Re: The Great DnD Vote of Our Time
Reply #188 –
RJHowie, I worry about you. Union flag, Imperial Russia and Confederate battle flags, eh?
You DO know that Imperial Russia ceased to exist for all practical purposes in 1917 or thereabouts, don't you? Died in a revolution, or so I'm told in history books.
The Confederacy didn't even fare that well, having died barely 5 years into what there was of its existence.
That's 2 losing causes there. Of course there is the occasional rumble of the South rising again, but the Confederacy seems to be a historic footnote.
In the next month, you're gonna be voting on whether the Union flag will still be the recognized flag of Scotland as well as the rest of the UK. The vote looks like it might be close either way as I see it right now. If it goes the other way, you'll have to figure out how to change your tune a little since railing at us ex-colonists wouldn't play so well when you become one of us. It also would give you the problem of having three losing flags hanging outside your window instead of the two you already mentioned. It goes without saying that the Union flag will have to be changed somewhat in the event of Scottish Independence, since the Saltire will no longer be officially part of it.
Flags will be the least of it though. Setting up a new nation isn't as easy as it looks and being independent makes it harder since you now have to come up with your own version of all the stuff your parent nation used to supply. This is gonna be interesting to watch I think.