I'm pissed off

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IronDuke

Ancient Mariner
Today I, IronDuke, was the victim of a crime.
I live in the top of an old house which has been converted to apartments (flats, for you Brits). To get to my door, you have to go up two flights of stairs on the outside.

My family has a long tradition of serving in the Armed Forces, and we love our country very much. Naturally, then, one of the first things I did when I moved out of my parents' house and into this place was to buy a (high quality and fairly high priced) Canada flag and pole, and mount it on the deck, so it overhangs the driveway. It was a treat to see it waving there every day when I come home from classes. It represents alot to me.

When i got home today, I was shcked. My flag was missing. It and the pole were gone. I checked around the yard and in the street to see if it had blown off, but lo and behold it was completely gone. In order to remove it from the holder, the wind would have had to blow at impossible angles and unheard of intensities anyhow. It would appear that someone has climbed the two flights of stairs and stolen my flag.

This kind of shit enrages me to no end. For most of the summer, the town I now live in was idealic. When all the students returned a few weeks ago, doubling the town's population overnight, things got loud, obnoxious, and stuff like this has happened. I live in what could be called 'student slums', which are full of foriegn students; I am one of three Canadian citizens on my street of about 120 students. I choose to live here not out of economic necessity, but because I think it's a good experience at this stage of my life. Along with this so-called 'Bohemian' lifestyle, though, comes the dregs of society. I hate to say it like this, but there are too many foriegners in my neighbourhood. In most towns around here people do not bother to lock their doors or cars at night, except this particular neighbourhood of this particular town. There are countless benefits to having diverse cultures surround you, but today I learned one drawback: They do not always share your values and morals. Grrrr
(end senseless rant....I'm not really a xenophobe!)

It's not the monetary value of the flag that angers me (I could but about 10,000 more if I wanted to). It's barely even about what the flag represents to me and other Canadians. It's the fact that someone stole my stuff and is going to get away with it.
God help the bastard if I ever find out who it is.


/venting
 
[!--emo&:angry:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/mad.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'mad.gif\' /][!--endemo--] I can tell how angry you are.... I hate when that happens... I hate not only loosing things or geting stealed for its monetary value but also for its sentimental value.... very sadly here in colombia it happens a lot.... everyone steals evrything even if they dont need it... I live in a culture that has to be drastically changed (but that is begining to happen gradually and slowly)

But how come if you life in Canada they do that to you?! It surely was done by a foreign a student... but what a stupid foreign student... stealing a flag not for its monetary value but for its idealistic "value" (that's what I think) because he or she is living there... its like insulting someone who has helped you and given you things......

I hope you understand what im trying to say... if you dont I'll edit my post.
 
All I can say is try to get over it. I used to let my car's door unlocked(at home) until some kids decided to «search it». They stole my calculator and some things from my tool box. The thing is, I live on a farm and I don't have that much neighbours, and because of some stupid bastard, I lost something I thought I had where I live : security. [!--emo&:angry:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/mad.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'mad.gif\' /][!--endemo--] Anyway, I always lock the door now....
 
I understood you perfectly, MaidenColumbia

I'm just really disappointed that stupid stuff like this happens in my little town....it sounds like senseless bitching to someone who lives in a place where crime is commonplace, but we have always considered ourselves removed from such stupid shit.
 
Duke,

I knew a person once who was a sailor (or at least claimed to be one). I'm not going to bitch about how much of a bastard he is, but for some reason, we used to be friends for a while.
He claimed sailors steal every flag they see.
So he did.
Just a note that it doesn't have to be a foreigner who did that, but just a GREAT MUSICIAN who thought it was funny or a tradition or something.
 
That was exactly what I wanted to say: How do you know it was a foregn student? aybe it was just some prat from a frat-party, who was "double-dared" to take it off by some of his "intelectual" budies...
 
Where I live in Nortehrn Ireland it is a mainly Catholic area. There are a few small Protestant towns bordering the big towns. As the Gaelic (Catholic) local team has reached the final of the All-Ireland Championships, around the towns there are flags supporting the teams. Once a bunch of Protestants went around the town and stole all of the flags, proceeding to burn all of these flags in a huge bonfire. They didn't do it sneakily or discreetly, they did it just to rub our noses in it.

It is not only this that I am angered by, it is also the fact that all the year round, Protestants hang their flags everywhere to rub our faces in their minority stronghold(if there is such a thing).

This is why I just take these flag stealings and National Pride matters very seriously. It is not just the monetary value of the thing, it is the NIMBY attitude of a few small minded people that make society a far worse place to live in.
 
I think the big problem with forign students is that when you are in another country you feel like you can do anything almost, like it's more accepted just beacasue you're not at home. Sadly enough I can remember my self doing things away from home I would never do in my own town...
 
Conor, obviously never visiting Ireland or having any clue to the protetant vs Catholic rivalry I can't make a sound comment. However, has it ever occured to anybody just to say "hey, we are still all CHRISTIANS, and that's a good thing."

As for the flag, I'm very sorry to hear that Duke, I love my countries flag a lot and I would be extremely pissed if something similar happened to me. But the why is what bothers me.... It wasn't political reasons as it would have been obvious if it was a U.S flag, like you said monetary wasn't it either (my guess is anybody can buy a flag) so obviously it was just for spite by some moron.
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Onhell+Sep 14 2005, 09:46 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Onhell @ Sep 14 2005, 09:46 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]It wasn't political reasons as it would have been obvious if it was a U.S flag,
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So your conclusion is that, because of the fact that the flag was Canadian, and not American, the situation did not have political reasons? That doesn't make sense. If someone can randomly take a Canadian flag without any political reasons, he could might aswell have taken a American flag? [!--emo&:huh:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/huh.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'huh.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
Some people probably just don't care what nation the flag represents but it doesn't matter what country it is, it still was an extremely disrespectful act and that's the main point because it's interfering with property. I wonder what excuse those "intellectuals" would come up for taking it.
 
I've got a flag story of my own.

The Swiss love to fly their flag too, for some reason I never understood (I personally wouldn't even know what flag to fly if I had to), but anyway... When I was living in a block of flats, a few years back, one of my neighbours lost his flag during a storm and the thing was lying in the mud the next morning. I went to pick it up, cleaned it, then returned it to its rightful owner. Am I stupid of what? I not even Swiss!

I just have respect for other people's property, and I take care of it like I'd like others to do it with mine should the case arise.

That's all [!--emo&:)--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'smile.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
That's cool Mav, but try telling that to those twats that stole Iron Duke's flag [!--emo&<_<--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/dry.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'dry.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
I just happen to be "old school" [!--emo&;)--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'wink.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
Luckily, this is not entirely the matter of old or new school. I hope so at least.
 
Sadly, it seems to be that too... [!--emo&:(--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sad.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'sad.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
On this board only, there are kids who seem to be proof that it's not so bad [!--emo&:)--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'smile.gif\' /][!--endemo--] .
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Maverick+Sep 15 2005, 05:19 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Maverick @ Sep 15 2005, 05:19 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--] Am I stupid of what? I not even Swiss!
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Oh, please mr.DICKtionary! where are you? [!--emo&:rolleyes:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/rolleyes.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'rolleyes.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
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