March 20, 2003

Friendy fire

You couldn't make it up. An article from The Register on the New York St. Patrick's Day parade:-



Why, then, can these flag-waving Irish Americans not unfurl their banner with pride? Well, the reason is that
the said standard carries an outline map of Monaghan, which bears an uncanny resemblance to an outline map of Iraq.
Terrifying.



Association PRO John McKenna explains: "It came as quite a surprise to us that Monaghan and Iraq
had basically the same outline shape. We had been receiving some jeers and comments as we assembled for the parade in
New York and we couldn't understand why. Until someone from the Louth Association pointed out the similarity.
So for the sake of being able to walk 5th Avenue in peace, we had to carry a simple blue and white banner instead or our
ornate traditional banner."


The US airforce are dropping bombs smarter than some of that crowd...

Posted by Monasette at March 20, 2003 09:43 PM
Comments

This is truly frightening. But from I've heard from my brother, who lives in New York, it's a wonder they let anybody march at all.

Posted by: brendan at March 21, 2003 04:29 PM