New Zealand may vote on dropping Union flag

[The Don]

No.

Why do you think one of the most symbolic photographs that were released after the fall of Berlin was the photograph of the Soviet Flag being raised above the ruined Reichstag? Why do you think that romantic pictures of land battles/sea battles included flags, often drawn with the sun shining on them against a darker background?

Flags matter.

Because the flag being raised was merely a metaphor for the collapse of a regime and the implementation of a new one, the flag itself isn't the important part, it's the context.

[dbgtz]

Wasn't it reported that the UK flag would be staying as it is regardless if Scotland becomes independent or not?

Anything reported around the matter is pretty conflicted, though I think the general consensus is probably not though people still like to imagine a Welsh inclusion regardless

[-:Undertaker:-]

Because the flag being raised was merely a metaphor for the collapse of a regime and the implementation of a new one, the flag itself isn't the important part, it's the context.

Indeed, and that's why flags are important symbolic objects - that's why they have the ability to make people cry and breakdown as they're being raised or lowered. Watch the extended video of the British leaving Hong Kong or videos of war veterans watching a flag being raised to see.

Or just watch a football match at the world cup/Olympics.