Re: [Flags] Some corrections.

Hello!

Thank you for pointing these out!
Of existing flags:
1. basque - we planned it initially to be like other Spanish
   provinces too - but the original submitter wanted it to be
   simply 'basque', pointing out, that the same flag was and
   is used officially in French basque territory too. Quick
   check in flagspot http://flagspot.net/flags/es-pv.html
   seems to confirm this.
   I understand that this is political problem in Spain, but
   there is little we can do, until there will be more flexible
   categorization of flags that allows flags to be in many
   categories. Similarly we have 'Taiwan', not 'China, Taiwan
   province'...
2. AFAIK Batasuna was political party until closing, and flagspot
   seems to suggest so too (http://flagspot.net/flags/es}pv.html)
   so I called it such. The other alternative is 'movement' that
   may be more correct - I have to think more about that.
   'Terrorist' is just adjective, and I do not think we should
   label organizations/countries by such terms.
3. I forwarded your comment on the flag of 2nd republic to the
   author.

Best wishes,
Lauris Kaplinski



"Miguel A. Arévalo" kirjutas P, 29.02.2004 kell 01:55:
> Hi, hope not to start a flame war but I found errors on flags regarding 
> spanish autonomous communities and historic flags.
> 
> - The flag labelled "Basque" should be labelled "Spain, Basque Country" 
> as the other spanish autonomous communities flags.
> 
> - The flag labelled "Batasuna Basque Nationalist Party" should be 
> labelled "Herri Batasuna (terrorist group)", or most probably "Herri 
> Batasuna (terrorist group, historic)" as this flag hasn't been used for 
> years by these organization even before it was declared a terrorist 
> group by both Spain and the European Union. There is no formal 
> relationship between "Herri Batasuna" and the "Basque Nationalist Party".
> 
> - The flag labelled "Spain, 2nd Republic, Historic" is quite incorrect, 
> the three stripes should be the same size and the coat of arms even 
> bears the royal crown (the real 2nd republic flag has a rock crown). I 
> think this flag should be retired until someone draw a correct one as 
> this seems to be an ugly hack with little knowledge of the original 
> flag, you can find a fair image of the flag on this page:
> 
> http://www.izqrepublicana.es/documentacion/bandera.htm
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Miguel A. Arévalo
> 
> P.S.: Please aswer also to my private email as I left the list a couple 
> of months ago, thanks.
> 
> 
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