We moved here around 8 or 9 years ago and took down the tattered flag in the flag holder then. We figured it was about time we replaced it.
Then suddenly, the house across the street starts flying this:
Holy shit. Could you imagine that actually happening? If I put up a federation flag and my neighbor put up a Klingon in response, I think I just found my new best friend
I don’t think that that would be a good idea, most people would assume them to be a nazi lol
Yes, this happened in Bochum (Germany) a few years ago when a man notified the police because he thought that someone displays a Nazi flag…
As long as it’s not a Cardassian flag.
Bloody Cardis.
We already know what you look like man. Like an albino Klingon.
Congratulations!
May I ask if you retired the old flag properly?
If you mean according to flag code, no. But there was like half a flag there. It think the wind retired it a long time ago. It was a rag.
True, understood.
As far as I’m aware, the proper way is to burn the old flag. It should never touch the ground though.
I’m not an expert nor a nitpicker on this matter though, but congrats on the new flag!
It’s a worthless piece of cloth. It doesn’t matter.
-signed: veteran.
It is just a piece of cloth, who cares/how does it matter?
Exactly. It doesn’t.
Just figured I’d ask regardless, as I was criticized for putting my late father’s flag on the ground, even though it was still sealed in the plastic.
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I wouldn’t be concerned about criticism from petty nationalists. It’s entirely pointless and unhealthy for your attention span.
Tradition, and a harmless one at that.
Dad was a Torpedo Man, 3rd Class, in the Pacific. He taught me that. Why should I not pass that down to my kids?
And besides, knowing the Flag Code allows you to bag on all the assholes breaking it.
Not really a harmless one, it is a typical outgrowth of the American hypernationalism and an utterly jingoist tradition in the sense that it glorifies the military that really doesn’t deserve any glorification anymore.
Here’s hoping next door join in with the flag of the Klingon Empire
And another neighbor with a mysteriously empty flag holding bracket.