Mexican Flag Flown Illegally Over Reno Business

[almaty 19]

i agree it is disrespectful....but, this country is full of things that happen that are disrespectful..........

[pedroh 21]

10.4

just was reading the anti-everything bloggers, how he's protecting the nation and the restaurant owner should go to jail, blablabla.. again, ignorance attracts more ignorance

[Marc and Olga 0]

The American flag should never hang lower than the flag of another nation, and should always be raised and lowered first. If the American flag is being flown with other national flags, the flags should be flown at equal height and should be the same size

Emphasis added - source

[almaty 19]

go to jail over having a flag of his choice on hos property..i think some people like anyone mexican to wear a snake and eagle on a cactus patch on the outside of their clothes..sad

[Marc and Olga 0]

go to jail over having a flag of his choice on hos property..i think some people like anyone mexican to wear a snake and eagle on a cactus patch on the outside of their clothes..sad

no no no, he is more then welcome to fly the mexican flag but not on the same flag pole as the American flag...see my previous posts...

[almaty 19]

go to jail over having a flag of his choice on hos property..i think some people like anyone mexican to wear a snake and eagle on a cactus patch on the outside of their clothes..sad

no no no, he is more then welcome to fly the mexican flag but not on the same flag pole as the American flag...see my previous posts...

brother marc, i have no argument with you and in fact agree with you... but, i think the reason this thread brought allot of emotions was the reaction of the Veteran...

[JODO 2]

I do not think it is an issue of the flag being Mexican per se. I believe it has to do with another country's flag flying over Old Glory on the same flagpole. I have stayed at Le Meridien in the States and they had the Tricolor flying as well,but just not on the same pole and certainly not over Old Glory. I doubt most Americans would have a problem with the latter scenario.

[DeadPoolX 9]

i agree it is disrespectful....but, this country is full of things that happen that are disrespectful..........

That's true, but as the old saying goes, "since when did two wrongs make a right?" In other words, just because someone else does something disrespectful, how does that make it any "better" or "more appropriate" for you to do something disrespectful as well? I don't think it does, but I suppose many would disagree with me.

Besides, as many have pointed out here (including myself), the real issue isn't flying a foreign flag. It's flying a foreign flag above or in place of the U.S. flag that's the problem. If a foreign flag is flown under or next to (on a separate pole) the U.S. flag, I seriously doubt very many people would raise any concerns about it.

I don't see why there's this urge to snub the country you're currently presiding in. It just seems rude and as if you're asking for trouble. After all, if I went to another country and decided I wouldn't fly their flag at all, but I would only the U.S. flag, don't you think the citizens of that nation might get a ticked off? Think about it. There I am, an immigrant to their country, feeding off their resources to not only house, clothe and feed myself, but to make my business work and I won't even show the least bit of respect towards their country, which in part, made it possible for it all to happen? Instead, I fly my original country's flag -- the country I left to go to their country.

Do you see how irritating that might be for a lot of people? I certainly do. It amounts to nothing more than a slap in the face.

[Addie_Goodvibes 0]

I think there is nothing wrong with display the flag of ones native country so long as it is not in disrespect to the nation they are in.

According to Rules & Regs for displaying the US Flag:

No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the right of the flag of the United States (the viewer's left).

When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace

The outrage over this is is justified as it is a violation of US Flag Code & Disrespectful

Although US Citizens also often unkowningly improperly display the US Flag.

In Southern Ca. near the beach cities a lot of homes have Flags US Flags College Flags ect..

The USA flags are flown 24/7 on the strand with no proper ligting, often hung below the level of their USC/UCLA flags.

I have seen them used as table clothes draped over balconies. ect.. I even see them dragging the ground. During the $th Of July Holiday we see people wearing the flag as a costume or cape.

I work next to a fortune 500 Corp. One day on the way to my office I noticed the US Flag displayed improperly at this business. They mistakenly were flying the US Flag Upside, I went inside and asked them if they werre under siege ( As they were flying the international distress signal by displaying the flag upside down. I also always see them taking it down at dusk and just wadding it up in a ball to stick in a card board box. That is disrespectful.

So if we are going to police immigrants for displaying their flags unkowingly in violation of US Flag Policy we should address Citizens for their mis use and improper display of the US Flag

[Peikko 1,575]

I have never known a country to be so obsessed about flag flying. It's a symbol of something, it's not a sacred cow.

[smoke20 0]

I have never known a country to be so obsessed about flag flying. It's a symbol of something, it's not a sacred cow.

i'm not obsessed about flag flying. but, i have to disagree w/ you on that one. to me & many others the US flag is a sacred symbol.

[pedroh 21]

nothing justifies the attitude on that old guy, he just acted like an arsehole, and I know American Patriotism means more than acting like a rabid 15 year old girl.. he's insulting the veterans by also justifying his stupid circus act as something a veteran who cares about his country would do

[Peikko 1,575]

That's one of the aspects of Christianity I can identify with, don't hold onto sacred cows. Symbolism is a useful tool but to actually try to protect the symbols above what it's meant to symbolise, that's plain loco.

[Bootylicious!! 2]

I have never known a country to be so obsessed about flag flying. It's a symbol of something, it's not a sacred cow.

i'm not obsessed about flag flying. but, i have to disagree w/ you on that one. to me & many others the US flag is a sacred symbol.

I must be un-American then. I appreciate what the flag means, but it's not sacred by any means. It's just a piece of fabric and they make new ones every day.

[Addie_Goodvibes 0]

I have never known a country to be so obsessed about flag flying. It's a symbol of something, it's not a sacred cow.

I think that Old Coot who cut the US Flag down then proclaimed Fighten words is more disrespectful than the Resturaunt owner unkowingly disrepecting the Flag.

I also feel certain amount of respect should be given to the Symbol of our Nation. What gets me is why people don't cry out against everyday misuses of the US Flag by USC. It is not neccesarily Obesseion over "flag Flying" The US Flag is a Symbol of our Country.