ENGLISH CROSS OF ST GEORGE FLAG DEEMED OFFENSIVE TO MUSLIMS

Recently, Ben Smith, an English football fan, decided to show his team support by displaying the flag of England - the red St. George's Cross - on his car. Mr. Smith was pulled over by police on a routine traffic stop but the gist of the stop was far from "routine" --- or is it?

Ben was stunned to be told by the policeman that his Flag of England was racist and "offensive to immigrants" and that he would be fined $60 if he refused to remove it from view.

"Mr Smith, of Melksham, Wiltshire, said: “I honestly could not believe what the police officer was saying. “He wasn’t rude about it at all. He was just very matter-of-fact about the flag being racist and offensive to immigrants.” Mr Smith, an avid England football fan, said he used the flag to cover up a new set of speakers, which he wanted to hide from would-be thieves He said: “I just thought he was joking and started to laugh, but he looked at me very seriously and said that I would have to pay a £30 on-the-spot fine if I refused. “It was really strange and I drove home quite shocked.”

Upon further question as to why and when the display of the English flag IN ENGLAND - became a racist act - the police spokespersons stumbled through a few lame excuses:

1 - It could be viewed as an "inflammatory act - citing Polish immigrants might be offended?? Highly unlikely the predominantly Catholic Polish would find a cross offensive.

2 - The officer asked Mr. Smith to remove the flag as an issue of "road safety" - the officer rationalized "Road safety and the ability to have a clear view at all times of what is behind you is of great public importance." Oddly enough there is no log of Mr Smith being stopped indicating there was nothing wrong with his car.

So what groups of immigrants is consistently offended by the Cross of St George - and what group would demand such pandering to their religious beliefs?  Why muslims - of course.  Muslims have made an issue - worldwide - of crosses being offensive to them -- here are just a few instances:

Turkish lawyer files complaint with Union of European Football Associations stating that the Inter Milan's team shirts consists of a big red cross on a white background. This has apparently reminded the Turks of an emblem of the order of the Templars, which is therefore deemed offensive to Muslims. The cross is the emblem of Milan

Hospital bans traditional Easter Hot Cross Buns = offensive to non=Christians ie: muslims.

Cross banned from chapel after being in the chapel for over 60 years --at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, USA - offends muslims.

Cross of St George is also used by Barcelona football team from Spain - on their badge - similar to the Inter-Milan incident it was deemed racist and offensive to muslims. Many muslim nations are altering the Barcelona shirts so it will not look like a cross.

These are just a few of the assaults made against the any representation of the Christian cross by muslims. A brief search of the web will find many more. Clearly muslims are working towards incrementally forcing the eradication of the Christian cross from any public view. With the help of such pandering, multicultural worshipping, politically correct dhimmis - including the British police - muslims may very well succeed.

entire article - emphasis mine:

POLICE TOLD FAN TO HIDE "RACIST" ST GEORGE FLAG

by Martin Evans

A football fan says police ordered him to remove an England flag from his car – because it could be deemed racist.

Ben Smith, 18, was pulled over for a routine spot check by an officer who inspected his tyres and road tax.

But the labourer was stunned to be told that a St George flag covering his Vauxhall Corsa’s parcel shelf was offensive to immigrants.

He initially thought the officer was joking until he was threatened with a £30 fine if he refused to remove it from view

Mr Smith, of Melksham, Wiltshire, said: “I honestly could not believe what the police officer was saying.

“He wasn’t rude about it at all. He was just very matter-of-fact about the flag being racist and offensive to immigrants.”

Mr Smith, an avid England football fan, said he used the flag to cover up a new set of speakers, which he wanted to hide from would-be thieves

He said: “I just thought he was joking and started to laugh, but he looked at me very seriously and said that I would have to pay a £30 on-the-spot fine if I refused.

“It was really strange and I drove home quite shocked.”

