Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Breecher
Why? Why couldn't two countries possibly have the same flag? Each flag is an individual piece of heraldry representing the country it belongs to. There are reasons for each flag's colours and patterns. Just because Tenerife wants to have a white cross on a blue field doesn't mean that hundreds of years of Scottish history in using a similar flag are negated. If Scotland ever had the opportunity to be represented as a sovereign country it would certainly use the Saltire, and people could just deal with the fact that there are two flags of the same design.

Andrew.
Poland & Monaco, for instance, both share a similar design.

Where exactly IS this "Tenerife"? I can't say I've ever heard of it? Is it a micro-nation?

Cheers,

Todd