Flags

Aside from your country's flag and that of the U.S., can you name other flags you are familiar with? How many? Ten would be just normal. How about 20 flags? It would surely be surprising if you've got 50. There are those who have the talent to exactly name every flag the countries have.

How about this, do you know such color that is not being used on flags? We are talking about primary and secondary colors here, right? As much as I can remember, there are flags with the color gold. Do you know a flag with the color purple or violet being used?

How about the symbols? The stars, the sun and the moon. Animals being used also to symbolize their country. How about that leaf in the Canadian flag, what tree did it came from?

Same with countries and cultures, flags have become so distinct to each other. It is a symbol of our national pride. To disrespect it is also disrespect to ourselves.

But it doesn't mean that the flags we use today will remain the same in the future. Nothing is permanent. People and countries change. And with those changes, the more chances of a flag being altered.

More than the color and the symbols we use in flags, we see to it that whatever flag it may be, we salute and respect the nationalism that comes with it.