Red Arrows at the olympics

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I have seen this before, the london olympics should be to show what britain is about and hence the red arrows are ideal.

I saw the this year at the silverstone grandprix and its the first time i had seen them in the flesh, truely amazing although half the display was block by the grandstand roof. gutted

Right Neio Rant!!

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry but the Olympics are in Britain, the red arrows are effectively a British tradition, why can’t we have them. I Fing hate these liberal pink and fluffy PC ‘oh lets not offend anyone unless they are our own people cos they don’t matter’

They need fing shooting. If people get offended by anything British in our country, tough s**t F off its Britain and we will be proud and do British things.

I am absolutely gob smacked.

Originally Posted by neio79

Right Neio Rant!!

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry but the Olympics are in Britain, the red arrows are effectively a British tradition, why can’t we have them. I Fing hate these liberal pink and fluffy PC ‘oh lets not offend anyone unless they are our own people cos they don’t matter’

They need fing shooting. If people get offended by anything British in our country, tough s**t F off its Britain and we will be proud and do British things.

I am absolutely gob smacked.

Did you read the government's response to the petition?

FYI (cut'n'pasted from the site).

Government Response, 27 September 2007, while petition was still open

The e-petition asking the Prime Minister to "to Allow the Red Arrows to Fly at the 2012 Olympics" is ongoing. This is a response in advance of the closing date from the Government

This allegation is not true. The Government has not banned the Red Arrows from the London 2012 Olympic Games. The organising committee of London 2012 will decide what to include in the Opening Ceremony and other celebrations - but with almost five years to go, decisions are yet to be made on what these will look like.

And of course the Red Arrows played a memorable role in the celebrations for 2012, when they flew over Trafalgar Square to mark London winning the Games.

[Viney]

The red arrows shouldnt fly at the Olympics, because they are soooooooooooooooooooo boring. See them once, thats it.

Originally Posted by Ping

FYI (cut'n'pasted from the site).

Ping, but those are just facts, who will believe them anyway?!

Gobsmacked!!!

Bring em on. Also to make things a bit more fun have a soundtrack

I'd suggest "The Dambusters" for starters

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Another nail in the coffin of these ridiculous petitions, just proves yet again that people who're signing up care so deeply about the subject, that they can't even be bothered to find out if it's true "full of passionate intensity"

[Biker Biggles]

Blimey its five years away.That sort of dangerous flying will almost certainly have been banned by then on health and safety grounds,as will most olympic sports.And think of the carbon footprint.
Anyone who disagrees is for the highjump OK?