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what country has the world's coolest flag?

dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
obviously i think Scotland's lion rampant is

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Lionrampant.svg


plus it has a lion on it and it also has the word 'rampant' as part of its official name.

:)
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Japan! Because the idea came from a Pearl Jam song.

    ...I don't know. :D
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Japan! Because the idea came from a Pearl Jam song.

    ...I don't know. :D


    i do like Japans though... that and Argentina.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    I'm a fan of the Union Jack.
    ...
    And remove all of the connotations associated with it... and view it based ONLY on it's design graphics... so, please, no Racist/Nazi/Anti-Semite crap is necessary... the German battle flag of World War Two is pretty impressive.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Cosmo wrote:
    I'm a fan of the Union Jack.
    ...
    And remove all of the connotations associated with it... and view it based ONLY on it's design graphics... so, please, no Racist/Nazi/Anti-Semite crap is necessary... the German battle flag of World War Two is pretty impressive.


    totally agree... as a design concept the Nazi flag was striking!!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    dunkman wrote:
    totally agree... as a design concept the Nazi flag was striking!!


    You know what's interesting is the history of the swastika. It's been used everywhere, and still is in lots of places. Mostly a very peaceful association also. Native Americans had it also. The Nazis really destroyed the symbol.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    meistereder wrote:
    You know what's interesting is the history of the swastika. It's been used everywhere, and still is in lots of places. Mostly a very peaceful association also. Native Americans had it also. The Nazis really destroyed the symbol.


    yep.. i knew that but thanks anyway :) most people assocaite the swastika with nazism...

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg

    that is just a beautiful design.... take away its connotations and its pure symbolism.

    Jack White would love it :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • roarroar Posts: 1,116
    although not a country, sicily has a rather unique flag.
    http://www.flagsonline.it/Bandiere/adesivi/sicilia.jpg
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    i told you dunk...WALES. :p:D:D

    http://www.data-wales.co.uk/flag.htm
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    catefrances wrote:
    i told you dunk...WALES. :p:D:D

    http://www.data-wales.co.uk/flag.htm

    ANY flag with a dragon on it gets my vote! Plus I was born in Cardiff so I think I'm obliged to say that, or something.....
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    catefrances wrote:
    i told you dunk...WALES. :p:D:D

    http://www.data-wales.co.uk/flag.htm

    Actually, that's one that sprang to mind too. I'm not sure anyone has a cool looking flag though. Maybe if it had a picture of Jeff Ament holding both thumbs up like the fonz, then maybe...
  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    Cosmo wrote:
    I'm a fan of the Union Jack.
    ...
    And remove all of the connotations associated with it... and view it based ONLY on it's design graphics... so, please, no Racist/Nazi/Anti-Semite crap is necessary... the German battle flag of World War Two is pretty impressive.
    Yes, I do like both of those flags. And besides that, most people don't realize that the swastika had been around for thousands of years by the time the German army misappropriated it. That being said, if you take away every connotation the Nazi flag has and view it strictly as a design piece, it is very unique and striking.

    Edit: I just read the rest of the thread.....silly me for restating everyone else.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Actually, that's one that sprang to mind too. I'm not sure anyone has a cool looking flag though. Maybe if it had a picture of Jeff Ament holding both thumbs up like the fonz, then maybe...

    of course there are cool looking flags. wales has one. kenya has one too.
    and just for the record, australias national flag is shit and needs to be replaced.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kenya
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    catefrances wrote:
    and just for the record, australias national flag is shit and needs to be replaced.

    :eek: :D Okaaaay... :D;) Actually, you're right. It's a bit outdated. :D
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Libya, easily. ;)

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/800px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png

    That had to have taken some creative genius' to come up with that one.
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    catefrances wrote:
    i told you dunk...WALES. :p:D:D

    http://www.data-wales.co.uk/flag.htm


    Dunk, you are on a hiding to nothing with this one buddy ;)
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    meistereder wrote:
    You know what's interesting is the history of the swastika. It's been used everywhere, and still is in lots of places. Mostly a very peaceful association also. Native Americans had it also. The Nazis really destroyed the symbol.

    yeah, I can't remember the true symbolism of it, although I remember learning in school that the Nazi's didn't create and completely changed it's face forever.

    btw, I've heard that the swastika was originated from a 'crooked cross' ?
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    dcfaithful wrote:
    yeah, I can't remember the true symbolism of it, although I remember learning in school that the Nazi's didn't create and completely changed it's face forever.

