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All "British Arctic Territory" flags are hoaxes, developed by Clay Moss et al. on April Fools' Days
image by Clay Moss, 1 April 2024
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The biggest piece of news to pass along from the BAT, is one word.
INDEPENDENCE.
I would have to go back and look, but I think I may have
alluded to it during BAT Day 28. In our mock government class at school, we
"pretend" like the BAT is a legitimate entity, as we practice running the
territory's government. As an elective class, that's the serious,
academic/learning side of the BAT that our kids take very seriously. What if
we actually were a territory?
In the late winter/early spring last year,
there was a compelling question raised by one of our young ladies. The
question she asked...Was the BAT ever going to consider independence from the
UK? It took us all by surprise, but as the discussion developed, it became
apparent that it was an issue we needed to consider. After all, the United
Kingdom as a nation, has changed drastically from where it was in 1995, when
the BAT, via "the hoax", was made up. As the government of the BAT has been
made of inordinately traditional, and conservative students, they have
perceived the BAT as philosophically drifting apart from the UK.
So,
the decision has been made to investigate the value of declaring independence
from the UK, and from that point forward, considering the BAT to be a mock
sovereign nation.
Entirely student lead, there have already been three
academic initiatives put into place, in order to study the options that the
BAT might have. The BAT does not have a deadline regarding any of this
decision-making, but did go ahead and make the decision to add another flag
to our collection of territorial flags, and ensigns, reflecting that
potential independence is "on the table" as it were.
At this juncture,
all vexilogical representations of the BAT that transpire away from the
actual territory will be manifest through the current existing array of
flags, and ensigns that represent the British Arctic Territory. However,
within the territory itself, our new, attached independence flag will fly at
the discretion of the citizenry. As you can see, the simple 1:2 horizontal
tri-bar is composed of BAT's traditional colours, and thus adequately
represents the British Arctic Territory. That's as much as there is to say
about the flag at the moment.
Clay Moss 1 April 2024
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