Mike Cash
骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう
- 15 Mar 2002
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If the intention is merely to show a person's physical location on the globe, then perhaps it would be best to indicate that with text, rather than with flags.
I know there are people these days for whom national identity means nothing, who consider themselves "citizens of the world", and who see flags as nothing more than quaint anachronisms whose only appropriate use is as decorative accessories.
But there are still those in the world who identify strongly with the flag of their home, for whom the symbolism still means something, for whom sight of their flag properly displayed causes the heart to swell with pride and a tear to come to the eye. Disrespect their flag? You may as well slap their mothers. The level of personal insult wouldn't be terribly different.
The flag graphics may be small, but this issue is a large one.
I know there are people these days for whom national identity means nothing, who consider themselves "citizens of the world", and who see flags as nothing more than quaint anachronisms whose only appropriate use is as decorative accessories.
But there are still those in the world who identify strongly with the flag of their home, for whom the symbolism still means something, for whom sight of their flag properly displayed causes the heart to swell with pride and a tear to come to the eye. Disrespect their flag? You may as well slap their mothers. The level of personal insult wouldn't be terribly different.
The flag graphics may be small, but this issue is a large one.