Tory MP Philip Davies, who campaigns against political correctness, said: “If this is the case then it is disgusting and totally outrageous and the policeman ought to be ashamed of himself.

“How on earth can it be racist to fly your own flag in your own country?

“It is this sort of politically-correct thinking that has helped to create the problems we have today. I would like to see the Association of Chief Police Officers make it clear that anyone flying the Union Flag or the flag of St George will not be prosecuted.”

PC Dave Cooper, of Wiltshire Police, could not confirm details of the incident as it had not been logged.

But he admitted there might be situations where a police officer considered the displaying of a flag as an inflammatory act.

He said: “It all depends on the context. If they are going past a lot of Polish people, for instance, and abusing them, then we possibly would ask them to take the flag down.”

He said the officer involved in the incident could have been based anywhere in Wiltshire. The fact there was no log of Mr Smith being stopped indicated there was nothing wrong with his car.

But Chief Inspector Charlie Dibble, of Wiltshire Police, believed the issue was more likely to be one of road safety.

He said: “The officer asked him to remove the flag from his parcel shelf, where he admits it was covering his speakers.

“Road safety and the ability to have a clear view at all times of what is behind you is of great public importance.

“Officers are encouraged to take positive action in this regard and this would apply if there was any object obscuring the driver’s view.”

Comments

[infidel4life]

You have GOT to be kidding me!!

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!

[Reis Kash]

Anything and everything non-Muslim is offensive to Muslims. OK everybody, in lock-step, now bow toward Mecca and while you're at it, take a flying kiss at the Muzzie butt in front of you. Otherwise, it's a L60 fine??? I think the "leaders" in England have gone insane.

Reason Number 4,659 why I will never visit England, home of my ancestors.

Reis Kash

[Philip Saenz]

I've been to England twice, but I will never go there again. That stupid English cop was being hateful and nothing else. If an Englishman is proud of his flag, he should be able to fly it. And hateful Muslims should grow up. I'm getting rather tired of hateful Muslim crybabies. They make me want to vomit.

Hey, English cop, the Muslim Qur'an claims that I, a Christian, and other Christians and Jews are "pigs and apes." Why can't you get upset about that? You were being hateful just like the Muslim Qur'an.

[The Resistance]

I would have said this to the officer... "If the immigrants do not like our flag, they should not come here" and I would have stared into the officer's eyes and give him an emphatic "no!"

[Bernard Klatt]

In south Boston, if you're Irish and display the shamrock, it's considered offensive to negro's.

See: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg37937.html

[Puneet]

Last time, the ultra sensitive people were Nazis... who were sensitive to Jews, and thus Jews were forced to wear arm-bands...

Then came cold war ... ultra sensitive peoples this time were Muslims(PS.. don't speak of Islamic-Nazi ties, and don't even point towards 'faqir of lpi' and Deobandi Muslim convert 'John Philby')...Native Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhist and other minorities were forced to wear Orange Armbands... because Islamofacist are by now majority..

Now its amazing that in Western Christian Europe, the same Neo-Nazi caliphacist are asking Majority of population to surrender next to islamo-supremacist, and accept Islamic values ... What do they think of themselves ??

[YOUSIP ALBAZI]

TO ALL BRITS.WAKE UP AND SMELL THE FIRE BECAUSE IT'S GETTING TO YOUR UNDERWEAR...FIGHT IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE...I NEVER SEEN ANY GROUP OF CHRISTIANS OR JEWS OR EVEN SEIKHS AND BUDDISTS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ROAR HOUSE OF THE DEVIL(MOSQUE)..SO WHY THE DEVILS COMPLAINING..IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU SEE THEN LEAVE US TO LIVE IN PEACE....TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT...GOD BLESS THE FREEDOM

[LeeboTheGrebo]

Ironically enough St George is the patron Saint of the Palestinian (Muslim) people. So how can the English flag be considered racist to Muslims?
It's about time non Mozza's started complaining about the moon and crescent being offensive to Christians as it reminds us of the Ottamons and the people they slaughtered in the name of Islam.....

