St. Alban
The new Union Jack
- Posted by Rob (#1) on July 13, 2006 22:12 CEST
England may drop St. George as patron saint, having found a substitute more suitable for the job in St. Alban. The reason why the Church of England wants to change the nation's flag?
His dragon-slaying heroics have kept his legend alive through the centuries.
But the Church of England is considering rejecting England's patron saint St George on the grounds that his image is too warlike and may offend Muslims.
The Stars and Stripes may offend Islamists but I see no one trying to change them.. sigh.
Oh well, here it is for the very first time: the new Union Jack 2006! For the sake of irony I included Wales even though it is part of England.. the dragon slayer is gone, so we might as well make place for the dragon:
The design features the Saint Alban cross for England, the Saint Andrew cross for Scotland and the Saint Patrick cross for (Northern) Ireland, as well as Red Dragon for Wales aThe blue and white diagonals come from Scotland, the green and the dragon from Wales (although the Saint David cross could have worked as well).
I don't really see it work on merchandise, but you have to admit there's a charm to it.
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