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Obviously, he's suggesting that we Americans are imperialists like the East India Company and its relationship with India. Ah well, I suppose next he'll suggest that because the Nazis and Romans used eagles, that really says something about people who use the eagle as a symbol, too...
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quote:Originally posted by Hobbes: As for which country has the best looking flag, it's all a matter of opinion. I don't know how you could think it's ugly Topher. One of the things that make it stand out is it's easily recognizable by almost everyone. The only other flags that I can think of off the top of my head that are just as recognizable are the UK's, Canada, Austraila, Japan. So many other countries have flags that are mostly the same colors just organized in a different pattern.
Exactly: not even attractive colors either: purple and orange should never be together on a flag. The color brown should be excluded entirely.
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I wasn't aware that there were any countries with purple on their flag, much less any with both purple and orange (orange isn't very common, either).
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There is no purple and orange squadron!
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quote:Originally posted by Nim: Wales is not the country.
Well, technically no, but try telling them that.
(And the whole situation is confusing anyway. I've read "The countries that make up the United Kingdom" more than once, but since they are all ultimatly ruled by Parliamnent, then you could argue that the UK is the country too.)
(And in any event, Tim is right...that is all they have going for them.)
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quote:Originally posted by Nim: Wales is not the country.
Well, technically no, but try telling them that.
(And the whole situation is confusing anyway. I've read "The countries that make up the United Kingdom" more than once, but since they are all ultimatly ruled by Parliamnent, then you could argue that the UK is the country too.)
(And in any event, Tim is right...that is all they have going for them.)
Well, technically four nations (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland/Ulster) make up the United Kingdom (the state). So we are a multi-national state. Of course, it all gets rather complicated with the Irish and Cornish and so on, not to mention that there's been so much inter-breeding over the years (except in Boston) that it's probably just easier to say British and Britain. And that's the simple version...
quote: What I want to know is, where does your average Iraqi mob GET an American flag to burn? Is there a thriving cottage industry in knockoff flags for burning at rallies and riots? Or are they buying them online from burnourflag.com?
I sense a business opportunity. Maybe we could make flags that burn with different colours, like fireworks...
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Mabye we could make edible flags: perfect for ending the fas at Ramadan. Later, we could branch out into insence sented flags: nothing soothes the arab spirit like the relaxing burning of an armoatherapy flag....
Heck, we could make kinda a "western" collage of all the flags the Jihad is against- to get the maximum disrespect from each burned effigy....
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