[ROM]

Is that flag not also banned on British Air planes for fear of offending muzzies? Was an employee of BA not also required to remove her necklace with a little cross for the same reason, while muzzies at BA could continue to wear hijabs?

This is sheer madness!That "cop" should be punished!

It is about time that the Brits changed their government.This constant pandering of Labour to muzzies is disgusting.

Would you like to have another joke à la Labour?

I read on IslamOnline that home secretary Jacqui Smith had gone to...Pakistan (!)to recruit asian muslim clerics to help to
tackle "extremism" in Britain! Is that women nuts?rom

[eloivsdiablo]

Come on Brits, don't you know a declaration of war when you see one...

[Jonathan]

Yes I am Jewish; yes I am a British subject; yes I am loyal to the Crown; no I don't find the English flag offensive and I don't want to force my religion on others. As an outsider, a guest if you like I think the English should stand up for themselves and reject the politically correct leftist liberal lunacy that has all but destroyed their once great country. Minorities and immigrants should show good manners, gratitude and loyalty to Britain, not arrogance.

[ajroc31]

I am Polish, and no I don't find it offensive. Not a Catholic, but personally I think it is one of the most beautiful flags in the world. Every time I see it, I admire its beauty. I can't see how a Pole can be offended by anything English that is not Linaker. I think that its safe to say that Poles in general like England.

[Jonathan]

The Poles should like England. Remember what happened in 1939?

[ajroc31]

Yes Jonathan, I do remember, while Hitler was bombing Polish cities killing thousands of civilians, the Brits were dropping leaflets over Berlin. I guess they did not work!Please spare me!

[LeeboTheGrebo]

"The Poles should like England. Remember what happened in 1939?"

At the moment on tv in the UK Ch4/BBC programs are really trying to pin the unrest of Polish immigration. If you ask most of us we don't mind (hell, we even LIKE the Polish) the Poles - the problem is MUSLIM immigration.
We have to remember that during the Battle Of Britain around a 3rd of the pilots in the RAF were Polish - so we have a lot to thank them for.
It seems that our Asian friends are the ones who don't like Polish immigration into the UK.
This may sound racist (if it does it does and I apologise to anyone who may be offended, as this is not my aim) but it seems that they don't like White (non Mozza) blood coming back into the country.
I'm proud that we have such strong ties with our European Brothers.

[Dave McMuir]

Just another symptom of the failure of this Labour administration to address the real issues in the UK.
Role on May 2010 the Labour party are finished, let hope they dont take this country with them and I say this as a life long labour voter.

[Steven H.]

How about banning all the "racist" flags from the islamic countries???? There's the Iraq, Saudi Arabic, Iran, Malaysia, Turkey and so much more!!! I'm too sick of poltical correctness bullshits. If muslims don't like there or in the most western countries, then don't come!!!!

[antistupidity]

Unbelievable, in this day of hoaxes, conspiracies, fake information, fact twisting, manipulation and so on, you all jump on the news and comment rabidly against any non Christian without pausing for a second, taking a step back and considering the absurdity of this story.
how can you be so dumb?
first the flag is NOT under discussion, then who knows what the guy was really doing, last there is absolutely no laws that ban anyone holding or displaying the english flag thank god.

as for the other stories, the hot cross buns (Yummy) were simply out of stock they said and delivered the next day.
for the turkish moron, that happened in turkey so who gives a flying monkey about that.

guys, try a whole new experience, it's called thinking rationnally

[The Truth About Islam]

The Muslims have become increasingly ARROGANT for the reason that they believe Allah is empowering them with the trillion$ in petrodollar$ we fools in the West have been handing them. They are conceited megalomaniacs who take our graciousness as "weakness." And they are quite sure that they are destined to rule the world, enslaving all the non-Muslims.

Islam is the biggest evil humankind has ever faced. Period.

