Prague 8 City Hall Bizarre Competition: Draw a flag and win a dagger or a pistol!
“We would like to find out how much our citizens’ pride in the history of the Czech Republic is and what our flag means to them,” says the website mojeceskavlajka.cz, where the entire competition is presented.
Build a flag from cars, for example
Her the main face is the mayor of Prague 8 Ondřej Gros (ODS), which presents itself mainly as a right-wing and conservative politician. His conservative focus may be evidenced, for example, by the fact that during the election campaign in 2018 he was supported by Václav Klaus Jr., who spoke of him as a “dissident” and mentioned that he was on his side in the parliament. Klaus Jr. was expelled only a few months later by the Civic Democrats.
Participants have to send their creations to the mayor. There are no limits to the imagination. “Your works can be both physical and purely graphic. You can set the flag, for example, as a mosaic of colored beads – or of parked cars“The rules say.
The mayor himself speaks not only of a formal state symbol or just a combination of three colors. According to him, it is the history of our country and its journey through history, during which many have made considerable sacrifices. ” Today, part of the population forgets the historical context – and even declares national feelings, patriotism and belonging to a nation to be surviving, even reprehensible. Fanatics of new bright tomorrows are turning their backs on the history of our country and often does so due to misunderstanding or distortion of some basic concepts, “he states on the competition website.
One of the major events in our history is connected with Prague 8, namely the assassination of the Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, on which Czech paratroopers successfully carried out the assassination of today’s Prague 8 during Operation Anthropoid.
The main price of the pistol
Some of the prizes in the competitions are reminiscent of this event. They compete in three categories, namely children under 12 years of age, from 13 years of age and the third category is for holders of firearms licenses. It is in this category that the first and second prizes of the FN 1906 Browning pistol, cal.6.35, which the actors of Operation Anthropoid had as a backup weapon.
Prices in other categories are also interesting. In the 13-year-old, the first prize is a Czech-made combat knife inspired by an army knifewhich features graphics reminiscent of Operation Anthropoid.
“Silent Killer” knife
On the website of one of the Czech army shops, they describe it as a knife inspired by weapons used by, for example, the British Commandos. “The design of the dagger was designed to allow surprise attacks and silent killing of the enemy. The dagger caused deep, bleeding wounds that were fatal to the victims, and the effectiveness of the wounds prevented the victims from being able to summon reinforcements or otherwise alert the intruders. ” it is described by the website op-armyshop.czwhere they also add that he is called the “Silent Killer”.
Children under the age of 12 will then win “only” pocket knives in the competition. Many people were quite surprised about the whole event on social networks. “Main prize banger and knives? In a video that shoots at a viewer and targets him? This stinks of support for something a little different than national pride, “commented Jan P.
There were relatively sharp comments. “It is these days that the first cases of bullying by Russians and Belarusians are taking place (including children and those who have lived here for years as opposed to conflict), tensions are rising against refugees from Ukraine,” and our deputies, instead of reassuring and helping, will announce a quasi-Nazi competition for pistols and knives,“Wrote Jiří P.
Bizarre, sounds out of opposition
He also stopped at the competition, for example Chairman of the Opposition Pirates of Prague 8 Martin Štěrba. He also pointed out that the competition appeared on the social networks of the city district and in various community communities connected with Prague 8, and this may have given the impression that this is an event organized directly by the town hall.
“ODS members in Prague 8 confirmed that this is a private ODS event apparently connected with the upcoming municipal elections. The idea of making the competition inspired and motivated by national pride and the Czech national flag is not so bad, but the design and prizes are completely out of the question.. Letting children compete for knives and adults with a gun license in a game in which they have to draw and create with the motif of the Czech national flag is just a bizarre“Commented the competition for Blesk.
People can also win a combat knife in the My Czech Flag competition
Author: My Czech flag