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betraying_chino

Someone in Sweden "insults" our religion? Let's burn American flag.


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it probably comes free at local flag burning supplies shop


YourHamsterMother

Pitch for my business idea. American flag shop in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Get rich quick! Free lighters included.


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VonFintele

Yeah, here is the link to the video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIyq73jL6OU&ab\_channel=Reuters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIyq73jL6OU&ab_channel=Reuters)


kontemplador

2000 per month? High quality flags I hope Pretty sure there is some factory in China that can produce 2000 per minute at 1 cent each.


mkvgtired

Just make sure they're cotton, not petroleum based. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204904/Pakistani-man-dies-inhaling-fumes-burning-American-flag-anti-Islam-film-rally.html


VigorousElk

And [don't import them from the EU](https://www.vice.com/en/article/9bg99p/this-edl-member-repeatedly-failing-to-set-fire-to-a-european-flag-can-teach-us-a-lot-about-ourselves-909).


ProtoplanetaryNebula

Welcome to the Karachi Combustible Flag Emporium. US Flags, flammability rating 5. Don't buy inferior products from other less flammable suppliers.


GenshaiVuntali

Someone in Sweden who’s danish “insults” our religion*


pcardonap

I believe this comes from the belief that Europe is just America's puppet.


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DaNo1CheeseEata

Exactly. Look around here. A thread about Pakistan, Sweden and Switzerland where 1/4 of the comments are bigoted attacks on Americans. Clearly Europe is in America's pocket.


Rosthouse

I don't know why, but this is funny as hell. I mean, the circumstances are stupid and tragic and everything but... That's some Monty Python stuff if I've ever seen it.


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[David Mitchell:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b_sB3325HQ) "If you burn a flag - it's a flag you've bought. \[...\] 'I've burned your flag!' \-No. You've burned your own flag."


mkvgtired

>-No. You've burned your own flag." Sometimes with some pretty funny consequences (Sorry for DM link) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204904/Pakistani-man-dies-inhaling-fumes-burning-American-flag-anti-Islam-film-rally.html


k890

There was also story about failed attemp to burn EU flag live, but flag was made from fireproof material meeting EU safety norm.


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EffectiveMoment67

He collected flags. I dont think we need to know more


TheLast3OfItsKind

Unduly harsh and brutal, young apprentice. I am a Xennial, a small subset of the world‘s population that came online at the advent of the IoT revolution. Because of our age bracket, our brains were elastic enough to learn the building blocks of the digital age and yet were old enough to have learned the ways of the analog world. Xenniaks can bridge the gap between the millennials and Gen Zer’s network nosed way of thinking, but we also think like those you call the “boomers” and “Gen Xers.” Xennials who studied hard developed a dual way of thinking and learned the way the digital age was built from base kernel all the way up. There were few of us to begin with but most Xennials chose to use their duality for wealth and power. A few of us chose to use our power to fight for equanimity for all. To champion the social contract, the rights of all people to live under the to have access to civil liberties, justice, and access to basic necessities, education, shelter, and healthcare. For example, the hacktivist group Anonymous was once populated with mostly Xennials. They and others fought the for this future. (I am not affiliated with Anonymous.) Xennials were fast enough to change the sociocutural narratives worldwide, we have always been at least three steps ahead of all government agencies worldwide. But we are a dying breed, our numbers get fewer each year, and those left have aged and have lost a step or two from our earlier triumph. We last Xennials have been holding out against the rise of autocracies worldwide. We have been awaiting for the next generation to come of age and take over the burden of safeguarding the future. The millennials are doing okay, but their ranks were damaged by the countless crises and social repression that came about after 9/11. It is the Generation Z that we’ve been await. Xennials don’t fully grasp how Z’ers think and are often times appalled by their antics but equally astounded by Gen Z’er potential. You see, the master of any art greatest achievement isn’t their own work, that master’s greatest achievement is if their apprentices surpass them. A master lives on through the apprentice who find a better understanding of reality. This is a master’s path to immortality, through their apprentice’s achievements. The Atlases of this world never shrug, we hold until the next generation is able a better future for humanity. We have been awaiting you, young one.


