[Roadsters] Rising Sun opinions

[Joe Russo]

In light of some of these sensitivities, I run a window decal on my roadster
(got it from one of the many US Veterans advocacy groups) that says:

"Enjoy your Freedom, Thank a Vet"  the words are positioned around a US
flag.

Joe

-----Original Message-----


My dad spent 2-1/2 years or so in North Africa and Italy with the 1st
Armored Division (Old Ironsides), being shot at by the Wehrmacht and the
Luftwaffe, and when I was in high school (closer to the end of WWII than we
are now to the end of the Vietnam War...) he made me get rid of my "surfer's
cross" - a St Christopher medal set in a Maltese cross.

He mellowed, though - the last vehicle he bought before he died was a VW
Camper Van; and you could have knocked me over with a feather.

Hard to understand, maybe, for those of us who didn't live through it - but
having grown up with someone who did, I respect their feelings on the
matter.

Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA

--- On Tue, 2/3/09, E Scanlon <escanlon at wa-net.com> wrote:
From: E Scanlon <escanlon at wa-net.com>

While the design of the Rising Sun may appeal to some, it harbors some of
the
same sentiment as the Swastika to others.  Heck, even the "Iron Cross"
or Maltese Cross wheels on the Z's in later years caused some to remove them
just because of the association with WWI Germany.

Apologies to anyone that may take offense to this, as that is not my intent.