Anarchist Flag

[Ohdrat]

One of my young friends who has voiced an interest in sailing wants to make and fly the Anarchist flag from Seun

I remember the anarchist flag being a

However a quick google has also revealed

Do either break any rules of the sea? Given that anarchy will probably break out on board anyway and I don't think either could be confused with "official" signal flags will I cause any alarms etc?

 

[qsiv]

Could always save the effort, and acquire a <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.sailinganarchy.com>Sailing Anarchy</A> flag

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[Dominic]

Organised Groups of Anarchists ?

Now I may be wrong but when anarchists join into organised groups, creating rules and obeying them..........

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[Twister_Ken]

Surely every anarchist should design his or her own flag?

<hr width=100% size=1><A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.writeforweb.com/twister1>Let's Twist Again</A>

 

[Koeketiene]

Or no flag at all

<hr width=100% size=1>Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

White Wolf games from the US might object to the lower one, they will claim you have a "Clan Brujah" flag!

<hr width=100% size=1>Two beers please, my friend is paying.

 

[Ohdrat]

Re: Organised Groups of Anarchists ?

Nah we "infiltrate" and "undermine"..

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[Gunfleet]

Surely the bottom one is the only pan pan flag... 'my wine bottle is half empty'

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[AndrewB]

The top one looks suspiciously like the insignia of the rightwing French OAS terrorist organisation of the 1960's.

 

[Ohdrat]

Well that should be an essential bit of kti then.. and one for the grab bag too perhaps?

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[Guest]

I proposed a while ago the 'defaced EU flag' ..... as I am not an anarchist, but absolutely ANTI EU.

Defaced .... by putting a girt big red cross across the stars etc.


<hr width=100% size=1>Cheers Nigel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gps-navigator/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/searider/

 

[Ohdrat]

What about sticking a big black A in the centre of the stars

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[AuntyRinum]

The supposed anarchist flag is plain black but there is really no such thing as an anarchist flag.
If they are true anarchists they will all have different flags.


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[Birdseye]

If he is inclined toward anarchy, shouldnt he fly the Sunsail flotilla flag ?

<hr width=100% size=1>this post is a personal opinion, and you should not base your actions on it.

 

[bobnewbury]

Could always get a fleet of them..

and form an Anarcho-syndicalist Flotilla.

Oh, sorry, Sunsail have already done that.

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[Mudhook]

The red and black flag became a symbol of anarchism during the Spanish civil war. It was actually the flag of the CNT-AIT anarcho-syndicalist union but came to represent anarchist movements generally in the wider world, probably as inaccurately as the skull-and-crossbones has become a symbol of 17th century piracy. The all-black flag had already been widely used as an anarchist rallying symbol from the 19th century onwards.

The A-symbol seems a bit daft to me, as much as the Conservative party having a big C on it or any other party using its single capital letter. The "A" flag/badge was widely popularised in the 1980s by post-punk bands and other cults claiming anarchist sympathies. It's also the symbol of the now-defunct Atkinson lorry firm, who engineered a series of classic but agricultural British commercial vehicle designs until the Swedes showed us how to do it so much better. But I digress!

Generally, if a flag isn't unambiguous and widely understood there ain't much point in using it, IMHO.

Regards, Mudhook.




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[Joe_Cole]

Didn't Scuttlebutt have it's own burgee a while ago?..............

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[Ohdrat]

Many thanks for everyone's suggestions and information... and the witty bits too ... much appreciated..

I will be taking all your suggestions and info to my young friend who at 13 is discovering The Clash!..

So if any of you see a small boat being rather erratically handled with "Spanish Bombs" blaring from it around the W Coast of Scotland please do not be alarmed or press that dodgy red button on your DSC sets..

Again many thanks

Sue

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[Aja]

Take any flag you want and half burn it.

Donald

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