And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
From comments I've read on the Internet, as I understand it, any contemporary public display of that flag (i.e., the Cross of Saint George, the traditional standard of England) is now discouraged and/or condemned as a forbidden symbol of racism and/or White nationalism, similar to how the Confederate Battle Flag is regarded in the United States of America.
Being a proud descendant of a Confederate soldier, I displayed the Confederate Battle Flag on my wheelchair, and flew it from the roof of my four-wheel drive pickup truck, back when I was still able to climb up in the cab and drive it.
Huh?
ReplyDeleteHandley Page HP42 Western, G-AAXC, named 'Heracles', owned by Imperial Airways, at Croydon Airport near London in 1936. According to the net.
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ReplyDeleteThe Engines were placed put on the wings in an attempt to keep the cabin noise down.
ReplyDeleteAs opposed to putting them where?
DeleteAhhh, but the very lap of (noisy) luxury.
ReplyDeleteNo drag queen stewardesses.
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DeleteSlightly faster than sailing.
ReplyDeleteFrom comments I've read on the Internet, as I understand it, any contemporary public display of that flag (i.e., the Cross of Saint George, the traditional standard of England) is now discouraged and/or condemned as a forbidden symbol of racism and/or White nationalism, similar to how the Confederate Battle Flag is regarded in the United States of America.
ReplyDeleteBeing a proud descendant of a Confederate soldier, I displayed the Confederate Battle Flag on my wheelchair, and flew it from the roof of my four-wheel drive pickup truck, back when I was still able to climb up in the cab and drive it.
I understand they were very reliable and had a perfect safety record in respect of passengers.
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