tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post1608073561381216378..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Obama Burned in Effigy - Prank or Legitimate Method of Protest?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-7625978970224583502011-11-25T23:59:42.698+01:002011-11-25T23:59:42.698+01:00A pity they burned the effigy. It had more backbon...A pity they burned the effigy. It had more backbone than the real thing.AztecRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027951757285806109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-56577175112205095022011-11-24T09:21:35.875+01:002011-11-24T09:21:35.875+01:00I really like the description Dog Gone made in the...I really like the description Dog Gone made in the post about the difference between burning someone's image and morphing someone's face into a monkey.<br /><br />There've been plenty of tasteless images of Obama and his wife, but burning him in effigy is going too far.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-88009058605411877442011-11-23T20:28:15.129+01:002011-11-23T20:28:15.129+01:00Dim comment, Dawg?
I was observing that burning i...Dim comment, Dawg?<br /><br />I was observing that burning in effigy may have different implications in the two different areas. In the American south, there would likely be racial overtones, while the same doesn't have to be true in a country that never had the same history of slavery.<br /><br />Remember, remember, the fifth of November. . .Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-83037232663715942152011-11-23T19:46:31.999+01:002011-11-23T19:46:31.999+01:00Jesus, leave it to Greg to make a dim comment.
Sc...Jesus, leave it to Greg to make a dim comment.<br /><br />Scotland does celebrate bonfire night since James I was James Vi of Scotland--and he was the person that the gunpowder plot was against.<br /><br />Although, the celtic Halloween (Samhain) is also pretty popular here.Laci The Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138644349857941157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-69560703199035890392011-11-23T17:26:30.705+01:002011-11-23T17:26:30.705+01:00No, the UK doesn't have our history of lynchin...No, the UK doesn't have our history of lynching, specifically as it relates to race:<br /><br />"Lynching during the 19th century in the United States, Britain and colonies, coincided with a period of violence which denied people participation in white-dominated society on the basis of race or gender after the Emancipation Act of 1833.[2]"dog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-2702828912675727132011-11-23T17:02:58.128+01:002011-11-23T17:02:58.128+01:00A question: Does any part of the U.K. have a trad...A question: Does any part of the U.K. have a tradition of lynching? What would be disturbing, but still legal, here in America may not have the same connotations in Scotland.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-69164066967588814632011-11-23T15:06:42.373+01:002011-11-23T15:06:42.373+01:00I knew about burning in effigy to celebrate Guy Fa...I knew about burning in effigy to celebrate Guy Fawkes, but that was earlier this month.<br /><br />Laci - Do the Scots traditionally celebrate Guy Fawkes with a bonfire?<br /><br />I did. But it happened that was good weather to get some brush taken care of in our fire pit. But it did make it even more fun.<br /><br />Wikipedia has this on the topic of burning in effigies:<br /><br /><i>An effigy can also be a doll burned in order to dispel undesired spirits or to advocate against a person. The burning is meant as a sign of the participants' shared intent to banish the represented element from their lives. The best known British example is the burning of an effigy made of straw and/or old clothing depicting the 17th century Catholic conspirator, Guy Fawkes. In the past, criminals sentenced to death in absentia might be officially executed "in effigy" as a symbolic act.[1]<br /><br />Political effigies serve a broadly similar purpose on political demonstrations or annual community rituals such as that held in Lewes, on the south coast of England. In Lewes, models of important or unpopular figures in current affairs are burned on Bonfire Night, formerly alongside an effigy of the Pope.</i><br /><br />So - politics? Prank? Or......LOL, exorcism?dog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-23961193105421186992011-11-23T14:32:53.455+01:002011-11-23T14:32:53.455+01:00The Tories at St. Andrews are burning Obama in eff...The Tories at St. Andrews are burning Obama in effigy?<br /><br />This reminds me of the spoof from Private Eye where they are running down the headlines regarding Princess Diana which went something like:<br /><br />The Mirror: Diana in Sex Scandal<br />The Sun: Diana Sex Shocker<br />The Times: Princess Diana Indescretion<br />The Telegraph:Royal Sex Shame<br />The Independent: 100 Dead in Nogorno-Karabakh<br /><br />Since I tend to read the Guardian and Independent, this passed by me. Although, the BBC did cover it.<br /><br />The Times had it in a small corner next to a story "Child sex grooming<br />From pony riding to the clutches of a gang: a middle class story." The story disappeared once the page refreshed.<br /><br />For the most part, this is big in the Daily Mail and Telegraph--Two decidedly conservative papers.<br /><br />I'm not sure what to say since there were enough Protestant Martyrs burnt in St. Andrews who are commemorated around the city.<br /><br />Also, IMHO St. Andrews has the little brother complex to Oxbridge.<br /><br />SO, lots of bother about a minor story.<br /><br />But it does get Scotland in the News.Laci The Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138644349857941157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-51079167200573781832011-11-23T14:21:40.535+01:002011-11-23T14:21:40.535+01:00It's in the U.K. and I'm sure that the U.K...It's in the U.K. and I'm sure that the U.K. authorities will follow the law in dealing with it. <br /><br />In the U.S. it would be considered offensive (by some) but it would also be protected by the 1st Amendment, in most situations. The FBI and the Secret Service might crawl up somebody's ass for a year or two, but unless the act was an incitement, under law, there's not much the feds or anyone else can do about it--and that's that.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714733977927594559noreply@blogger.com