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Originally Posted by abaya
...You look at something IN ITS OWN CONTEXT before you even get close to judging it.
...The issue is about a fake body, very similar to a lynched one, being hung up in a very particular area of the American south, which has a very particular history and context, where YES, the imagery DOES still have power. I mean, come on! Is it really so hard to understand?!?!
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Abaya, I believe that Squeeb's original point was that the context *also* includes a very particular date with a very particular history of celebration. I see several houses around me right now with hanging bodies...I can remember such displays of hanging figures from my youth 30+ years ago (damn, I'm old gah) and I have pictures from my parent's era (1930s) with similar displays in their front yards.
You are right about the context at any other time of year, but again, on Halloween? That is why I believe that issue is being taken.