Back to topic, otb.

Even more pedantic:

"Just to be my usual pedantic self, no country, other than the USA, has ever had the Union Jack on its flag.
Posted by Is Mise, Friday, 23 October 2015 9:45:47 AM"

-- But the "Grand Union Flag" of the United States which was flown from 1775 to 1777 lacked the St. Patrick's cross which marked the incorporation of Ireland into the UK.

To Poirot.

If you are claiming that the removal of the Queen, our historical head of state, and the removal of the British flag from the Australian flag, does not reduce our historical links to our founding mother country, then that is a premise which is self evidently absurd.

The multicultural socialist left, of which you are a classic example, have this stupid idea that serious future human conflict can be avoided, provided that human beings divest themselves of their national identities and instead, adopt a transnational one. That was one reason for the creation of the European Union, which just in case you have not noticed, is going down the toilet.

The reason why multiculturalism (like socialism) failed is not hard to understand. Human beings are tribal and territorial, that is in our DNA, and no amount of socialist rhetoric can change that. And multiculturalism and anti racism is essentially a fashionable white, educated elite ideal. Asians, Muslims, and Africans won't have a bar of it. Well meaning people like yourself, who are exceedingly tolerant, anti racist, and anti nationalist, brought into their own countries large numbers of people who are very intolerant, very racist, and very nationalistic towards their own ethnicity.

Take the Swedes. Sweden was once hailed by people like yourself as a model of a socialist utopia. Extremely low crime rate, a very high social security net, open mindedness, extreme tolerance, and compassion towards "refugees."

Sweden is now the rape capitol of the world. 40 areas around Stockholm are now no-go areas for Swedes, where even the Swedish Police, as well as postal workers, ambulances and firemen are refusing to enter. Muslim males are sporting T shirts with "2032" on them, which is the date they think the Muslims will be the majority in Sweden. The Swedish "Integration Minister" has stated that "Swedes must be nice to Muslims, so that Muslims will be nice to Swedes when the Muslims take over."

This is what your internationalist stupidity has wrought. Civil war is coming in Europe. Civil wars are really bad wars.

Choose sides, Poirot.

LEGO,

"If you are claiming that the removal of the Queen, our historical head of state, and the removal of the British flag from the Australian flag, does not reduce our historical links to our founding mother country, then that is a premise which is self evidently absurd."

Here's what I said:

"Tell us, LEGO, how is transferring the role of assent from the Queen over to parliament in 2015 likely to upset the apple cart or negate Australia's historical links to the British monarchy?"

What can take away our historical links?

A contemporary mechanism to merely reform what is now an anachronistic formality will not negate the links that were forged in our development as a nation.

"The multicultural socialist left, of which you are a classic example, have this stupid idea that serious future human conflict can be avoided, provided that human beings divest themselves of their national identities..."

How many Australians continue to classify their national identity as reliant on the Queen assenting to the PM's choice of Prime Minister?

Australians in 2015 do not consider themselves to be inhabiting a country that is an outpost of Britain. They consider themselves citizens of a self-governing independent nation.

"Choose sides, Poirot."

Well, Lol!.....how is allowing "our" own governing parliament the right to confirm the choice of ceremonial Head of State (instead of the monarch of another country) supposed to herald in all this anarchy?

Correction:

Should be:

"How many Australians continue to classify their national identity as reliant on the Queen assenting to the PM's choice of "Governor General".

JKUU,

Pedantic is as pedantic is; there's no such thing as the Cross of St Patrick, what is purported to be his cross is the Saltire of the Geraldines.