KICK REASON TO THE CURB with the Dai Gurren Britain!

MattSoulblade · 12 Dec 2007, 01:57 PM

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The new face of Britain? Flag poll results

By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 2:41am GMT 12/12/2007

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When Ian Lucas, a Welsh Labour MP, suggested the Union flag be redrawn to incorporate the Welsh dragon, he could not have imagined that this would be the "popular" choice.
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Even at the height of Cool Britannia surely Tony Blair would have baulked at adopting this sunglasses-wearing, flame-haired cartoon dragon as our national emblem.
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And to make matters worse it was designed not by a patriotic Briton, but a Norwegian.

But the internet has spoken. After Mr Lucas issued his appeal for new flag, the Telegraph was deluged with designs sent in by readers.
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Some were serious, some scurrilous, some frankly ridiculous. Many came from Japan, where our competition sparked a national craze after it was picked up by a popular online forum.

We selected 20 of the best submissions and after a week-long online poll the sunglasses-dragon has emerged as the overwhelming favourite, with 55 per cent of the vote.

Even when we factor in questionable voting patterns (the winning design came from the back of the field with a surge of votes in the last few days) and the cynical wit of online readers, the choice seems a bizarre one.

The Norwegian designer, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he intended the flag to represent the union of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in a modern, cool light.

The dragon itself was inspired by a Japanese anime television series.

"It represents shouting "UNION!" and joining together; kicking reason to the curb and doing the impossible; fighting the power, and piercing the heavens," he said

And what impact does he think the new flag would have on foreigners like himself?

"That the UK is awesome. I just hope they don't think it's a pirate flag.

"Actually, if this design is rejected as a common flag perhaps the Crown might file it for future use as a privateer ensign on the high seas or in outer space."
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The influence of Japanese voters was also apparent in the runner-up design (above), which features a Manga cartoon character riding the traditional Welsh dragon. It tallied seven per cent of the votes.

The size of the dragon in relation to the tiny Union Jack may also have caught the eye of Welsh readers, who would have been less impressed with the third-place design (below), which earned six per cent of votes.
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A flag showing St George slaying a Welsh dragon seems to jar with Mr Lucas's stated intention of illustrating Wales's "true place in the Union".

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gaston89 · 12 Dec 2007, 02:06 PM

Recomiendote q hagas un resumen en castellano si keres que alguien lo lea.

salu2

RecoN · 12 Dec 2007, 02:17 PM

wtf gastón, se entiende perfecto, en este foro los que no saben inglés son oficialmente declarados NEWFAGS.

se entendió perfecto matt no lo traduzcas.

Kaervas · 12 Dec 2007, 02:33 PM

Dios mio, wapaneses por todos lados!

gaston89 · 12 Dec 2007, 02:43 PM

Entiendo, de hecho yo lo lei y lo entendi tmb, pero lo decia x muchos user's q quiza entran, ven tremendo pergamino, sumado a que es ingles, ni lo empiezan a leer. No digo q lo tradusca, simplemente q haga un resumen en castellano, para orientar a los demas aunque sea.

RecoN · 12 Dec 2007, 03:00 PM

Igual ni yo leí eso que puso matt, no me puede importar menos.

Yo nada más quería dejar en claro que los que no saben inglés ni siquiera tendrían que estar en este foro.

HunterK · 12 Dec 2007, 03:01 PM

Oh Lawd, DIY si te interesa tanto.

weeabos

AlLoCuRa · 12 Dec 2007, 03:03 PM

HAHAHA OH FUCKING WOW
leyeron los comentarios de el articulo?

HunterK · 12 Dec 2007, 03:17 PM

LULZ

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...0/nflag130.xml

..."At first most of the readers' flags were sent from within the UK, but then a Japanese website offered to help."...

Watashi · 12 Dec 2007, 04:24 PM

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LULZ

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...0/nflag130.xml

..."At first most of the readers' flags were sent from within the UK, but then a Japanese website offered to help."...

HAIL !!!

RecoN · 12 Dec 2007, 04:54 PM

all hail the negi

Sasha-S · 12 Dec 2007, 06:30 PM

"It represents shouting "UNION!" and joining together; kicking reason to the curb and doing the impossible; fighting the power, and piercing the heavens,"

EPIC.