However, without the different identities which they symbolise, the British and Irish flags would be nothing more than pieces of textile.
Yet in response to voters' gloom, politicians have come to realise that jobs and money matter more than flags.
Theme park operator Six Flags, comparatively, uses a more basic and common tactic to distract guests.
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Mostly those flags symbolise people's British or Irish identity - but on occasions the clash of flags gets more surreal, as in those periods when nationalist areas have displayed Palestinian flags and loyalists have flown Israeli ones.
When it came to raising the profile of sport, bringing countries together, world firsts to be witnessed, skeptics silenced and the sale of flags to reach an all time high, the London 2012 games delivered all of this and more.
"It was a very nice feeling, and I wish that we will see more Romanian flags raised" in victory "because I like the anthem, " she said.
More than 300 people have bid for flags, banners and bunting used during the London 2012 cycle events in Surrey.
But in recent years, more and more houses here have started displaying bright red and yellow flags, Catalan specialties take pride of place in local traiteurs (restaurants) - and the Sardana is being danced with a new enthusiasm.
The underlying theme of WBC is tied directly to the thought that there is no more passionate sporting competition than when elite athletes wear their hometown flags and compete against others wearing their hometown flags.
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Red flags that weight lifting may be making things worse include more swelling, heaviness, and pain in the arm, she said.
Flags of convenience now account for more than half the world's merchant tonnage, and they show no signs of slowing.
"I think it is more important to us to run a sharp business rather than try and plant flags everywhere and buy bigger planes, " he says.
Strangely, Irish fans dominated the crowd at the at Municipal Stadium here, their green shirts and orange, white and green flags vastly outnumbering the blue of the Azzurri faithful, even though the match meant nothing more than honor to the Irish.
But they're much more lax on things like driving history and credit checks, two issues known as potential red flags.
With flags flying at half-staff and ambulances racing through campus streets, the telltale signs of the tragedy still were evident more than a week after Katrina devastated the area.
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