What are your ...................?

Question

personal feelings towards the new flag of South Africa as opposed to the old one.

New:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/800px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png

Old:

http://images.tdaxp.com/tdaxp_upload/flag_apartheid_south_africa_md.jpg

Answer 1

From purely an artistic point of view the new flag looks like chameleon vomit.

It's supposed to represent unity but it seems to be just a  hotchpotch of randomly picked colours from other African flags with what could be a geometric design of grade 6 maths student.

It's as original as Mbeki's presidency.

I think if we take the people who designed and selected the new flag, then we hang draw and quarter them and use the design of their fallen entrails on the ground as a design we will have a better looking flag.

At least it will have a "Pollocky" edge to it.

Or is that too harsh?

Answer 2

I agree with Cakes.

The new flag gives SA an individual identity the old one is too much like the German and Dutch flags.

Answer 3

The old flag for me is disgusting. It just copy and paste of other countries. I like the new flag. it is too African.

Answer 4

I prefer the new flag, not because of what it is supposed to symbolise, but because the colours are bright and happy, and truly African.

Answer 5

I value the old flag and everything it represents, and the only thing new is SA is corruption and crime

Answer 6

by completely eliminating the old flag, they again showed that, that's what they want to do with our country's history. Same as what they are now doing in the school history textbooks. When I was at school I learnt about black and white history. But now...in the textbooks...no more white history.

The best design for the new flag would've been one that incorporates new with old. Show that the two have joined.

It says alot......

Answer 7

I would have thought that they could have designed a better flag, the new one looks like something Elton John would wear.

Of course they couldn´t keep the old apartheid flag but one would have hoped for a better replacement!

Answer 8

a flag is just a flag.

Answer 9

To be honest, I prefer the old flag. Just by looking at it brings back childhood memories of the old south africa. But to majority of South Africans it represents times of oppression.

Answer 10

The new flag looks like poorly designed toilet paper, plain and simple.

I love the old flag, I actually used it as my Avatar last year to the protests of one Zim$ who cried about me "being proud to be represented by the flag of oppression".......perhaps next week I'll use it again.

The old flag represents culture, history and achievement, the new flag represents the meaningless void that South African life has become under the ANC and nothing more.

Answer 11

Personally I dont like any flag that has green or yellow or black as the dominant colour. I like reds and blues but the design of your flag leaves a lot to be desired.