You Can't Make This Shit Up

Originally Posted by Smelnick

Naw, I've seen other flags over the canadian flag all the time. Down in st boniface, the major french community in winnipeg here, you see the french flag over top the maple leaf all the time. I've never heard of anyone shitting bricks about it though. And there have been several other occasions where I've noticed another flag above the maple leaf on a pole.

I'll have to agree with that as well. In Newfoundland I've seen plenty of homes fly the flag of their own country above the actual canadian flag. I'm not aware of anybody that has really took offence to it.

I know especially back home a lot of people fly their provincial flag over the canadian flag. In Newfoundland, quite a lot of people consider themselves a Newfoundlander first, and a Canadian afterwards.

By the way if someone could enlighten me, what are the flag rules in the US/Canada in terms of states/provinces, is it illegal to fly the flag of your state or province above the the flag of your present country.

In terms of this situation. I can understand why the veteran took offence to the flag of mexico being above the american flag. He is obviously very patriotic and very proud of the country that he lives in and he doesn't want to see anything undermine that fact.

Still what he did was wrong. Bradylama is right, he did vandalize someone's private property so that he can make a statement. Their probably could of been better ways that this situation could of been handled.

Its obvious that the store-owner takes a lot of pride of his heritage and that from his possible point of view and his stance on flags that he considers himself a mexican first and an american citizen afterwards.

You kind of have to ask yourself, is when you move from own country to another you have to try your best to respect the country you live in and what they're overall laws/beliefs and morals are. A lot of countries, probably all countries take their flag very seriously, so there has to be a bit of common sense to know that somebody will take offence if you put your own flag above that nations flag.

Personally I couldn't care what flag you put over the canadian flag, but that doesn't necessarily mean that nobody doesn't care about it. This person could of been unaware of the law, you never know.

I don't nescessarily mean to add fuel to the fire, but in terms of flag identity. I would like to pose this question mainly to the residents of North America. Do you consider yourself a citizen of your province/state first or your country.

In terms of people who had to move to another country, do you classify yourself as a citizen of the country your living in, or the country of your origin.

For me I've been living in Alberta for the last year, but I do not consider myself an Albertan. I'm a Newfoundlander first and a Canadian afterwards.

Jam it back in, in the dark.