Dorset already has a flag!

Tim Weymouth Boy wrote:
Dorset already has a flag!

What does it look like and where can I find a picture of it?

Sorry but there are more important things to sort out in Dorset,before we waste time on a flag.

What's wrong with the one on flagfordorset.org.uk

Old Synic wrote:
What's wrong with the one on flagfordorset.org.uk

As a non Christian, I would be offended by a flag that represents the area I was born and live in, that has a Christian origin and carries a representation of this faith.

What does it look like and where can I find a picture of it?

lots on the web looks like 3 'Ironed flat" red cats with long nails and a scout emblem on the bottom , has white background

could be Dorset USA

Tim Weymouth Boy wrote:
Dorset already has a flag!

Which is what?

derek wrote:
What does it look like and where can I find a picture of it? lots on the web looks like 3 'Ironed flat" red cats with long nails and a scout emblem on the bottom , has white background could be Dorset USA

You mean three lions passant with a a fleur-de-lys? No, that's a banner of the Arms of Dorset County Council. Not a Dorset flag.

Wykeite wrote:

Old Synic wrote:
What's wrong with the one on flagfordorset.org.uk

As a non Christian, I would be offended by a flag that represents the area I was born and live in, that has a Christian origin and carries a representation of this faith.

I am a non-Christian too, but I am convinced that the FlagforDorset design is the best one. The other ideas are not heraldically correct -they have colour on colour. I know that St Wite was a Christian saint, but it does not bother me - it is part of history that England was Christian and good people were made saints - the flagfordorset design refers to the person St Wite not the fact that he was Christian.

With the vast amount of money the county council takes from us all, it should be the skull and crossbones flying above county hall.

anneofportland wrote:
With the vast amount of money the county council takes from us all, it should be the skull and crossbones flying above county hall.

Sadly Anne, this is true. The FlagForDorset campaign was council-free and cost the taxpayer nothing, being privately funded. This initiative - is not.

I think maybe we should acknowledge the efforts that Dave White has put into this project and accept the design that he and his advisors/colleagues have come up with. The design principles he has adopted are reasonable.

The alternative is to let every man and his dog come up with a design in which case, like the bypass, the project will never come to fruitition.

It's amazing how there can be no interest in something until somebody comes up with an idea, and then everybody has a better one. In my view none of the designs published in the Echo were a patch on Dave's.

I certainly would not want to fly the attached flags, or have a sticker depicting the same. Too many colours, and too many motives, not necessary in a flag. As already pointed out a flag should be a simple representation of the county, country, etc.

Dorset Gay Pride maybe interested. Not being disrespectful, but some of the colours do represent their flag.

I've only learned about a campaign for a flag for Dorset today- 10th May. I am appalled that the prefered flag represents the Christian faith and excludes all not of that belief from feeling they are Dorset people.

Oliver Holt wrote:

Wykeite wrote:

Old Synic wrote: What's wrong with the one on flagfordorset.org.uk

As a non Christian, I would be offended by a flag that represents the area I was born and live in, that has a Christian origin and carries a representation of this faith.

I am a non-Christian too, but I am convinced that the FlagforDorset design is the best one. The other ideas are not heraldically correct -they have colour on colour. I know that St Wite was a Christian saint, but it does not bother me - it is part of history that England was Christian and good people were made saints - the flagfordorset design refers to the person St Wite not the fact that he was Christian.

It has a cross on it! Of course it is a Christian representation. A fish would be less controversial,as both a Christian symbol and a fact that we have a coastline.

keithlawson wrote:

Oliver Holt wrote:

Wykeite wrote:

Old Synic wrote: What's wrong with the one on flagfordorset.org.uk

As a non Christian, I would be offended by a flag that represents the area I was born and live in, that has a Christian origin and carries a representation of this faith.

I am a non-Christian too, but I am convinced that the FlagforDorset design is the best one. The other ideas are not heraldically correct -they have colour on colour. I know that St Wite was a Christian saint, but it does not bother me - it is part of history that England was Christian and good people were made saints - the flagfordorset design refers to the person St Wite not the fact that he was Christian.

It has a cross on it! Of course it is a Christian representation. A fish would be less controversial,as both a Christian symbol and a fact that we have a coastline.

I am not saying that it wasn't. What I said is that it represents St Site, not Christianity. the only reason it is a cross is because that is what people used to use as their symbols hundreds of years ago. I am strongly atheist, but I in no way object to an undeniable historical detail. I think the design is fabulous.