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Southern Discomfort
An official with Winchester, England is complaining because it’s sister city in Virginia has an image of the Confederate flag on its state seal, reports the Winchester Star.
The councilman in Winchester says the image on the seal of Winchester, Virginia “celebrates slavery” and he wants it changed.
“I’ve always been disturbed by the Stars and Bars up there,” said City Councilor Ray Love, a Liberal Democrat on the English board, adding that the seal from Winchester, Va., hangs on a wall where his council meets.
“We trade with the town of Giessen, in Germany. I find it as offensive to have the Stars and Bars as if they had a swastika on their coat of arms,” Love said.
Though Love has not proposed severing his city’s relationship with its American counterpart, the issue threatens to open a rift between the two cities.
Winchester signed a “twinning” agreement with its English counterpart two years ago.
Love told the paper that he finds American culture “frustrating.” He complains that we have little international news in our media, saying Americans are “a bit insular” and that the South is still “way behind.”
Anyone who wants to demonstrate just how insular and backward Southern Americans are can reach Mr. Love at [email protected].
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Another loudmouth with more lung power than brain power. It never ends.
So you don't like it, sir? Jolly good. Don't like it. We dislike a lot of things too. We don't sit around and demand you change them to suit our personal misconceptions. But you feel compelled to so act. Right-o.
Guess it never occurred to this bloke that the city of Winchester VA has zero control over the State Seal of Virginia, huh? Maybe in return we should hold the chap personally liable for any and all offensive press from the Mother Country. We can start with blaming him for the Spice Girls...
[/SnP composing educational email written with utmost respect for this gent to read over tea, chock full of supportive links and other things he won't bother to explore. Can't be changing our minds this late in the game now, can we old boy?]
The councilman in Winchester says the image on the seal of Winchester, Virginia “celebrates slavery” and he wants it changed.
“I’ve always been disturbed by the Stars and Bars up there,” said City Councilor Ray Love, a Liberal Democrat on the English board, adding that the seal from Winchester, Va., hangs on a wall where his council meets.
“We trade with the town of Giessen, in Germany. I find it as offensive to have the Stars and Bars as if they had a swastika on their coat of arms,” Love said.
Though Love has not proposed severing his city’s relationship with its American counterpart, the issue threatens to open a rift between the two cities.
Winchester signed a “twinning” agreement with its English counterpart two years ago.
Love told the paper that he finds American culture “frustrating.” He complains that we have little international news in our media, saying Americans are “a bit insular” and that the South is still “way behind.”
Anyone who wants to demonstrate just how insular and backward Southern Americans are can reach Mr. Love at [email protected].
**end**
Another loudmouth with more lung power than brain power. It never ends.
So you don't like it, sir? Jolly good. Don't like it. We dislike a lot of things too. We don't sit around and demand you change them to suit our personal misconceptions. But you feel compelled to so act. Right-o.
Guess it never occurred to this bloke that the city of Winchester VA has zero control over the State Seal of Virginia, huh? Maybe in return we should hold the chap personally liable for any and all offensive press from the Mother Country. We can start with blaming him for the Spice Girls...
[/SnP composing educational email written with utmost respect for this gent to read over tea, chock full of supportive links and other things he won't bother to explore. Can't be changing our minds this late in the game now, can we old boy?]
