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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Jonny</span> <<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de" target="_blank">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>></p>

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" lang="FR">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gi"><span style="" lang="FR">LL-L "Culture" 2010.07.10 (03) [EN-NDS]</span></span><span style="" lang="FR"></span></p>



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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Dear Lowlanners,</p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">in all the
discussions about the "Noordland-Flag" I'm missing the argument that
this flag, at least for my feeling, shall <u>not</u> represent any national ot
tribal identity but is planned as an overarching symbol. I would like to call
it "The Flag of Ingvaeonia", and thus its sobriety, the cross and the
neutral, "unpolitical" colours make sense.</p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">I think that e.g
with the suggested swords a very different sense could arise, and the symbolism
of horses already is debased by its use in uncountable official flags or
private heraldry.</p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Less can be more.</p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Regards</p>

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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Jonny Meibohm</p>

<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Lower Saxony, Germany
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></p>

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject:
History</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Jonny,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Irrespective of what my own view is in this matter, I need to point out that I understand
this endeavor to aim at the institution of a specifically </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Low Saxon</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> flag,
not one of more general “Ingveonia”, “Lowlands” or such. At least this is my understanding of the information presented. This might explain what you are missing the mentioned argument in this thread.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">


<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
So it seems to me that there is indeed a "national" or “tribal” component: to aid more general awareness
of commonalities which might possibly help stop or slow down language erosion and
death under German and Dutch domination.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Seattle, USA</p>



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