[Magdalen] The Rising Sun.

[Jim Handsfield]

There is a house in New Orleans . . . 

Jim Handsfield
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> On 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.