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GetsGold t1_j68o9at wrote

Reply to comment by Willem-Die-Zwijger in TIL that Haiti and Lichtenstein showed up to the 1936 Olympics with the exact same flag, which they had both been using for decades without knowledge of the similarity by Rickerpool

International law I assume.

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Willem-Die-Zwijger t1_j68pagj wrote

What treaty or convention says that two countries automatically unify by using the same flag?

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GetsGold t1_j68pczs wrote

Flag treaty?

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Willem-Die-Zwijger t1_j68pexs wrote

That's simply not a thing.

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GetsGold t1_j68pkay wrote

It should be!

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Willem-Die-Zwijger t1_j68pvsh wrote

Why?

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GetsGold t1_j68qbdp wrote

Cause people will think they're the same anyway.

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Willem-Die-Zwijger t1_j68qjm5 wrote

I'm not sure if you're aware, but they changed their flags

And no, people didn't think Liechtenstein and Haiti are the same thing, and even if they did, that wouldn't make them the same thing

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GetsGold t1_j68tau9 wrote

Yeah, so now people know they're different.

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