Originally Posted by
megan
You should stop perpetuating nonsense.
Both World Wars were fought under the flag.
Maybe do a bit more research. Look at these Australian war propaganda posters, all featuring the Union Jack prominently displayed:
Keep the Flag Flying
AUSTRALIANS, FALL IN! POSTER
Propaganda posters
Including this quite racist one:
Australia's Imperishable Record
Whilst there are posters as well showing the National flag and the Red Ensign, they all share one common element - the Union Jack showing loyalty to the empire.
And here’s the point - when discussing the future of the flag it’s irrelevant what some soldiers over 100 years ago “fought under”. The concept of young men being brainwashed to follow a flag into battle to be butchered and turned into mincemeat because of the squabbles of old rich men is grotesque in the extreme. If it’s an argument that the current national flag, that almost 10,000 Australians were slaughtered under on sand dunes in Turkey trying to invade a country that never threatened Australia but was an obstacle to the British Empire, should be kept because of that then it’s a poor argument. How many millions of young men (and civilians, women and children) have been killed because of leaders brainwashing them to kill and die for a piece of cloth?
We’re a modern multicultural and (hopefully) peaceful nation now, we should reflect that on our symbols.