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Re: Jingoism at its best

To: "John J. Peloquin" <peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu>
Subject: Re: Jingoism at its best
From: "Robert J. Carley" <rcarley@uoguelph.ca>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 11:09:20 -0500 ()


On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, John J. Peloquin wrote:

> 
> A number of years ago, the Canadian flag was flown upside down at a world
> series game in the US. All I can say was it was US Marines who flew the
> flag- and they probably were not told which way to fly it. Thus, there is
> a 50% chance they would get it wrong. Although, I do find it hard to
> believe that the proper direction of the maple leaf wasn't obvious!
> 

I remember this event.  We wondered the same thing.  However, as the world
series is held in the Fall of the year, maybe they thought a falling
maple leaf was more appropriate :-)


Cheers.

Robert Carley
Ontario, Canada


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