Banjo,
You forgot to mention that Turkey is next door, no wonder that when the neighbours are threatened that they run to the nearest sanctuary.

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Dear Is Mise,

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You wrote :

« I don’t imagine that people would be fool enough to think that using the UK flag as a symbol on Arms or Flag indicates colonial status for Hawaii, Alabama or any other State or Country »
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I hope you’re right, Is Mise, but lots of people just follow the road signs and never bother about consulting a map. If it points to the left, they turn left. If it points to the right, they turn right. They could end up anywhere.

If they see the UK flag as a symbol on the Alabama coat of arms or on the Hawaiian flag they’d probably just go for it, thinking they were on friendly British colonial territory.

But we should never forget what happened to poor old Captain Cook. He just followed whatever direction his sextant pointed to. Cost him his life.

We must not just look at the signs, Is Mise We must always ask ourselves: “What are the facts ?” :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsrMilDYLoc&ab_channel=TEDxTalks

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Dear Is Mise,

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You wrote :

« You forgot to mention that Turkey is next door, no wonder that when the neighbours are threatened that they run to the nearest sanctuary »
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No; I didn’t forget to mention that, Is Mise, any more than you forgot to mention that England is only 21 miles from France.

Turkey accepts to keep about 4 million Syrian refugees on its territory not just because Turkey and Syria are neighbours, but also, and especially, because the EU doesn’t want them and pays Turkey $US 3.6 billion to keep them.

And, as I pointed out in my previous post, Turkey is a republic, not a monarchy or even a constitutional monarchy. They’re not so generous.

http://apnews.com/article/lebanon-middle-east-turkey-europe-migration-e9395d4a3376e8d53cd8a51508fc4a61

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Banjo,
Cook didn’t follow his sextant he followed his compass.

Cook used tools like a compass AND sextant
to plot his position.

Yes, Foxy, but he didn’t follow his sextant, he used it as an aid to navigation.
Strictly one does not follow the compass either, but that is a common expression, one steers by the compass.