Flags in signatures/avatars

[DM_Matt]

What about someone who is Palestinian (dont even know if there are any here)?. If you say that you are only allowed to show National, unstylized flags, then that would prohibit them from bearing the Palestinian flag. Yet, the general feeling amongst Palestinians is that their nation is as legitimite as the Israelian one, so if someone was allowed to show an Israelian flag, it would offend the Palestinian who was not allowed to show his flag. The same can be said for a number of minorities who are fighting a struggle for independence.

Yes, people really are going to pick nits about someone posting the flag of a non-state administrative area

Methinks that the Palestinian flag, the Kurdish flag, the UN flag, US States' flags, etc are assumed to count....

Oh, and they are called Israelis, not Israelians. I suggest that you actually have some idea about what that conflict is about (the names of the sides is a good start) before glorifying the Palestinians' as "minorities who are fighting a struggle for independance."

 

[Dinkeldog]

No other warning: do not continue the political discussion here. Take it elsewhere--Nutkinland is one option.

As another quick note, I'd distinguish between Nation and Country, so long as there's no additional editorial content.