[Magdalen] The Rising Sun.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Yep. I am always getting stuff I have no interest in using.

People are funny.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 10:47 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> We received an odd mailing of "car freshioners"  unsolicited in  the mail
> today.  Among them was one with the Imperial Japanese "Rising Sun"  Flag.
> it's the one with the central red sun and red rays through a white
> background.
> I couldn't have been more startled than had one of the freshioners
> pictured
> the Nazi flag.  Wilfredo thought it was "pretty."
>
> The Japanese Imperial Flag is still in use by Japanese Defense Forces
> but has otherwise been supplanted by the well known red circle on  white.
>
> For anyone who lived through WW-2, the Rising Sun Flag, most  especially
> the Chinese, Koreans, and WW-2 veterans the flag represents the worst
> of the Axis ambitions.
>
> I had an immediate negative shock reaction.  We will not be using  that
> air freshioner.
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>