Quote Originally Posted by Sclox View Post
I've thought about this and concluded that if it upsets enough folk don't mess with it.

Some things are sacrosanct but I don't believe this is one. I see the stars and stripes given different colours on sports kits all the time. If it was the actual flag then fk no but its a little tag on the back of a sports shirt. I see no problem.

But I can understand why people don't like it - it could be seen as the thin end of the wedge.
It's a case of death by a thousand cuts.

Slowly discrediting the symbols and emblems of our heritage and identity opens the door to further disassociation.

With a political class both sides, unrecognisable and not representing the majority of tax payers. The Collective history being vilified and slowly erased by the anti-social extremists seeing yet another national symbol being defaced by corporate vandals with EDI agenda has stuck a cord with people who have had enough.

When did we become a nation of 'minority rule'. The silent majority, the hard working men and women who's tax £££s are supposed to be used to benefit them and their families are being cheated across the board.

Sport is the one escape that millions of British people. The pride of our nation to see our teams step out on hallowed turf, sign the nation anthem wearing a shirt emblazoned with our red cross & three lions is one of the last remaining symbols of identity in this modern digital age.

We can not under-estimate what this means.

As a tolerant people, our country is one in which we wish everyone peace, prosperity, health and happiness for friends and family.

We need to protect that. The alternative is the future that Enoch Powell vocalised in his speech on April 20 1968.

No body wants that.

If it was an isolated incident, it could be passed off as a marketing mistake. However, it's not isolated, that's the issue.

That is my take on why so many people are so angry about this.

Just my opinion there is a good chance I'm very wrong but I haven't heard a compelling argument to the contrary.