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Immigrants Want Cross Removed from Swiss Flag

An immigrant group based in Bern has called for the emblematic white cross to be removed from the Swiss national flag because as a Christian symbol it "no longer corresponds to today's multicultural Switzerland."

Ivica Petrusic, the vice president of Second@s Plus, a lobbying group that represents mostly Muslim second-generation foreigners in Switzerland (who colloquially are known as secondos) says the group will launch a nationwide campaign in October to ask Swiss citizens to consider adopting a flag that is less offensive to Muslim immigrants.

http://www.hudson-ny.org/2449/immigrant ... flag-cross

Crosses on churches and flags in lawns may be (and already are) becoming 'offensive' to immigrants here in the United States as well.

UHM it's not even a "Christian" cross

The Red Cross flag needs to change too !

and we'll need to change all Rail Road crossings. and god for bid we find a Pirate map with the X marks the spot on it.

and all those Swiss army knives ...

whee, look at that. another drive-by from our ol pal thunderrabbit.

well, y'know there are a lot of other European flags with crosses on them. Why are they pickin' on poor old Switzerland? (rhetorical)

Ferno wrote:whee, look at that. another drive-by from our ol pal thunderrabbit.

And another drive by from our pal Ferny

Even if, for some strange bizarro reason, the Swiss flag were to actually be changed, who cares? It's a flag.

If the United States' flag were to be changed, I would only be upset as far as I like Captain America's costume. (Which is quite a lot.)

null0010 wrote: who cares? It's a flag.

tell that to the slaves.

CUDA wrote:

null0010 wrote: who cares? It's a flag.

tell that to the slaves.

Okay, point me to a slave.

null0010 wrote:

CUDA wrote:

null0010 wrote: who cares? It's a flag.

tell that to the slaves.

Okay, point me to a slave.

So Trent Lott and Strom Thurmond for that matter, is owed an apology from the media and the Democrat Party since there are no more slaves?

Instead of trying to sluff off the implications because this particular symbol/custom happens to be of no interest to you (or because you are driven by political polarization more than by good sense) you might want to consider the fundamental (pun intended) reasoning behind it.
I'm pretty sure the radical islamo-fascists want to take a little more from you than just some non-Islamic religious symbols. It is the reason why they make these demands that should concern you and like Neville Chamberlain learned about a similar faction, if you try to appease them and ultimately wait too long to recognize the threat it turns all to ★■◆● in a hurry.

null0010 wrote:

CUDA wrote:

null0010 wrote: who cares? It's a flag.

tell that to the slaves.

Okay, point me to a slave.

well if you wished to take that as literal slaves then live in your ignorance

NAACP leader calls for removal of Confederate flag display

http://www.heraldonline.com/2008/01/10/ ... moval.html

January 14, 2007 - US Senator Christopher Dodd calls Sunday for the removal of the Confederate flag that flies at the South Carolina Statehouse.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767651/posts

Jun 8, 2011 – Opponents of Southern heritage and identity continue to call for the removal of all public displays of the Confederate flag across the South

Jul 27, 2008
Confederate flag spurs call for filming boycott ... pressure point to force the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds

Gephardt in calling for the Confederate Battle flag's removal from two Missouri Confederate Cemeteries.

null0010 wrote: who cares? It's a flag.

apparently not to some people

woodchip wrote:And another drive by from our pal Ferny

really no sense in commenting on absurdities. especially from people who talk but don't listen.