US: Inverted Philippine flag was `honest mistake'

[shadow]

hinde ko alam kung anong mangyayari pag nawala si OB sa tsikot.

[tidus1203]

hmmmm... kaya siguro nasurprise attack yung pearl harbor...

di alam ng mga kano kung makikigera o hindi ang mga hapon

Pero yung bandila ng Hapones ilang beses mo ikutin pareho pa rin ang itsura eh!

[_Cathy_]

hinde ko alam kung anong mangyayari pag nawala si OB sa tsikot.

magiging boring

[shakatak70]

Pero yung bandila ng Hapones ilang beses mo ikutin pareho pa rin ang itsura eh!

Pag naging puti na raw yung nasa gitna at yung sa gilid naging pula..

[Chinoi]

kinekelangan ng mag-pass ng law to modify Agoncillo's flag:

magburda ng THIS SIDE UP

Ha ha ha . Agree ako dyan. Lagyan na rin "arrow up" symbol para wala na silang dahilan magkamali.

[Chinoi]

Kaninong flag kaya yun flag sa likod ni Pres. Obama?

[praetor91313]

OT:
Sino na nga ba president yung nakakita na wala ang Pilipinas sa mapa ng U.N. and when he asked the Philippines be included and someone said, "But it's too small and would just look like a dot!" our president said, " I WANT THAT DOT!"

La lang... naalala ko lang yang kwentong yan.

[juntzo]

^^not a president of the Philippines but president of UN general assembly then:
Carlos P. Romulo

re: inverted flag. only shows how the US have very little regard of RP

[JackFlash]

re: inverted flag. only shows how the US have very little regard of RP

Nah. If they had little regard, they wouldn't even bother to apologize. We must stop thinking small about ourselves, otherwise others will do the same. Here is the more likely scenario, from a proud Pinoy's pt of view:

1. In international functions like this, the host country should have protocol officers to ensure that all the details that pertain to the guest countries are in order.
2. The protocol officer (and staff) didn't even bother to call a Pinoy diplomat for guidelines, or check Google Images for the correct way to display our flag. Baka ayaw gumastos sa phone call or internet, or talagang hindi pinag-aralan ang katungkulan niya.
3. "Honest mistake" occurs. Host country is forced to apologize.

Conclusion: the US protocol officer & staff are obviously products of the shoddy US public school system. No wonder Barak O wants to pass educational reforms.

[safeorigin]

american public school education on geography:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q_iqrvnC_4"]YouTube - U.S. Shocked Andorra Not In Africa[/ame]