hanging foreign flag

Cobretti

Hi all

what does book of law say for putting up a foreign flag in your own front yard.
What does average Irish person think about it?
Me, as non Irish find this disrespectful and one more possbile reason for increasing tensions, so I am tempted to have a discussion with this "patriotic" neoghbour.

Rodney Bathgate

Seriously?

D3V!L

Nothing illegal about it. You'll likely get the wrong sort of reaction if its the "wrong" flag.

The most likely Irish reaction would be you're a shit-stirrer.

whomitconcerns

Go on, I'll bite, which Nations flag is it?

careless sherpa

Years ago a neighbour hung a Nazi flag from his window. Was sitting outside the front door drinking. Lasted about ten minutes before he got the chair kicked out from underneath him and disappeared back inside. Left the flag hanging in the window and sometime that night could hear breaking glass and that was the end of the flag.

Rodney Bathgate

careless sherpa wrote: »

Years ago a neighbour hung a Nazi flag from his window. Was sitting outside the front door drinking. Lasted about ten minutes before he got the chair kicked out from underneath him and disappeared back inside. Left the flag hanging in the window and sometime that night could hear breaking glass and that was the end of the flag.

I saw the same happen with a Soviet flag. Didn’t last long.

Cobretti

whomitconcerns wrote: »

Go on, I'll bite, which Nations flag is it?

it was Greek

whomitconcerns

Well to be fair that's not a national flag it's a symbol of hate painted on a piece of cloth.

I'm assuming the op means an actual flag of a foreign nation?

Or maybe it's a pair of underpants on a stick?

mfceiling

Jesus OP...seriously?

A Greek flag?

What's next...a ban on a mayo flag hanging out of a lads house in Kilkenny?

Rodney Bathgate

Cobretti wrote: »

it was Greek

Bloody Greeks, coming here putting Greek flags up.

AtomicHorror

Cobretti wrote: »

it was Greek

Don't worry about the flags. It's the gifts. Watch out for the gifts.

drake70

Cobretti wrote: »

it was Greek

Can't see an issue with that unless you're from Turkey

Cobretti

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Bloody Greeks, coming here putting Greek flags up.

And at what point would it start bothering you? If actually every household would put up a flag ot their own country?

AtomicHorror

Cobretti wrote: »

And at what point would it start bothering you? If actually every household would put up a flag ot their own country?

Would be an improvement in most estates. Though it would also just be mostly Irish and Polish flags.

Honestly if people want to do it, I don't care even slightly.

druss

AtomicHorror wrote: »

Don't worry about the flags. It's the gifts. Watch out for the gifts.

Any wooden horses, refer to the Monty Python and the Holy Grail documentary for guidance on next steps.

Seriously, I see no issue. Or how it could increase tensions.

neris

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Bloody Greeks, coming here putting Greek flags up.

AtomicHorror

neris wrote: »

We perfected it though.

Rodney Bathgate

Cobretti wrote: »

And at what point would it start bothering you? If actually every household would put up a flag ot their own country?

Is this illegal in your home country?

OP are you from Macedonia or fyrom or north Macedonia or whatever you wish to call it?

What's your problem with the Greek flag???

Cobretti

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Is this illegal in your home country?

I am actually not sure

Rodney Bathgate

Cobretti wrote: »

I am actually not sure

Either way it isn’t illegal here.

DonJose

I've been seeing a lot of Ivory Coast flags flying lately WTF!

Our (irish) neighbour, who we've lived beside for the last, i dunno, 30 years or so, has decided to stick an irish flag on top of a pole in his back garden (think it was a pole that used to be off his washing line).

He obviously found the flag somewhere, as it's in bits. Filthy and I'm fairly confident it's ripped, too. It's also small. Kinda thing you'd see out the window of a garda car during a parade, rather than a full sized proper flag.

Chap isn't a scummer. Keeps his house clean and tidy. Makes an effort, always dresses well, keeps his (normal) car clean and tidy. Lovely person as a whole.

Have no idea what the story is with this flag at all. It annoys me. (Mind you, all flags annoy me - unless it's Paddy's day or a world cup final, keep it away).

Cobretti

bubblypop wrote: »

OP are you from Macedonia or fyrom or north Macedonia or whatever you wish to call it?

What's your problem with the Greek flag???

None of those... I don't have issue with Greek, far from it.
I am not the one here that would object, but other might... well actually did in a way

Cobretti

Cobretti wrote: »

None of those... I don't have issue with Greek, far from it.
I am not the one here that would object, but other might... well actually did in a way

What?.
Did you put up a Greek flag?
Why would anyone have an issue with that?

Das Reich

Cobretti wrote: »

it was Greek

Beautiful flag. If it was from Turkey or USA I would ask the address as well to do him a visit.

My neighbours have a pirate flag on a pole in their back garden.. haven't heard any reports of them hijacking cars or anything yet though..

drake70

Deleted User wrote: »

My neighbours have a pirate flag on a pole in their back garden.. haven't heard any reports of them hijacking cars or anything yet though..

You had better check your stash of doubloons and rum

Cobretti

bubblypop wrote: »

What?.
Did you put up a Greek flag?
Why would anyone have an issue with that?

Minoriti is the issue. Why attract attention?

Rodney Bathgate

Cobretti wrote: »

Minoriti is the issue. Why attract attention?

What sort of ‘attention’ do you think it will attract?

Do you have gangs going around beating up foreigners in your locality?

Cobretti

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

What sort of ‘attention’ do you think it will attract?

Do you have gangs going around beating up foreigners in your locality?

One person is enough to cause damage

Mod
Closed. Thanks to all, but topic is not imho legal discussion