Quote:South Carolina bill to remove Confederate flag advances
South Carolina's Senate has passed a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol in Columbia.
It was put forward after the flag was linked to a gunman who killed nine people at a Charleston church in June.
The bill must now pass by a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives before being sent to the governor for approval.
The flag is seen by some as an icon of slavery and racism while others say it symbolises US heritage and history.
The flag was originally the battle flag of the southern states in the American Civil War when they tried to break away to prevent the abolition of slavery.
The debate over its use was reignited after Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old charged with killing nine black people on 17 June, was pictured flying the flag.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33420598
The main problem with the concept of banning such a flag is firstly the internet is littered with it and it won't easily go away, secondly any small deviation in it's design can create an entirely different flag that isn't actually rooted to the concerns of the original flag. Here's an example I made that I think has an underlining meaning that hopefully wouldn't cause any arguments. (This is a modified version of the wiki Confederate Flag image)
Feel free to crack the code, hopefully I set it right... I don't want to make a similar mistake to