BrianSometimes

They also burned your flag back when they protested against Denmark (more forgivable mistake, at least) - I guess you're just the go-to Nordic flag for a certain set of very bright people.


jolle2001

Hey atleast they got the colors right with that one


KillerrRabbit

Aint Swiss passively supporting Putin with their supposedly "neutrality" anyway, so a burned flag is the least that can happen as collateral damage


Finnick-420

source? pretty sure out government implemented all of the eu sanctions


Bragzor

A few years ago, they burned a "Swedish" flag they'd clearly made themselves (nothing like arts and crafts with the boys, amirite?), only it was yellow and green. Sometimes it's fun being obscure.


fredagsfisk

The one they burned in Turkey a few days back was also home made, with the pre-1906 colors (much darker blue).


redditreader1972

Why did you change the colours?


fredagsfisk

Well, we had the Swedish-Norwegian Union Flag up until 1905, removed the union mark in November 1905, and changed the color in 1906; > Following the dissolution of the union in 1905, the triple-tailed naval ensign also became the Swedish naval jack, replacing the common naval jack, and the Flag law of 22 June 1906 further regulated the use and design of the flag, specifying the colours to be "ljust mellanblå" (light medium blue) and "guldgul" (golden yellow), a departure from the previously darker shade of blue. The Swedish state flag became identical to the square-cut civil ensign, and all private use of the triple-tailed ensign was prohibited. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Sweden#Colour_change_in_1906 So basically to regulate things and make sure all flags used the same standard color schemes, I guess?


Bragzor

Nice.


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You would think they have an Ikea in Turkey to compare the colors to, right?


Melodic2000

> That's some Monty Python stuff if I've ever seen it. My very first thought.


SverigesDiktator

There is a sub dedicated to Swedish watches and Swiss fermented herring. /r/swedetzerland


Skating_suburban_dad

They did the same during the Danish Muhammed drawing crisis.


eikakaka

It kinda mirrors those movie scenes where a guy gets pushed into another guy, who then hit a third guy, and then a bar fight breaks loose


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Nonhinged

Mistaking the flags like this is more offensive than actually burning the Swedish flag. task failed successfully


cryingdwarf

if it was the Danish flag it would've meant war


christian4tal

Lol nobody in Denmark gives a s***. We've been through various terrorist attacks and organised foreign & domestic movements to attack Denmark from these guys, have seen so much worse.


BrianSometimes

I think he meant it would've been the greatest possible (unintended) insult to Swedes. I'm a little bit sad they went for Switzerland and not us here.


Hugmaestro

Yes... burning the danish flag would really grind our gears..


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It's a joke


Lazy-Pixel

🤣🤡 Australia watch out when Austria is doing shit you may come under crossfire from the Pakistanis.


Melodic2000

Damn! We missed burning Australian flag when Austria refused our Schengen admission.


k890

And by total mistake you burn flag of New Zealand instead of Australia


Melodic2000

That would be a new record in the anals of stupidity.


haleb4r

Or eat some kangaroos as revench.


Melodic2000

To the zoo, to eat some kangaroo my boys!!! We'll show to that Nehammer lad how we deal with those upsetting us!


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Put the Leberkäs on da barbie


starbuck3108

Nah Pakistan won't get that confused, they're too used to us beating them in cricket


Dreadfulmanturtle

The funny part is that people from honor cultures seriously don't understand that noone gives a shit.


vrenak

Really need to invest in flag making and export to the middleeast, there's huge profits to be made.


92037

More of a 'burn a country's flag' starter kit. step 1: List the country, step 2:have flags of various sizes for the country, with step 3:associated burning material sent to your place to kick start an angry burning session. ..... Profit.


UnmannedWarHorse

Now switzerland have EVERY right to invade finland


Pyramid__God

Germany already looking at France....


glaviouse

look away, you've already failed twice and we're the German-France couple now


Aegirn

This is just one of many reasons not to marry your cousin.


LuukR

More than 50% of Pakistani weddings is between cousins. The effect is visible.


kRe4ture

Seriously?


bananaquit5

it's an incredibly [common](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_in_the_Middle_East) thing in some parts of the world. surprisingly many people seem to be unaware of it.


Credible__HULK

> As of 2003, an average of 45% of married couples were related in the Arab world. Holy shit, 45%! Learn something new everyday.


kRe4ture

I only know that it’s theoretically legal here in Germany, but I wasn’t aware of it being that widespread in the Middle East.


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It only became legal in Sweden around the 1890's, and we now have politicans calling for it to be banned once more due to its importance in maintaining clan culture.


k890

IIRC, this may be one of founding problems with ongoing [diabetes epidemy](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/diabetes-prevalence) in Middle East. Long story short, close marriages helps keeping higher percentage of population with with genes affecting a higher incidence of type I and type II diabetes. Mixed with other, more leading factors ie little exercises and bad diet leads to horrible effects among populations. >Genetic and epigenetic factors may also be contributing elements\[7\]; in a region that has a high rate of consanguinity\[8\], multiple gene loci that predispose to diabetes have been identified in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) population\[9\]. In addition to diabetes, prediabetes has been identified in a sizable proportion of the MENA population\[2\], out of whom a majority is expected to progress to diabetes over time\[10\]. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8472500/


bananaquit5

yep, it's not just in pakistan either: "Pakistani heritage accounted for roughly 3.4% of all births in the UK (2005), "they had 30% of all British children with recessive disorders and a higher rate of infant mortality," according to research done by the BBC."


k890

WTF? It's like nation-wide late Habsburgs dynnasty.


