Re: Ever have one of those moods?

["William Tasso" <SpamBlocked@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Fleeing from the madness of the schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester  
University jungle
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stumbled into  
news:alt.www.webmaster
and said:

> __/ [ William Tasso ] on Tuesday 02 May 2006 17:02 \__
>
> > Fleeing from the madness of the schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester
> > University jungle
> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stumbled into
> > news:alt.www.webmaster
> > and said:
> >
> > > __/ [ Matt Probert ] on Tuesday 02 May 2006 13:03 \__
> > >
> > > > On 02 May 2006 09:51:42 GMT, TechnoHippie
> > > > <technohippiechick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> > > > > news:3575061.4aMULByk5E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I realised it was in fact _your_ site after I had posted. *smile*
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, I wasn't going to set you straight :)
> > > > >
> > > > > > Anyway, I guess I was confused or mixed something up when I  
> > > > > > mentioned
> > > > > > the symbolic value (or lack thereof) of the upside-down flag. I read
> > > > > > something on dvorak.org last year and it mentioned some offensive
> > > > > > flag...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That was not related to the following:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >         http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=4836#comment-117849
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I couldn't find an actual picture of what I had mentioned in my
> > > > > > previous post.
> > > > >
> > > > > The definative answer: the practice is one of many guidelines as a
> > > > > "Standard of Respect". The flag should be flown upside down only as a
> > > > > distress signal. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_flag]
> > > > >
> > > > > Judy
> > > >
> > > > While the British Union flag is flown upside down to indicate mourning
> > > > or disaster.
> > > >
> > > > Matt
> > >
> > > It's a joke, I assume? It's pretty symmetric, vertically and
> > > horizontally...
> >
> > Not at all - look again - more closely
> >
> > > only the diagonals make the exception, but it is hard to spot when the
> > > flag
> > > is being waved.
> >
> > This is something that every British schoolboy would know.
>
> But Know != Notice. Isn't this is *too* subtle to indicate a state of  
> alert
> or dysphoria?

Well - I do believe that is the point.  Only obvious if one looks.

> The upside down stars and stripes are harder to ignore...

and hence an obvious signal to all.

--
William Tasso

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