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Subject: Jim's Flag Ideas
Author: Dave (UK)	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:15:52 11/27/04 Sat In reply to: Dave (UK) 's message, "Well, You need to include an HTML image tag in you post..." on 01:52:41 11/27/04 Sat Here are Jim's suggestions... [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Could you talk me through the second one? I'm not sure that I understand it.
Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:27:50 11/27/04 Sat [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: In Jim's Email...
Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:03:55 11/27/04 Sat He explains that the stars are the North Star and the Southern Cross. I'm not sure about the significance of the Scandanavian style cross, can you elaborate Jim? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Hm.
Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:18:08 11/27/04 Sat It looks rather foreign to me, in a way which I can't quite put my finger on. On the other hand, I do like the four-pointed star, though. It is unusual, since most flags with stars have five- or six-pointed ones. Also, the colours are right, and it is something quite new, which is a plus point. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: The second flag

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Jim (Canada)
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Date Posted: 15:37:20 11/27/04 Sat

Firstly, thanks Dave for posting the flags.

The second flag is supposed to be a generic, non-British imperial flag without the Union Jack.

The red, white and blue colours are from the Union Jack to represent the British heritage. The top left star is the North Star representing Britain and Canada, and the stars in the bottom right are the Southern Cross representing Australia and New Zealand (the stars are five-pointed as in the NZ flag, but are all white as in the Australian flag).

The blue represents the oceans.

The cross represents the Greenwich Meridian and the Equator in a sort of stylised map of the world. It is off-centre for two reasons - the Americas to the left of the Greenwich Meridian are fairly narrow from east to west, while the other continents on the east side of the Meridian are fairly wide (the distance across Asia). The other reason is that a St. George's cross would look too English, while an off-centre cross is more neutral.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: It does look pretty good.
Author: Roberdin [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:33:39 11/27/04 Sat [ Post a Reply to This Message ]