Petition for the Red Arrows

[essbee]

Sorry if this is fixtures.

The Olympic Committe have decided not to allow the Red Arrows fly
at the 2012 Olympics because the 'military' overtones might offend
competing nations.

If you disagree with this decision, sign the petition on the link

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/RedArrows2012/?ref=redArrows2012

 

[NMH]

Is there a petition somewhere, for those who agree with the decision?

 

[readingstockport]

It is fixtures. It is also a total load of bollocks. The story is simply not true as a minor, small amount of checking would have show you.

FFS learn to think for yourself.

JESUS. IT EVEN SAYS ON THE SODDING PETITION SITE THAT THE STORY IS NOT TRUE AND YOU STILL POST THE LINK.

 

[Kent Seagull]

It's a load of bollocks, no such decision has been made. See post below from another forum and link to the Red Arrows website.

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Some of you may have been getting your inbox clogged with the 'Red Arrows banned from Olympics' fantasy. Another of those made-up, troublemaking stories which the Olympics seems to have generated recently.

It seems the BNP have found it's a great way of stirring up trouble by starting fake petitions on scaremongering stories (like the 'Olympic Super Mosque' one they started the other month).

So, here's the true story - from the Red Arrows very own website:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/teamnews/ind ... 2F89D95041

It reads:

"There has been a lot of speculation recently both in the media and online regarding whether we have been banned from displaying at the 2012 Olympics, and we are getting an increasingly large amount of enquiries from people wondering whether or not to sign online petitions. We are very happy to tell you that the story is complete rubbish! It’s far too early for either us or the organising committee of London 2012 to discuss any participation by the Red Arrows in the celebrations. We plan our display season one year in advance and so we’re currently busy trying to organise our 2008 display season. We would like to thank everyone for their support – but hope that the truth behind this story will put everyone’s concerns to rest."

Maybe now we can gradually kill this one.

 

[dougdeep]

Here we go again.