Buying Flame Proof American Flags In London
JOHAN Hari looks and he looks but he cannot find an American flag in London:
If you want a sense of how the election of Barack Obama is being seen across the world in this post-coital period, one little anecdote for me says it all. I spent yesterday trawling the shops in here in London for Stars and Stripes to decorate my apartment for my Presidential election party – and across the city they were all sold out.
Why’s that then?
One shopkeeper in the East End told me: “For the past eight years we’ve done a big trade in American flags because people buy them to burn them. This is the first time I can remember people buying them because they actually want to wave them.”
So what are the people burning? The Irish flag is a favourite. And, in any case, they’re all made in China…
Posted: 9th, November 2008 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink