webfact Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 National flag’s centenary sees largest ever unfurled By Mongkolchaowarat Thangmangmee The Nation The largest Thailand flag ever made was unfurled on the football pitch at Phitsanulok University on Thursday morning to commemorate the national ensign’s 100th anniversary. Phitsanulok Deputy Governor Thatchai Sisuwan and Third Army Region commander Lt-Gen Vichak Siribansop led state officials and other proud citizens in singing the national anthem at 8am to celebrate the historic milestone. They then presided at a ceremony in which the Rakthongchatthai 189 Foundation formally presented the 40-by-60-metre flag. The flag weighs 600 kilograms and required 300 people to open it fully. The flag will fly from a 189-metre-tall pole in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Saen district, becoming a new landmark signifying national unity. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30327911 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 When will it fly from the worlds tallest flagpole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Oooooooooh, so great! More nationalistic BS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Bob Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 You don't see anyone getting on one knee here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 2 hours ago, Mango Bob said: You don't see anyone getting on one knee here. Actually, that may be, because there is no freedom of speech or expression at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 1 hour ago, DM07 said: Actually, that may be, because there is no freedom of speech or expression at all! Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 1 hour ago, DM07 said: Actually, that may be, because there is no freedom of speech or expression at all! Actually that may be because Thais kneel on both knees in front of the Buddha or his reps. Generally speaking they are quite patriotic, unlike some of the spoiled American football brats that just took a Trump broadside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 15 hours ago, ratcatcher said: Actually that may be because Thais kneel on both knees in front of the Buddha or his reps. Generally speaking they are quite patriotic, unlike some of the spoiled American football brats that just took a Trump broadside. Blah, blah flag and anthem blah blah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Maybe aliens will see it from space and say, "Wow! Look at that. What a marvel of engineering. Clearly this country is unique and special and different from all the rest who are all just the same. Let's go and heap praise on these super humans called 'Thais'". What a load of old nationalistic nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Wow a flag story if 100 years of the current flag. Congrats. So what is the big deal to you expats that see some people in another country kneeling during the anthem , that has nothing to do with Thailand or its flag centennial. The USA issue has everything to do with Trump and the people who feel they have to kneel to support the protest against blacks and the police who shoot them. Maybe if more of those white cops were actually sent to jail for killing unarmed people then there would be no protests and kneeling athletes. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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