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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2008.06.10 (01) [E]

In message <57c981290806100713h13ba4cc9i7cf1be258c401c9f at mail.gmail.com>,
Lowlands-L List <lowlands.list at GMAIL.COM> writes

> From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
> Subject: LL-L "History"
>
> Subject: LL-L "History" 2008.06.07 (06) [E]
>
> I doubt it has anything to do with the Dutch flag.  Red, white, and blue
> flags with open on them are common all over Texas.
>


My earlier comment that the choice of red white and blue stripes might be
preferred over say green white and orange stripes is that US-Americans
(don't know about Canadian-Americans or other kinds) sometimes have very
strong feelings about how/where their national flag is used.

I was once with someone who 'preferred not to look' at a little boy (?five
years old) who was wearing swimming trunks with the stars-and-stripes on
them. Most people outside the US would not have a problem with this use on
clothing.  Indeed, our national football strips sometimes mirror our
national flags.  But someone in the US who wanted to put up an 'open' flag
might think that putting up the stars-and-stripes with the word 'open' on it
was very inappropriate. The stripes and colours of the Netherlands flag
could, therefore, be a nod to the orthopraxy of flying the star-and-stripes
without actually 'dishonouring' the US flag.

Cheers,

Pat
-- 
Pat Reynolds

It may look messy now ...
       ... but just you come back in 500 years time (T. Pratchett).

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