On 19/04/2011 05:01 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/19/2011 8:31, Invisible wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Confederate_Rebel_Flag.svg
>
> Being in the USA, it boggles my mind that anyone wouldn't know what this
> flag is. But then, thinking on it, there's no reason anyone outside the
> USA should really know what this is.

More to the point, what the heck is an American flag doing on the wall 
of a pub somewhere in a village just outside Northampton?

>> This still leaves the question "WTF is this flag doing on dance fliers?",
>> but you really can't Google that...
>
> Some people are still proud of the fact that their ancestors fought to
> the last breath to keep slaves, and many feel they never should have
> lost in the first place.

I suspect if people thought that's what it really stands for, they 
wouldn't have put it on that wall...

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