“Scum bag” flogs flag
THE thief who stole an Australian flag from the house of a patriotic Leongatha man has been accused of treason.
Ray Pearson was furious when he discovered his beloved flag had been taken from his carport overnight on November 16.
“I hope the wind blows hard and wraps the flag around your neck and chokes you, scum bag,” he said to the thief.
“It looks like our way of life in a small country town is gone.”
The flag was one of many owned by the fiercely loyal Aussie, but the fact a thief could stoop as low as stealing the flag of the country they live in has astounded him.
“Everyone that I have spoken to has said it’s an act of treason,” Mr Pearson said.
“The flag is who we are. It’s recognised around the world.”
The flag had been flying for only four days and was stolen on the only night Mr Pearson forgot to activate a security light that would have illuminated the thief in their tracks.
“There had been a scooter on the naturestrip for three months and no one has taken it, and they go and steal a flag,” he said.
“I’m just hoping that whoever stole it stole it because they wanted it and not because they hated it.
“But you just do not go and steal it. I’d have shouted them one if they wanted one.”
Mr Pearson, who served his country as a former captain of the Leongatha and Ruby fire brigades, said he simply loved Australia and hoped the flag was never changed.
“I believe every house in Australia should fly a flag. I’m proud to be an Aussie,” he said.
“Every Australian should be proud of what our country has achieved in such a small period of time.
“You work hard for what you have got. You don’t go and steal it. It’s not the fact it was a $20 flag. It was the fact they took it.”
Mr Pearson reported the theft to police, who are now looking for the disrespectful Australian – if they dare call themselves one.
In the mean time, he has plenty of Australian flags in his collection and plans to again fly the flag with pride.
Insulting theft: Ray Pearson of Leongatha, a loyal Aussie, cannot believe a thief stole one of his many beloved Australian flags from his carport.
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