There are a great deal of people who want to show their pride for Mexico and more often
than naught they hit the streets waving the Mexican flag. Now this would be ok except for a few details: they dishonor the
flag in the manner that they display it and they don’t know the first thing about it. So for those of you
who are serious about showing the Mexican colors and coat of arms here I will provide the basic information that every Mexican
should know (some of this information is already expected to be known by most 3rd graders living in Mexico).
First: the Mexican flag is a national flag. What this means is that there are certain rules that all Mexicans
should follow in order to properly and universally honor it. These rules are set in place so that we can have a standard on
what is correct and incorrect when it comes to displaying any patriotic symbol of Mexico. If these rules were not in place
you would have an informal piece of cloth with no meaning or value. What gives the Mexican flag it’s true value is the
standard, meaning, and history behind it’s symbols, colors, and displays. In Mexico there is a document called "Ley
sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacionales" that was published in 1984 by the Mexican government to give rules and
guidelines on how to use the flag, coat of arms, and national anthem of Mexico. This document contains 7 chapters and on the
first one it states simply that this law was created to set guidelines on how to properly give honor and respect to our symbols.
You can read this article for free here: http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/213.pdf It is on chapter four where it deals with the Mexican Flag.
Now I want you to wonder and think of how many times you have seen people dragging
the Mexican flag on the street, shaking it around or carrying it on their backs like some 'capa de luchador?' All these instances
are examples of disrespect and disgrace against our Mexican flag. The most severe disrespect is when that attention seeking
whore Paulina Rubio marketed our flag for her own publicity. She pretends to be be spanish even going as far a faking a rediculus
accent and then poses nude desecrating our flag.
DON'T change the Mexican Flag or support flags
that are distorted.
DON'T
Let the Mexican flag touch the floor.
DON'T Use the Flag as your own litttle personal
marketing tool.
DON'T wear the Mexican Flag as a cape.
DON'T use the flag in protests outside the Mexican
national territory. This causes the media to created negative sentiments against Mexicans especially when they are using our
Mexican flag in foreign soil.
DON'T Use our flag along side foreign figures like
Che Guevara or to promote subversive communist-anarchist propaganda.
The
pictures you see here of MECHA and the pic of that sellout attention seeking whore Paulina Rubio (top) are examples of
what degrades our flag's integrity as well as embarass all true Mexicans by acting like rioters and 'chusma' who
show no proper education. Now to be fair the girl on the last picture here isn't doing much exept using the flag
as a cape so I don't scorn this act as much as the others which are far more degrading, so don't think I am going Nazi on
the rules of protocol. I only wanted to use this picture to better illustrate my point of not wearing the flag
as a cape. Remember always that we should show dignity and respect, when you start acting arrogant, loud mothed or
trying to intimidate by acting like you are from some gang then you are embarasing us and showing your treachery to Mexico.
When was the Mexican flag created?
Our flag was created looking much as it is today in 1821 when Mexico initiated it’s war for
independence from Spain. Incidentally this is also our flag day, February 24.
What do the colors mean?
Our modern flag get’s it’s colors from "El Ejercito Trigarante" (The Army Of The Three
Guarantees); which was created on February 24, 1821. This army was the result of the union of Spanish troops under Agustin
de Iturbide and the insurgent forces of Vicente Guerrero to fight for the cause of Mexico’s independence. Together these
forces created the "Plan de Iguala" where the three guarantees were stated as being religion, independence, and unity. These
were the 3 guarantees that Iturbide and Guerrero swore to uphold in their struggle for independence. This is why the flag
that they created for the cause reflected these principles in 3 colors: White Green and Red. These colors stood: white for
the Catholic Religion, green for independence, and red for unity.
