american flag

[master_alexander]

so today i was in the car and on the truck in front of me there was this guy and he had the american flag on his car, but it was upside down. what does this mean? i figure its bad, i really dont know.

also me and my parents were talking and my mom found this magazine of pictures of soldiers, and the american flags on their uniforms are backwards. is there some sort of symbolism there?

/discuss...

[Carbon]

upside down flag means distress.

The flags on the soldier uins arent backwards. The stars are facing forward on the right side and the star are facing forward on the left. The flags are attached in a way to make them look like they are "facing forward" kinda like when a flag is blowing in the wind on a flag pole. In this case it makes it look like the soldier is "running forward".

[SCpoloRicker]

Section 8.a: The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

/you know, like Kelo

[Warewolf50]

whats that movie wiht the prison and the prisoners rebel so they can put the flag up upsidedown and call for help casue the warden is evil or someting like that.

[kosmo]

Last Castle

[Pacifist_Farmer]

yep thats the one, but if I remember correctly, he never puts the flag upside down, and he still wins!

[Steelrat]

yep thats the one, but if I remember correctly, he never puts the flag upside down, and he still wins!

If you consider dying to be winning, then you're right, he won.

[SpitFire1299]

If you consider dying to be winning, then you're right, he won.

He won by raising the flag..

He lost by dieing.

[Alpha]

Pretty cool movie. I like how the pussy general gets owned by just about everyone at the end.

As stated, flag upside down = distress (but a lot of idiots think its disrespectful to do it, so they do it out of disrespect, ignorant of what the upside-down flag ctually symbolizes)...

Also as stated, Flag backwards on uniforms = to make it look like its flapping back as if the soldier was advancing.

Look up the flag code. Its not TOO long, but I think any american should know how to properly display their colors.

[slade]

maybe hes just dyslexic.

[Recon by Fire]

The car with the upside down flag was just some liberals crying about the nation being in peril because there is a republican in office. Next time run them off the road.

[Eagle]

Maybe he was a stunt man preparing to flip his car?

If I saw that, I'd flip it right side up, and if he had a problem with it, the law is on my side. A couple years ago, the CEO of McD's croaked, and one of the local sotre had the ensign at half mast, and I just happened to have my command cover in the car at the moment. I went inside, demanded to speak to the manager, and proceed to go off on him, when he threatned to call the cops beacuse I refused to calm down, I told him to go for it, that the law was on my side. At that point, I went out, and I raised the flag.

[SCpoloRicker]

The car with the upside down flag was just some liberals crying about the nation being in peril because there is a republican in office. Next time run them off the road.

Again: Kelo. Seriously.

/Libertarian

[Recon by Fire]

I really don't care what their political views are, I just think it is in bad taste. I would think the same if a republican flew their flag upside down during Pres. Clinton's terms.

[Alpha]

Mcdonalds is really horrible with flags. Theres one outside my school, and I can remember freshman year the flag was never taken down at night (and no illumination was provided), and it was ripped, to the point where one of the clasps came off and it was hanging by only one. We tried to take it down, but they had the base where the cords are mounted locked up. They finally took it down weeks later.