a story of patriotism...

[DarkFish]

When the point is so basic then "of course" is entirely sufficient.

If the point were so basic, then why didn't you come up with some articles from the Dutch law, like I did?
Because there are no articles that state such a thing.

Sorry you have to go to the follow up story where the person claiming to be your father posts the two letters he recieved from the public prosecutor
The first deals with the basic prosecution and the option of paying the fine. It contains a summary of the charge and the article of law it is under.
The second is the summons with the date of the court appearance and the specific details of the charge.

ah thanks. I was not aware of this, they must have charged him with something else than they initially planned to do then.

So let's forget about the disruption of the peace then.

Originally Posted by Tribesman

"A special place" like in a council meeting after being told to leave

nope, not that kind of "special place". But since it appears he's been charged with something else after all let's forget about this.

So unlawful presence in a room dedicated to the public service....with a doubled up charge possible as he not only remained after the representaive of the council asked him to leave, he remained after the representative of the police commisioner asked him

As I said, the representative of the council shouldn't have asked him to leave as he was doing nothing wrong.
It would have been 'smarter' to comply, yes, but my dad did nothing wrong and so had every right to be there. You can blame him for his stubbornness but nothing more.
If this ever gets to court, I'll be eager to know how the prosecutor wants to claim my dad was rightfully thrown out of the town hall.

Because the flag is only incidental, the prosecution has nothing to do with the flag, it is entirely to do with a failure to comply with the law and procedure.

The prosecution in itself has nothing to do with a flag, no, but my dad had every right to be there. Raising the flag was the event that eventually caused all the trouble. And raising a flag is no good reason to remove someone from the town hall.