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redleader
Aug 18, 2005

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and, of course, the real heroes

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redleader
Aug 18, 2005

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some solid flags here

redleader
Aug 18, 2005

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Dragonstoned posted:

This is going back a bit but I feel like I need to point out there are multiple reasons the flag didn't get changed

The main one being that the best flag wasn't given as an option...



also, the alternatives are uninspiring dogshit. christ, i keep forgetting how bad the options were. and i'm including red peak in that - "less awful" isn't "good"

this is my favourite writeup on the whole sorry saga. context for the entire rest of the world: john key was the prime minister of the time who decided that nuw zullund needed a new fleg, for god knows what reason

redleader
Aug 18, 2005

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quote:

... at the heart of this whole saga was one question that never got answered.

Why?

Without a reason for change, the process was aimless and directionless from the start. There was no movement, no impetus. We weren't reacting to any identity-shattering or identity-defining event. We were choosing the curtains for a house we hadn't built yet. Why? No one really knew.

this really sums it up. no one was excited. no one was passionate. no one really cared. and why should they?



ThisIsJohnWayne posted:

The true insanity to me is that you're ok with changing something as fundamental as your name but not the uninspired flag. Autearoa could do way better than this

nz hasn't changed its name though. and idk, i don't think going from uninspired flag to another uninspired flag because some politician wanted a legacy is really an improvement on the status quo?

john key tried to put the all blacks on our national flag and im glad his attempt failed




god, they're both so dismal

redleader
Aug 18, 2005

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middle-tier-retail-store-rear end flag

redleader
Aug 18, 2005

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god, that light blue side just hosed up 1953

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redleader
Aug 18, 2005

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i'd like to submit, for your consideration, the absolute blandest, saddest flags i have ever seen

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