 1974 and we had a bit over 700 kids in our class and only one was black. I never knew his name as he was just called Bosco. I also remember when Martin Luther King was shot, I think I was in 7th grade. Governor Lestor Maddox didn't attend the funeral of Dr. King and we had a discussion about it in class. I remember one kid who still lived on a small farm not far from school saying "a white man don't go to a nigger's funeral."

06-27-2015, 12:38 PM	#15
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I have a friend who has a beach house down in Galveston and always hoists the nautical Delta flag when cocktail hour starts. I am maneuvering with difficulty Attached Images

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