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Re: 1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background

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Post by ball_of_lint »

metalman wrote: post #138

ALL flags(standards/banners) are war symbols, declarations of intent to attack and of terrtory held by conquest, tribes,nations, and franchises alike. Any attemp to float the idea of a world flag is a (hidden attempt) of a declaration of total war on all countrys simultaneously, which unfortunatly is too ridiculous to even get points on style. Fashists always have some sort of fashion kink branding thing plus a cult…

This is simply not true.

Pride flags.

Edit: Also the Esperanto Flag.

Re: 1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background

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Post by scared_together »

dwoldrich wrote: post #129

Modern invented flag peddlers only seek to have us fly flags of the division they seek to generate. I only fly the flag of the country I live in and give side eye to anyone that does otherwise.

Is this a trend? Do you have any other examples? And what division would a world flag generate??

Re: 1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background

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Post by pessimizer »

scared_together wrote: post #142
dwoldrich wrote: post #129

Modern invented flag peddlers only seek to have us fly flags of the division they seek to generate. I only fly the flag of the country I live in and give side eye to anyone that does otherwise.

Is this a trend? Do you have any other examples? And what division would a world flag generate??

> And what division would a world flag generate?

It's just a way of saying that you're too good for your neighbors. That's why it would appeal to liberals and libertarians alike.

Re: 1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background

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Post by masfuerte »

caseyohara wrote: post #122
bloak wrote: post #97

There are lots of world flags: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Earth https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_Flag_Simple.sv...

I quite like the James W. Cadle one from 1970.

Yes. It has the simplicity of a traditional flag but recognisably represents the earth. The 2016 one (which this thread is about) is too similar to the Japanese flag. Or the Blaupunkt logo.

Re: 1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background

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Post by snypher »

insane_dreamer wrote: post #130
mplanchard wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

from the post you replied to: > and the fact we embraced it as a flag of unity over a flag of surrender should say all there is to say about us getting over our differences

hard to change an association that has been around for millennia (literally)

Which is why we still worship man-with-bird-head and make sacrifices to the Sun at solstice.

Re: 1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background

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Post by hgoel »

reconnecting wrote: post #42
boxed wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh? If you go at light speed you can literally go everywhere in the universe subjectively instantly due to time dilation.

> If you go at light speed I will certainly not. And even if I did — within any reachable radius there's nothing actually suitable, everything is 10+ ly away, but maybe I missed something.

If you were traveling very close to light speed, time dilation would mean your experience of time is slowed down, such that if you can go infinitely close to the speed of light, you can travel anywhere as quickly as you have the energy for. For an observer on Earth you'd still take however many lightyears away the location is.

Re: 1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background

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Post by xdennis »

butlike wrote: post #124

It should be a white flag. All the colors, and the fact we embraced it as a flag of unity over a flag of surrender should say all there is to say about us getting over our differences. Edit: From Wikipedia: (A white flag) serves as an internationally recognized sign of truce and negotiation, meaning "we want to talk". It emerged as an ideal symbol for peace because it is highly visible on the battlefield, is easy to…

A white flag used to be the flag of France: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_France_(1814...

A world flag should not use flags which were associated with a country. Evan this proposal is too derivative of the Japanese flag.

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