User talk:JRM/Notes/List of national flags in red, white and blue

I have to disagree with your rejection of Liberia's flag. If you reject Liberia, then Puerto Rico and Cuba's flags must go to as they have the design for the same reason Liberia does.

Furthermore, the authour of this topic has broken their own rules. While a solid defense is made in claiming the United States and United Kingdom flags are dissimilar enough to not represent 'clear visual inspiration', he/she ignores the connection between the United States flag and the East India Company flag. Given that sovereignty was not represented as a requirement for this criteria, I suggest it be enforced or otherwise removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.24.44.131 (talk) 00:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

This post is way too Amerocentric
The writer of this topic has done a disjustice to many countries. The assumption that some flags should be disqualified based upon their similarity to the American Flag is naive. Also the implication that the Chilean flag is a near plagiarism of the Texan flag is unsupported by anything than visual inspection, and has no basis in fact.

Moreover, disqualifying countries like Australia and New Zealand seems suspect. They do indeed have only red, white, and blue on their flags. The Union Jack in the corner is a formality, but the rest of the fields are unique to those nations. Besides, they are both indeed only red, white, and blue, where as the Philippine flag incorporates yellow predominantly.

Furthermore, if similarity is a reason for disqualification, then how can one put Russia, France, and the Netherlands all on the list?

As a (biased, completely non-neutral and somewhat partisan) Australian, I agree. The union jack is a formality. The southern cross is given prominence on the flag because the constellation is unique to the Southern Hemisphere, which serves to illustrate that Australia and the UK are "poles apart".

Chilean Flag old than texas
Also it needs to be pointed out that the Chilean flag was conceived a full 21 years before the creation of Texas. If anything it is the other way around.

More inaccuracies
You claim "Guam, Haiti, Myanmar and the Republic of China/Taiwan don't count because only red and blue feature prominently as fields; the white is only part of a detail." If that's your reasoning, why does Cambodia qualify?

And to reiterate, the Filipino flag has yellow in it.