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<blockquote data-quote="Tiefling" data-source="post: 794624" data-attributes="member: 251">Re: Re: Re: Flags in signatures/avatarsThere is that, but it's mostly for the sake of being different <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> . I've seen so many American flags lately (well, less so now that the shock of the Late Unpleasantness doesn't weigh so heavily on peoples minds) that they start to lose meaning, and often it seems as if people are just jumping on the patriotism/nationalism/jingoism bandwagon.Sure, in the same way that little American flags are disrespectful to Iraqi military personnel or their families. Swings both ways and all that. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I have to agree, though, that the decision to allow flags seems inconsistent with the general policy here to err on the side of caution (said policy evidenced by the closing of the <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=45293" target="_blank">&quot;World Leaders Play D20&quot;</a>&nbsp; thread). Not that I'm complaining about either policy or didn't notice the flags before, it just seems kind of strange. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />But if this is the will of ENWorld, then Tiefling will see it done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tiefling, post: 794624, member: 251"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Flags in signatures/avatars[/b] There is that, but it's mostly for the sake of being different :) . I've seen so many American flags lately (well, less so now that the shock of the Late Unpleasantness doesn't weigh so heavily on peoples minds) that they start to lose meaning, and often it seems as if people are just jumping on the patriotism/nationalism/jingoism bandwagon. Sure, in the same way that little American flags are disrespectful to Iraqi military personnel or their families. Swings both ways and all that. ;) I have to agree, though, that the decision to allow flags seems inconsistent with the general policy here to err on the side of caution (said policy evidenced by the closing of the [URL=http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45293]"World Leaders Play D20"[/URL] thread). Not that I'm complaining about either policy or didn't notice the flags before, it just seems kind of strange. :) But if this is the will of ENWorld, then Tiefling will see it done. [/QUOTE]

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