Do You Find This Offensive?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

When flown with the national banner of other countries, each flag must be displayed from a separate pole of the same height. Each flag should be the same size. They should be raised and lowered simultaneously. The flag of one nation may not be displayed above that of another nation.

http://www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html

Watch it or we will come back and burn the white house down like we did in 1814

Of course the republicans would reintroduce slavery so they could rebuild it with slave labor like they did the last time

lazy old slaver men

[thongd4me 69]

Actually, I did feel a bit taken aback when the Pakistanis used to fly their flags in Bradford when they beat the English at cricket -

and drove round the town with Pakistani flags flying from their cars.

What made it worse was that nearly all of them were born in England

So I have to be careful not to do the same thing here - especially as it is a flag oriented society like no other in the world

You make a good point in the context of flag used as an aggressive political display,

but what I was talking about was flags displayed with pride, for which the most likely

explanation was that the houses displaying the Canadian & US flags side-by-side

were owned by Canadians who were married to Americans.

Waving their flags in the faces of their host country to emphasize defeat in a sports event is just bad taste.

When PR teams are having big matches you do see a lot of PR flags here in NYC. That may seem not to

be in good taste to a certain extent, but many major ethnic groups have parades here to display their

flags on special days to honor their nationality. Nobody seems to see anything wrong with that.

If somebody flies a flag of another country on their house all year round without considering the US flag,

I do think that is a bit much. My next-door neighbor and his wife are Italian born in Italy over 70 years ago.

He flies only the American flag on his garage (to honor American soldiers fighting abroad). I have never

seen him flying the Italian flag, but nobody will say that Armando is not proud to be Italian.

[Captain Oates 911]

Red, white and blue. Who-da thunk it?

Looks like it could be the Russian/UK Confederation Flag.

The ruskis and FSU bods can't afford flags - they hoist their underpants on national days

Like the day when many Ukrainians joined the wehrmacht

[Captain Oates 911]

http://www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Nice to see you again, Alan.

[_Simpson_ 250]

Nice to see you again, Alan.

Get a room!

[Captain Oates 911]

You make a good point in the context of flag used as an aggressive political display,

but what I was talking about was flags displayed with pride, for which the most likely

explanation was that the houses displaying the Canadian & US flags side-by-side

were owned by Canadians who were married to Americans.

Waving their flags in the faces of their host country to emphasize defeat in a sports event is just bad taste.

When PR teams are having big matches you do see a lot of PR flags here in NYC. That may seem not to

be in good taste to a certain extent, but many major ethnic groups have parades here to display their

flags on special days to honor their nationality. Nobody seems to see anything wrong with that.

If somebody flies a flag of another country on their house all year round without considering the US flag,

I do think that is a bit much. My next-door neighbor and his wife are Italian born in Italy over 70 years ago.

He flies only the American flag on his garage (to honor American soldiers fighting abroad). I have never

seen him flying the Italian flag, but nobody will say that Armando is not proud to be Italian.

Armando would not have been proud to fly an Italian flag in 1944 when Italians were killing American soldiers by the boat load.

However, let's not mention the war - I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it

It is possible to drive round dozens of English towns and never see a flag. Rather than denoting a lack of pride, I actually think it's much darker and much more sinister than that. The English have a deep down smug certainty in their souls that they are better than anyone - and that a display is not necessary and not needing to display it - is itself a form a one -upmanship

Remember I know that society from the inside. You don't get to rule the world without those attitudes being embedded before you set sail

Of course it isn't really a secret that the English think like that and that is why they are resented the world over - isn't the prettiest girl at school always resented ?

Edited May 27, 2011 by Alan the Red

[Captain Oates 911]

Get a room!

We would wreck it !

[_Simpson_ 250]

We would wreck it !

Thats fine just make sure you put out the "do not disturb" door hanger. No one should be subjected to something so unbearable.

[Captain Oates 911]

Thats fine just make sure you put out the "do not disturb" door hanger. No one should be subjected to something so unbearable.

I am too tight to pay for the damages. I am not Keith Richards you know. I can peel an orange in my pocket and that is tight. I am as tight as a crab's botty - and that is watertight !

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

No one should be subjected to something so unbearable.

Something similar could be said about your posts.

[_Simpson_ 250]

Something similar could be said about your posts.

Good one.

[Captain Oates 911]

The subject of the thread is 'do you find this offensive'

A breeze in Uganda could have made this the most offensive picture in the history of the solar system

Edited May 27, 2011 by Alan the Red

[thongd4me 69]

The subject of the thread is 'do you find this offensive'

A breeze in Uganda could have made this the most offensive picture in the history of the solar system

Not by a long shot

[Captain Oates 911]

ah but there is an essential piece of evidence still hidden

Edited May 27, 2011 by Alan the Red