Not so long ago I read that the supreme insult between countries hanging a flag upside down. The Swiss don't give a shit ... There flag is square and symmetrical.

@PontifexMarximus I wonder what would happen if one of our shallow politicians would make a mistake and display the silly lapel in upside down? I recently saw a flagpole with the American flag not upside down but sideways. That was something new.

$€£¥&@ I understand our addiction to symbols... I sitll have my first wedding ring somewhere. I refused the religious part but I still accepted the idea of the ring. Supposedly wedding rings are magic, they make married people invisible to predators ... what a bs ... I pitied that poor warrior amongst the trash. Almost wanted to catch a cab to take him home. He was calling out for help ... his divine or magic powers had abandoned him. it was an absurde scene ... for other reaons too

@PontifexMarximus Poor little lost warrior. I'm not sure it's rational to pity him - being that he's an inanimate object and not even really a "him". But I do... I hope someone gave him a new home and new meaning.
So wedding rings make us invisible?? Hmm - I've never heard that before. I always thought the joke was that it made people more desirable.
Ah well - we're all attached to something or other and symbols are all around us - no getting away from them.

Perhaps the local corrupt politicians had to get rid of him because the inspector from Beijing were coming.

Exactly ... Unilateral loyalties ... We get indoctrinated from an early age. I was lucky to grow up in a country that had not just lost one war but two world wars. Flags were rarely to be seen. No national anthem unless there was a state visit. The old Nazis in the administration kept a low profile. And we had to read Schiller's William Tell at school. To see national flags on display we had to cross a border into Switzerland or France: flags and symbols galore. Then I was drafted into the navy. I told them that I was not really cut out to kill people; bastards refused my resignation. When I crossed some officer in the stair case and greeted him with a friendly good morning, he appeared to be dissatisfied. It took me 63 days, well I was only present for 28, to get out. I had told them that we were not entering a happy relationship.

I wanted to invite people to a flag burning ceremony and give them dual flags e.g. ISIS/US, France/Syria, Here a thing is totals with the national flag ... I often wonder how people react to someone wiping their bottom with it? Probably zero reaction because it's just a towel. ly human primates confuse me, even irritate me. Unfortunately it's getting worse with age.

A few years back I was watching some very minor basket ball game. There weren't many spectators but the few all got up when the national anthem was played. I never get up for this nonsense. Suddenly I saw the tv cameras filming me. I just gave them a little jovial wave. Perhaps they passed the footage on to ASIO (CIA equivalent) ...
In France (Liberte ... Blablabla ) I almost got arrested for saluting the flag with a bra d'honneur ..

I get up for a woman that enters a room. I have to think about that!!!

Yes, that would be a better choice except for the reference. I think we should have stayed with " Save the Queen/King" (My 'Tis of Thee). When I worked for a public Broadcasting station in the Sixties, for a time I convinced the program manager to use the one I am posting as their closing. It didn't last but I thought it a good idea.