[c312]

Originally Posted by geRV

How many people in America do you think have any kind of clue that makes the flying of flags in a specific order illegal? Probably a couple of percent at most.

How would you even know, Gerv? How in the world could you even guess at that? I can gaurantee it is a lot more than a couple percent.

[Tripper]

Originally Posted by c312

How would you even know, Gerv? How in the world could you even guess at that? I can gaurantee it is a lot more than a couple percent.

I agree with him. Look at the statistics for how many people cant find specific countries on a world map. THAT is general knowledge, and yet its only a fraction of people that know - Flag ettiquete? How could more than a fraction of the population possibily know that.

I think you expect too much from people if you think they should just know about flag ettiquete.
Anyone that gets angry/offended by an average citizen not knowing this is a little too patriotic and/or touchy, and should just remember that not everybody is from the military, and it is most certainly not an everyday fact - Because It didnt even occur to me, and i'm no idiot - I also know flags are treated with respect - But this particular rule I had no idea existed.

The destructive guy in the video needs to learn to control his emotions.

[geRV]

Originally Posted by c312

How would you even know, Gerv? How in the world could you even guess at that? I can gaurantee it is a lot more than a couple percent.

Because its more than likely something most people would have no knowledge of. Last i checked milla is in the armed forces and even he didn't see what the fuss was about in the video.

And i can guarantee its about a couple of percent using the same means that you can "gaurantee" its more than that. I know about the rules regarding flags not touching the ground with the exception of marks of respect as that kind of thing is observed by many countries around the world, a book i have about flags around the world makes note of it, it doesn't however make note of flags having to be flown in specific order, with the obvious exception of signal flags on ships.

Or how about you ask yourself this, how many people do you know who are well versed in law in general let alone laws regarding flags? Should i await the typical bs reponse to this? Probably something along the lines of people reading several law books a night just in case this scenario were to come up?