Will my flag get stolen?

[laid back in the sun]

why not bring a big old swastika flag as a back up just incase your confederate one goes missing

[strudders]

Had 2 flag poles nicked on the first day and then on the Friday they nicked the flag pole that was up with the just married flag (they got wed in Glastonbury on the Wednesday) and also some battery fairy lights....

cnuts!

We were in Pennards.

[strudders]

why not bring a big old swastika flag as a back up just incase your confederate one goes missing

[crimes against pop]

My flag has been fine the last couple of years in the campervan fields, though it's a handpainted picture of Beaker from the Muppets as my van is called Beaker. Come and say hello if you see it!

[laid back in the sun]

Or a I love fox hunting flag...

Confederate flag will be on fire, I have seen loads at glasto, mostly by hillbillies and rednecks......

[Bradders]

Had 2 flag poles nicked on the first day and then on the Friday they nicked the flag pole that was up with the just married flag (they got wed in Glastonbury on the Wednesday) and also some battery fairy lights....

cnuts!

We were in Pennards.

[Harrow Strongbow Ciderman!]

i think a confederate flag has more chance of being pulled down than any other...

but not in the campervan field. surely not. should be fine.

[johnmcga]

I made a Tintin flag in 2008, had it up by the tent the whole weekend and it was fine.

Then I went and lost the bloody flagpole on the way home. Oh well.

I'd say you'll be fine ... but I do have a lingering doubt about the suitability of a Confederate Flag.

I don't know enough about the subject myself, but I definitely recall Beth Ditto having a right go at someone who had one at Reading a couple of years back.

Out of interest, why have you chosen that particular flag?

[Harrow Strongbow Ciderman!]

why not bring a big old swastika flag as a back up just incase your confederate one goes missing

[ukslim]

Out of interest, why have you chosen that particular flag?

[Harrow Strongbow Ciderman!]

I'd say you'll be fine ... but I do have a lingering doubt about the suitability of a Confederate Flag.

I don't know enough about the subject myself, but I definitely recall Beth Ditto having a right go at someone who had one at Reading a couple of years back.

Out of interest, why have you chosen that particular flag?

Edited June 11, 2010 by Harrow Strongbow Ciderman!

[brandycoke]

I have a "I hate ,i love sausage flags and those who bear them" flag.

If it gets stolen, i'll know exactly where to look.

[themuel]

I've been working on my flag for weeks on and off and I have just started having vague doubts about it being stolen I would be very gutted if this happened.

It'll be at the campsite all weekend, fingers crossed.

[swfc]

2 years ago http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ECDS_RdvqYg/Si3g...glory+logo2.jpg such a flag was stolen from my neighbors from Ipswich in the Park ground area. I lost my small russian flag I think by myself, because I was drunk and lost my shirt too

[muddyslingbax]

why not bring a big old swastika flag as a back up just incase your confederate one goes missing

[johnmcga]

Perhaps he really likes Country & Western & into the Southern States vibe. Old DadPav might be a Nashville or Johnny Cash kind of music fan, so Confederate flag would be innocently ok in that connection.

However, there is no getting away from it but the Confederate Flag is still considered by many (inc me & some of my friends) to be one of the most rascist flags in existence. Sorry!

[ivan]

Thanks for the explanation - I genuinely don't know enough about the flag's history / significance to understand the issues properly.

[ukslim]

Thanks for the explanation - I genuinely don't know enough about the flag's history / significance to understand the issues properly.

[johnmcga]

I remember being at Leeds one year and an American act were on stage and the singer had a go

at someone flying a Confederate flag , for the life in me I cannot remember who it was ?

[elias]

Thanks for the explanation - I genuinely don't know enough about the flag's history / significance to understand the issues properly.

[GingerRock]

I took my "I love Sausage" flag last year but it was stolen on the first day. Surprised I didn't see it later on during the festival as it was quite large.

[ivan]

It was probably Beth Ditto - she did the same at Reading a couple of years back!

Thanks - I'll have a proper read up on it!

[ivan]

I have a friend who lives in Oklahoma and is fiercely proud of her southern heritage. She is also one of the nicest people I know and works in a school for under privileged children. Rascism is abhorent to her. She would be very happy to fly the Confederate flag.

I guess the Confederate flag can be used under multiple guises, much the same as the cross of St George. Whilst I appreciate it's negative associations, we don't always have to look for the lowest common denominator.

Back to the original question - my daughter had a flag stolen from Pennards last year whist we had a flag flying in Michael's Mead for the whole festival with no problem at all. I'm sure you'd be ok in the campervan fields.

[ukslim]

I have travelled in the Southern States and some people there do feel that they have always been let down by Washington DC , in the same way some people in the Uk have a resentment towards London ( I do not - living in Yorkshire ) and the Confederate Flag , is a sort of up yours Washington DC and brings the southern states together against DC.

[ukslim]

I met a guy in Seattle once , that was from Alalbama , he told me that because I was English , but he kept it quiet to Americans because a lot of Americans have a negative view of Alabama , nothing to do with racism but they viewed them as in bred country bumpkins , and I think it was people from New York , Washington and Boston etc that had the worst attitudes.