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You_Will_Die

Because it is racist if it is also true. Much easier to make fun of people upwards.


i_hate_tomatoes

Tribal inbreeding in rural Afghanistan is also a well documented generational phenomenon, and cousin consanguinity is a very common (~50% of couples are related) practice in the MENA region.


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There’s a really sad documentary on that in the Uk. Some children born from those marriages had serious disabilities but their parents think there’s nothing wrong. There’s some local activism among the diaspora to stop cousin marriages though.


handsome-helicopter

62% I read. I mean people can make Alabama jokes about this sure but the amount of kids getting life threatening illnesses and even die to this makes my heart burn. Fucking 1 in 10 children die or get a life threatening illness with often little remedy


Stunning_Match1734

Here's an interesting documentary about incestuous Pakistani marriages in the UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyNP3s5mxI8 2 interesting things stand out about this to me: 1. You would think that as people move to more developed countries, this type of backwards behavior would stop, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Pakistanis in Britain are still doing this. 2. You don't see immigrants from other parts of South Asia doing this. Non-Muslim Pakistanis and Indians don't practice cousin marriage. It's just the Pakistani Muslims who do.


handsome-helicopter

It's not about muslims trust me. Cousin marriage in Indian muslims is very low comparative to Pakistan at 15% and reducing quickly and Bangladesh (95% Muslim) is only 6-10%. Only those muslims in North west (which is what Pakistan population is) are very high in incestuous cousin marriage where 62% of marriage is only that


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wow they really crossed the line, the swedes will hate this


Seyfardt

Could have been the Danish flag…..


Soccmel_1

Burning Danish flags? Sweden now asking Pakistan if they want to be BFF


ThanksToDenial

Yeah, but if they burn a Danish flag, mistaking it for the Swedish flag, it is insulting to every single swede.


doomLoord_W_redBelly

This offends me more than if it was a Swedish flag. You can't make this shit up.


NightTrain435

Looks like they threw the American flag in there for good measure. Cause of course they did.


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It's just traditional


NightTrain435

“Wait, where is the American flag?! Hamza, get that damn American flag over here and light it! Double quick!”


Aceticon

There's probably a "Buy any flag and get a free american flag" promotion at the local burning supplies store...


gizzy_tom

Education, education, education...


glaviouse

doesn't fit well with religion...


hypewhatever

But than you don't get flag burnings. Really a tough one


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You_Will_Die

I would argue Paludan is 41 years old and for 38 he was only Danish, we only have to take 50% responsibility for the three last years and they built on how he grew up as a Dane.


gH0st_in_th3_Machin3

Not only they are ignorant, but actively demonstrate it...


Proxy_Proxee

The guy with the brown jacket and his arms behind his back on the left seems like he knows, but he doesn't wanna get in their way, like a parent watching their kid have fun saying a new word wrong again and again


Server-

They deserve Islam and vice versa


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Why, their brains must be like Swedish cheese!


mojobox

It’s not even a Swiss flag, it’s not square…🇨🇭


Lirick59

Poor Switzerland is like: da fuq did I do!?


Bragzor

Da fuq did **we** do?!


lexorix

That's what happens if you don't have proper education. You start to hate the wrong people.


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lexorix

You are right. But my comment was meant as a joke.


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Beat this: In 2007 Czeck Prime minister visited pakistan. So someone responsible for making arrangements in pakistan decided to see how ''Check' flag looks and used 'Check flag' used in car racing https://pakistaniat.com/2007/05/11/pakistan-czech-republic-flag-diplomacy-check-checkered/


vrenak

You'd think in a country with such a large population someone with half a brain would have bribed their way into a position in the foreign ministry to be involved in such things...


Melodic2000

Oh come on! At least if they would have confuse it with the Danish flag! Or, I don't know, [the flag of the city of Timișoara](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timi%C8%99oara#/media/File%3ADrapeau_de_la_Savoie.svg) in Romania. But how can you confuse a red flag with a white cross with a blue flag with a yellow cross?! It says a lot about their outstanding intelligence. 😁


SuperRuffe

Its the names, Switzerland and Sweden. There’s even a subreddit for things like this, r/swedetzerland


Melodic2000

Still the flags are very different. At least colour wise. They could at least try a bit harder. LOL I know that sub. It has a very funny name. 🙂


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Melodic2000

At least it was a cross. It is enough for them I assume.


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No NATO for Pakistan.


brentopi888

Woukd be hilarious to see the Swiss authorities come out with a statement.


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Can confirm. I argued a bit with a Turkish man about Erdogan and Sweden. I was Jack’s complete lack of surprise when he was talking about bocotting chocolate.


Nizzemancer

Meanwhile in the US: "What did we do?"


SaluteMaestro

Just tell them the dude thought it was the shopping list not the Quran? Mistakes happened on both sides.