[CAROL LONG]

SHAME, FOR SHAME ON THE ENGLISH POLICE OFFICER WHO THREATENED DRIVER WITH A FINE FOR DISPLAYING ENGLAND'S CROSS OF THEIR COUNTRY. HOW DARE HIM, HE IS THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE FIRED AND PAY A HUGE FINE,WHO'S HE KIDDING. COME ON ENGLAND, MAKE HIM APOLOGIZE IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!

[Cairterrorist]

The muslim crecent offends me. It is antisemetic, as well as anti Christian and I think it should be erradicated from all mosques, because I might walk by it one day. And the cross is not a racist symbol. When did the devil worshipers in Islam get to redefine Islam as a race anyway?

[Ben Jarvis]

I know Ben Smith personally and have known him since he was a young boy, he would never intentionally offend anyone. He was simply flying the English flag in his own country of England! It seems if you do this now, you are treated like a criminal. How did the stupid copper know if it offended immigrants? did he ask any of them before pulling my young friend over? Even if it actually did offend them, so what? They chose to come to England where they surely must know they could risk spotting the flag! We've heard the likes of Tony Blair and now Gordon Brown harp on about how they want Britain to be a multicultural country, multicultralism is whats destroying the country! anyone can see that! When police tell people to move national flags in the persons own country because it offends immigrants, offends us! If this is a multicultural country, as the government keep saying it is, then why are the british natives the only ones being persecuted in our own country? Of course, it doesnt offend us when our Children, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers are murdered by suicide bombers does it? And yes, the people who carry out such evil acts are all immigrants!!! But lets not worry about that, lets just concentrate on 18 year old football fans who proudly fly the flag of their motherland, in their motherland! now what was the excuse one policeman made when he was questioned about why this happened? "It is a matter of road safety, you must always be able to see out of your back window" what the??? So a very thin piece of cloth laying horizontally over a parcel shelf blocks the drivers view? What about headrests in the back seats of cars? They come up higher and block a hell of alot more view than something that you cant even really see if its laid flat!! What was it the policeman also said? "If they were driving past a group of polish people with the flag on display, shouting abuse, then we will ask the driver to remove the flag as it may offend". More bull. Dont worry about asking the people to stop shouting abuse, as long as the flag is not in view! And i bet you, that the majority of immigrants dont even care about our flag being on display! But when certain religous groups wear outfits that cover their whole bodies, including their face, and stand outside westminster holding banners rthat say something along the lines of "Behead those who insult islam", its best to just let them get on with it. "Excuse me Mr policeman, there are some people over there threatening to kill anyone who offends them, i cant even identify some of them as they are wearing full body outfits" "Dont worry about it son, us police are here, we'll just stand here and keep an eye on them. If one of them comes at you with a knife, we'l politely ask him to go home and stop causing a fuss. Oh, and before you leave my sight, take that England shirt off or ill fine you £60, and if you continue to argue about why you should take off an England shirt in England, you will be arrested"!.................The state of our once proud country boys and girls.

[Ben Jarvis]

Hey guise', Ben here again. Just wanted to remind you that I know Ben 'Smith' personally and he is in now way a made-up person. You see for a made-up person to exist he would have to be real and NOT made-up. Even though I juts made him up. Also I made up the policeman that fined Ben 'Smith' for breaking a made-up law. BUT if the policeman fined Ben then the policeman AND Ben AND the made-up law must be real. There is no scientific evidence to suggest that any of this happened but it remains scientific FACT. Attempts to discredit the story are racist towards white people which is in fact reverse racism.

Also, niggers.

[MR STUPIDHEAD]

I FOR ONE BELIEVE THIS STORY AND AM WILLING TO ACT UPON IT.

Also, big smelly niggercock.

[ADOLPH HITLER]

Geez, guy. take it easy, even I'm getting creeped out by all the hate.

Also, well dressed Negro male with steady job and lives in a suburban area.