Charlotte Buff <[email protected]>> > > Heck, if your device has a default font that includes CANCEL TAG (...) and > therefore doesn’t render it, > then you won’t even be able to see the difference between a regular, generic > black flag and an emoji that was meant to represent some region. > This could potentially lead to great misunderstandings since a plane black > flag is often associated with anarchism and piracy, > but rather rarely with England, Scotland or Wales. > The waving white flag that was used as the base in earlier drafts at the very > least had the benefit of looking like a “blank slate” of sorts.
White flags are associated with surrender (but also peace). That is at least as bad as a black flag. The checkered flag U+1F3C1 🏁 could have been a compromise. It is also readily associated with sports.
