A COUNCIL has ordered an ex-soldier to take down the Australian flag which flies outside his house because it has been deemed "offensive" by a neighbour.
Aaron Wilson erected the 5m high flagpole eight weeks ago, in honour of his friends who served in Iraq.
But on Tuesday, Logan City Council called to tell him a neighbour had made a complaint, labelling it "offensive".
He was told to remove the pole or risk legal action. Mr Wilson, whose father fought in Vietnam, said he was disgusted.
"I find it astonishing that anyone could find the Australian flag offensive," he said.
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Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 1715 Local time: 2:53 AM
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:52 am Post subject:
Not the first time and it won't be the last.
What normally happens in my state is sanity usually prevails eventually. If it goes further the council gets laughed out of court, and have costs awarded against them.
I don't know what it's like in other states or countries ,but in south Australia the hallmarks of local government are stupidity, incompetence and corruption.
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:
I'd leave it up and let them keep threatening until it got to court. Then the court would laugh at them. _________________ A cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his fleshand drink his blood; while telepathically tell him you accept him as your master so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.
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