    btw, I've heard that the swastika was originated from a 'crooked cross' ?

    the word swastika comes from the sanskrit svastika - su meaning good, asti meaning to be and ka as a suffix.

    for the thousands of years before hitlers little gang appropriated it, it was a symbol of good luck, strength and power.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    :eek: :D Okaaaay... :D;) Actually, you're right. It's a bit outdated. :D

    i just find it offensive. and not to mention its rather irritating when foreigners mistake people flying it as brits. and have you seen the new zealand flag. holy shit they may as well admit themselves as the 7th australian state.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_New_Zealand


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Australia
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    catefrances wrote:
    i just find it offensive. and not to mention its rather irritating when foreigners mistake people flying it as brits. and have you seen the new zealand flag. holy shit they may as well admit themselves as the 7th australian state.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_New_Zealand


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Australia

    I didn't realise people did mistake it to be honest. It's quite different (maybe more so to you and I) It SHOULD be changed, I agree. As well as the NZ one.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    I didn't realise people did mistake it to be honest. It's quite different (maybe more so to you and I) It SHOULD be changed, I agree. As well as the NZ one.

    the union flag in the upper left is so prominant its all some people see at times.

    this one i like much better.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Flag
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    catefrances wrote:
    the union flag in the upper left is so prominant its all some people see at times.

    this one i like much better.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Flag

    Politics aside, that's actually pretty cool. So what are you doing about it? :p;)

    (I immagine it's kinda like here. No one likes our National Anthem and most foreign people don't know what it is. Have you had a poll to vote or is this just your personal preference)?
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    meistereder wrote:
    You know what's interesting is the history of the swastika. It's been used everywhere, and still is in lots of places. Mostly a very peaceful association also. Native Americans had it also. The Nazis really destroyed the symbol.
    The swastika is a truly striking symbol and it's a shame that it is now inextricably linked to nazism. It's an ancient symbol after all. Those damn nazis... they ruin everything :(
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    I saw someonne flying a flag in their back garden once. It was white but had a black swastika looking symbol on it? :confused: I guess it could have meant anything...
  • shermsherm Seattle, Wa Posts: 708
    what about Canada?
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  • reversedarwinismreversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    roar wrote:
    although not a country, sicily has a rather unique flag.
    http://www.flagsonline.it/Bandiere/adesivi/sicilia.jpg

    thats cool.
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  • The Great CornholioThe Great Cornholio Posts: 157
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    I saw someonne flying a flag in their back garden once. It was white but had a black swastika looking symbol on it? :confused: I guess it could have meant anything...

    probably some alternantive C18 scum flag or some aryan group
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  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    I like Canada's flag. personally I like how simple it is...and then it doesn't have the whole "red for the blood of the forefathers" kinda vibe...it's a leaf. a red leaf.

    = awesome.

    I also like Kenya's flag - but it's a little busy to be the top flag.


    the Scottish one always made me think of ketchup and mustard.

    tho I do agree that using the term "rampant" in a flag name is pretty rad.

    I would like the Scottish flag better if it had thistle or something more natural.

    *as for the swastika - it is a beautiful image, that has been forever ruined by the Nazi's...very stark and simple.

    that being said, I dont like the American Flag. it is boring. the one with the 13 circle stars was better, but it would have been cooler to have that blue field in the center and the red/white stripes behind it...

    OH what is that country that has the tree? it's like a tree in the middle of their flag...I liked that one.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Politics aside, that's actually pretty cool. So what are you doing about it? :p;)

    (I immagine it's kinda like here. No one likes our National Anthem and most foreign people don't know what it is. Have you had a poll to vote or is this just your personal preference)?

    well kelly generally all my posts are my personal opinion and preference. :D

    we'd need a referendum to change the flag and we cant even agree on becoming a republic, so changing the flag will cause all manner of angst and handwringing and bogan displays of national pride by draping the aussie flag around shoulders and half naked male bodies(probably intoxicated).
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    catefrances wrote:
    well kelly generally all my posts are my personal opinion and preference. :D

    we'd need a referendum to change the flag and we cant even agree on becoming a republic, so changing the flag will cause all manner of angst and handwringing and bogan displays of national pride by draping the aussie flag around shoulders and half naked male bodies(probably intoxicated).

    okay, I didn't want your life story! ;);):D
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