“Job completed as per instructions. Flag raised to the recommended height, and set to fly at the stipulated time…”
This is another routine report the Admin Head checks every day at work. But today is different. The employee who executed the task has been sacked, and his own job is at stake.
“What the hell was done wrong? The President is visiting today.”
“Who changed the flag?”
How could they forget they were in another country, and at risk of being held hostages?
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Symbols are strong, whether national or religious, and cause strong reactions. Intriguing story.
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Symbols are needed – yet can be used to manipulate emotions. Riots are caused here by a pig let into a prayer area, or beef found somewhere. Human lives are sacrificed, so that a politician benefits.
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Intriguing
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Thanks, Jo!
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Wrong flag… at least it just results in a sacking and not being shot at dawn.
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The latter too is a possibility ☺
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Good stuff, it wouldn’t be the first sacking for a bungle, and it certainly won’t be the last.
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Life goes on …..
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We regularly see our British flag being flown upside down! This situation, however, is somewhat more serious!
My tale – The Flag
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We have issues too, about the national flag pattern being used on objects considered inapproriate.
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I was going to ask how you would know the Union Jack was upside down…. then I remembered that I’m old enough to have had to draw, and colour it, in grade school. 😯
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A lot of people don’t realise that the thick white stripe should be at the top on the side of the flagpole!
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😀😀
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Wrong flag is it? That merits sacking.
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If a leader’s name pronounced wrong or a cartoon can merit sacking, this certainly does. I see people in the background calling it ‘nationalism’ 🙂
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Those who don’t shout nationalism jail peoe for cartoon, for questions for chanting slogans. It is not ideology but misuse of power.
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Somewhere, dividing the world in two narrow segments (if you don’t belong here, then you belong there) has caused damage. The non-aligned movement died with the collapse of the Soviet Union. People who are non-aligned find it hard to convince others that they are not enemies – just humans with independent thought.
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If one is truly independent he is critical of wrong done by either side. Pursuing an independent policy can be a challenge, unless one is very strong.
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A tale that begs more to be shared…
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You are right about that 🙂
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Flags inspire very strong emotions – he’s in big trouble!
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He has to be 🙂
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Oh oh. I think it won’t end well …
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It can’t ☺
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Well. Doesn’t sound like there will be a second chance at this one!
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No way!
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Oops! Big mistake!
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I wonder if it is by error, default or design.
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