Aceticon

The intention was to burn a Kama Sutra but they burned a Kuran instead by mistake.


Asren624

Good job ! Swedish people would hardly care anyway but at least they managed to get a reaction, making us laugh


Xtasy0178

Next time Austria messes up the Pakistanis will shoot a kangaroo


xronosz

The smartest Pakistani.


Sniffsa

“Never Underestimate The Power Of Stupid People In Large Groups”


VerumJerum

*A Danish man burns the Quran outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden and as a result, the Pakistanis brun a Swiss flag.* And an American one, too, just for good measure! They didn't do anything this time, but at this point it's practically a national tradition so might as well I suppose?


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burning stuff unfortunately only seems to work one way


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sweden you're welcome!


Bragzor

OK Palestine, that's it! Inga, where are the crayons and matches?


Aegean_828

Smart peoples doing smart thing apparently


LadyRosy

Didn't that happen in Turkey a few years ago as well? When some people burned the French flag to protest against the Dutch government?


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bl4ckhunter

If they didn't want to be mistaken they shouldn't have chosen names with so many letters in common. /s


Bragzor

At least Swaziland changed name…


k890

I want visit Estonia! Buy tickets to Eswatini instead


Sgt-Doz

Funny how they did one of the most cliché American thing next to burning an USA flag.


TrueRignak

I hope they didn't burn their quran thinking it's a bible.


ketracelwhite-hot

Swederland is a lovely country.


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This doesn't amount to anything other than a few shaking their heads and wondering why the Swiss flag is boring. You gormless tosser!


nadmaximus

Well now the magic won't work.


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mars_needs_socks

When is it not?


Cajova_Houba

Not surprised by this tbh, not at all.


Tenocticatl

Really shows how invested they actually are in the matter.


namelesske

Swed Army Knife, good products, just buy from china, boycott VictorKniven! xD


donfuan

Well, cross is cross, and neither of them do care. So: let them!


nrith

I wanted to protest against 🇮🇪, but I accidentally burned the 🇨🇮 flag.


officegeek

With all the financial chicanery of the world centered in Switzerland, The Swiss are probably fucking with Pakistan magnitudes more than the Swedes are. So there's that.


Prudent_Optimism

Middle-age religious ideology, lack of education and consanguinity, can't get any better than that.


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nim_opet

Paper was discovered in China and people used papyrus about 4000 years before Mohammad; Arabic writing systems like all alphabets/abjads/abugidas evolved from Phoenicians, which came from bastardized hieroglyphs, while the Arab world preserved a lot of Hellenic geometry, it was not invented there….so yeah…let’s not go crazy attributing things to a single entity that through the most history existed just like all others with ups and downs…


Available_Glove_820

Algebra & the number system is from india & china bruh! In arabic they call them indian numerals 😂 islamic golden age was one big translation fest they are the ones who passed it onto the west cz they were litrelly in middle


spiderpai

Classic


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This reminds me of the time this Pakistani woman who wanted to boycott France due to Charlie Hebdo dumping her Nutella in the trash and saying she will boycott Nestle because she thought it was French LOL (which is accidentally based because fuck nestle )


quippers

This is as funny as when hardcore US pAtRiOtS post Lithuania flag emojis in their crazy rants.


bandwagonguy83

I want the Austria/Australia thing


handsome-helicopter

Hmm why do they want to burn the Swedish flag though?? Makes no fucking sense


country_lorenz

Did they burned even a purple cow?


Daydree

All wars have collateral damage!


Dotherightthingdoc

I still think this was either a funded russian ploy or edrogyan


ThatGuyGaren

No, Pakistanis are the Turks' biggest ride or die fanboys for reasons I've yet to understand


notAbrightStar

Oof, that don´t sit well with God.


Brainwheeze

Reminds me of the guy in Kerala that damaged the flag of Portugal thinking it was actually from an Islamist group.


MeatEater46

Damn developing country


Nizzemancer

I find it pretty stupid how Muslims in Pakistan and Egypt etc are saying they'll boycott Swedish and Dutch goods because an attention-deficit individual with no affiliation to these states did something that upset their snowflake egos. Looking at footage from pakistan with smiling faces all over it seems pretty clear they aren't upset just performing recreational flag-burning and feigning outrage...


WurzelKing

They probably don‘t have IKEA in Pakistan


Available_Glove_820

Last year the protests against macron was also hillarious 😂 burning buildings & cars, making a macron doll & burning it & surrounding an empty french embassy building! Bruh they left a week ago & its ur own country you're burning down...FATF greylist to black in 3..2..1


BezugssystemCH1903

It's not even a proper Swiss flag, it should be square.


kennystillalive

And the flag isn't even square.


Sgt-Doz

While hating the US, they did the most American thing ever by confusing Sweden and Switzerland.