National Flag represents the Nation. Everybody should respect National Flags either it belongs to their country or others and should be punished for any wrong/disrespectful acts. But I don't agree the second statement by NJ Leite..."Given the fact that the vast majority of persons in (especially) Qatar are expats coming here to earn good money to send home, the minimum they should do is have respect for the country that hosts them" - The blame cannot go as common to all Expatriate and it should not be considered expatriate are looting. As a Expatriate we are doing our job for mutual benefit for us and for Qatar even though many expatriate are suffering with minimum comfort/working environment which has been discussed a lot worldwide already.