Do you get angry/annoyed when people disrespect your country's flag?
- Thread starter twistedmic
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Uhm...No...Not at all. Honestly, I don't even see reason why one should be upset....I do guess it has something to do with patriotism, but you know what? Screw patriotism, honestly I think it's stupid and I am pretty much opposite of patriot. Nothing against people who are patriots though, even though I think it's stupid to be one, I still respect their opinion.
Not particularly, I can't take credit for the whole of the place. Besides, if it's the most inventive way they can express dismay with the place I live, I feel a little sorry for them, honestly.
I don't really give a shit what happens to the flag itself. Inadvertently or carelessly disrespecting it, as in hanging it upside down, failing to take care of it etcetera doesn't bother me at all. Deliberate defacing or destroying the Union Jack... that does concern me, because it's not just the destruction of a piece of material but an expression of hostility towards my country, and thus me.
Not at all. It's a piece of cloth, not an idol of worship.
I do get annoyed though, when people with no relation to the factory i work at come into the gatehouse i work in, complaining that the flag should've been down 20 minnutes ago.
Apparently it's considered bad to have the flag raised after sunset, something about flagging for the devil.
I've had several people, including a fucking police officer on duty come in and tell me i should take it down, cause it was illegal.
First of all, we do take it down, i just tend to fit it in where i have time for it, durring my patrolling of the factory, secondly, it is not illegal, i've checked up, it's just an old tradition, still I get enforcers of the law coming in and blurting their lack of knowledge for the law in my face, cause they had nothing better to do.
You are allowed to have a narrow tipped flag (dunno whta it's called in english) hanging 24/7, and yet people notice the rectangular flag beeing up, gets butthurt, and goes out of their way to drop into some place they would've otherwise just driven by, just to wrongfully tell me that it's illegal to have the flag up this hour.
I do get annoyed though, when people with no relation to the factory i work at come into the gatehouse i work in, complaining that the flag should've been down 20 minnutes ago.
Apparently it's considered bad to have the flag raised after sunset, something about flagging for the devil.
I've had several people, including a fucking police officer on duty come in and tell me i should take it down, cause it was illegal.
First of all, we do take it down, i just tend to fit it in where i have time for it, durring my patrolling of the factory, secondly, it is not illegal, i've checked up, it's just an old tradition, still I get enforcers of the law coming in and blurting their lack of knowledge for the law in my face, cause they had nothing better to do.
You are allowed to have a narrow tipped flag (dunno whta it's called in english) hanging 24/7, and yet people notice the rectangular flag beeing up, gets butthurt, and goes out of their way to drop into some place they would've otherwise just driven by, just to wrongfully tell me that it's illegal to have the flag up this hour.
basically this,Crystalite said:
there is no reason to get emotionally attached or create fuss about it, but if i was to say i was handling a dutch flag in front of a government/serviceman official, i'd probably shape up and be respectful with it.
I don't really care for flags at all. I wouldn't mind someone burning any flag. It's just cloth. I'd actually feel worse if someone burned my bed sheet or blanket (or band patch), as I'd have to buy new ones.
Argentina's flag is pretty awesome, though.
Argentina's flag is pretty awesome, though.
The flag is utterly meaningless. If you'd looked up at it while bullets were whizzing overhead or you were pulling someone out of a fire, I could see why it held some symbolic meaning for you, but simply because a navy base is close to where you grew up, I don't understand your temple pounding every time you see a flag with a tear flapping in the breeze.twistedmic said:
How about the principals upon which the nation was founded, or the people who give their lives to those ideals? Are they not infinitely more important than a stupid piece of fabric?
Yeah I do, I think flags are more than just a piece of cloth with some colours on, they represent your home and sometimes beliefs. If I see someone defacing an American flag I also get annoyed, as a Brit I have a lot of respect for Americans and their way of life. I'm talking about someone burning it or something not that it has a slight rip in it while it's flying.
Not to mention Britain has the nicest looking flag.
I say Britain rather than England as my family is from all over.
Not to mention Britain has the nicest looking flag.
I say Britain rather than England as my family is from all over.
Not really, unless i'm being strangled with it.
I'm English by the way, and my flag sort of annoys me, every world football match we have OUT COMES THE FLAGS.
People disrespecting my country on the other hand...
I'm English by the way, and my flag sort of annoys me, every world football match we have OUT COMES THE FLAGS.
People disrespecting my country on the other hand...
This might sound weird since I'm Bulgarian and we've never lost a flag in battle, but I really couldn't care less
If the state was waving tattered flags, yeah maybe I'll be upset, but a citizen waving a flag at his house, car, etc. no matter the condition can't possibly upset me.
P.S. Europeans wave their national flags only as a signal for important football matches
If the state was waving tattered flags, yeah maybe I'll be upset, but a citizen waving a flag at his house, car, etc. no matter the condition can't possibly upset me.
P.S. Europeans wave their national flags only as a signal for important football matches
A flag's best use is that its a small symbol that can be used to represent nationality and is (Usually) identifiable. Its not a symbol that can be used to represent much else.
I dislike anyone that makes some sweeping generalisation -especially negative- about a country, and burning or defacing a flag is part of that generalisation. But I can't afford to get worked up about it with my country, because, let's face it, lots of people like burning the Union flag.
Meh, not really. I respect the flag as much as the next guy and do agree that doing such a thing is disrespectful, but I can't remember a time I was angry about something like that. I think it's better to just let them make idiots of themselves.
