Excerpt from an article in London's Sunday Mirror on February 18, 2001:
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LOONY Americans are set to ban the Shamrock in Boston following complaints from minority groups. They have bizarrely compared Ireland's three-leafed emblem to the Nazi swastika. Now the shamrock will become a thing of the past as the emblems are torn down from playgrounds, doors and windows in housing developments all over the city.Loony indeed... if true.
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Those that fold to this and remove shamrocks are sellouts and cowards!Wish I lived there,I’d have them all over my yard !!
carolyn – I agree! We must stop pandering to every special interest group around! If something offends you – DON’T LOOK!! People are too thin-skinned nowadays, and need to lighten up. Enjoy life instead of trying to make it miserable for everyone else.