Posted on 04/30/2016 10:35:23 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
As the annual Eurovision Song Contest approaches, the Stockholm theater hosting the event has published the rules about waving flags, and enumerated several flags that will be forbidden.
Flags with commercial messages, those that discriminate against sectors of the population, those that disrupt the broadcast and those with messages in languages other than English will not be permitted.
The specific list of banned lags include those of Kosovo, Basque, the Crimean Peninsula, the PLO, Donetsk, Northern Cyprus, Transnistria and ISIS.
Saeb Erekat, a senior member of the Palestinian Authority, sent a letter in response, demanding an apology from the organizers and the European Broadcasting Union. He wrote, "Your decision to single out the flag of Palestine, a country recognized by 138 world nations and who has an observer status in the United Nations, is discriminatory and a serious offense against our nation."
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“...those with messages in languages other than English will not be permitted.” ??
The Paleostinian flag is and remains the PLO flag.
The PLO never morphed into the PA (Paleostinian Authority).
They are still thugs, killers, corrupted, old-guard lying SOBs and that is why so many Paleostinians voted for HAMAS which is the same thing, just religious...
Bite me, savage.
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Israel takes part in the “competition” so not even the islamophile Swedes can ban the Israeli flag.
More importantly: There are credible threats that ISIS is planning a high-profile attack in Stockholm. Seven to eight terrorists are already in place according to some intelligence analysts. The King celebrated his 70 year birthday yesterday - lots of police in central Stockholm, but for a number of reasons I (and others) did not consider that event the most likely goal for an ISIS-attack.
The Eurovision Song Contest (final 14 May) will be broadcast in at least 30 coutriesn, so if you are looking for a high-profile target prior to the European Football Championships in France and the Olympic Games in Rio then that’s it.
The arena may be possible to protect, but there will be events all over Stockholm for the whole week prior to the finals. It is going to be next to impossible to guard against a terror attack. Now the ISIS has further reason to attack the ESC as well. (As if any reason is needed, and anyway reason and islamists are mutually incompatible concepts).
This rule is obviously to prevent the sneeking-in of inciteful or offensive messages in obscure languages.
Regards,
The specific list of banned lags include those of Kosovo, Basque, the Crimean Peninsula, the PLO, Donetsk, Northern Cyprus, Transnistria and ISIS.Usually when someone uses the phrase "heads will roll" it's just an expression.
Don’t give him ideas. If you must, tell him to f(&# himself. He might.
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