by Anura Guruge
on January 27, 2023
I will confess that I was, until today, NEVER aware of the ‘Six Flags Over Texas‘. I learnt that, to my amazement & awe, from a somewhat lackluster (2022) movie I had watched on ‘Prime‘, viz. ‘Vengeance‘. Learning THIS was the only redeeming attribute of that movie.
Unlike the protagonist in that movie, I am not a stranger to ‘Texas‘. In the 1990s I spent a fair amount of time in Texas — albeit all of it in Dallas, Austin & Houston. A number of my top consulting clients were based in Texas & I had to visit them often. Towards the latter part of the 1990s I was going to Texas at least once a month. So, I am sure I saw the six flags numerous times. I guess they must have them at the airports. I guess I never took any notice & none of my Texan friends ever enlightened me about the flags. Shame on them.
An interesting aspect of one’s history to celebrate. Six is a fair number of flags.
Right off the top of my head I know that the country of my birth ‘Ceylon’ (now Sri Lanka) could claim to have been under at least 4 flags: Portuguese, Dutch, British & its own.
‘Hawaii’ must have had at least 5.
I did a quick look but I couldn’t find a list or answer. There must be countries (or states) in Europe & Asia that were colonized multiple times. Something worth looking into.
But, this ‘Six Flags Over Texas’ intrigued & interested me. Glad I watched that dumb movie just for that. SMILE.
Mr. G,
I watched Alkhallat+ on Netflix based on your recommendation and enjoyed it. Surprisingly Netflix had it at only 57% recommendation rate for me, so I had never seen it pop up before. Thanks for the tip!
Richard
Glad you enjoyed it. Different. You should give ‘Trial by Fire’ a go. I think you will enjoy that too. All the best. Anura