Talk:Circle of stars

Stupid Political Correctness
"have been numerous allegations that the motif was chosen, deliberately or subconsciously, as a representation of or reference to Mary, something which would be offensive to the significant Protestant, Muslim, atheist and Jewish popultaions of the EU."

This is a particularly silly statement. Unfortunately the author is probably paraphrasing the response of an EU official when quizzed on this matter: being a protestant, I just find the assumption that such a motif would be 'offensive', extremely irritating, and indeed insulting to my intelligence. So what if the EU flag subtly (or indeed accidentally?) acknowledges Europe's roman catholic heritage - why should I find it offensive?!

Let me just digress for a moment. To deny that 'european civilization' is based to a great extent on roman catholicism is to deny reality. Like so much of the rest of the institution of the EU, the conception of Europeanism is simply born out of the ill-thought-through incoherent ideas of an Eurocratic elite, pandering to the fashions of political correctness. I'm sorry for the rant! 172.206.81.190 00:37, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The above entry seems to be related to the European flag and NOT to the Circle of Stars article. --Roberth Edberg 14:12, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

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reference
"Since the circle of twelve stars was chosen as the flag of the European Union, there have been numerous allegations that the motif was chosen, deliberately or subconsciously, as a representation of or reference to Mary, something which would be offensive to the significant Protestant, Muslim, atheist, and Jewish populations of the EU.[5] " the reference at the end of the sentence contains NONE of the statements in the sentence78.29.210.205 (talk) 21:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Here you go. Hafspajen (talk) 04:13, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

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