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To: albie
“While it does not violate any laws, we believe that the burning of political or public figures in effigy can be an act of hate, stifles productive engagement and can be offensive.”


I guess the burning of an effigy of Guy Fawkes every November the 5th all over the UK doesn't count...:^)

35 posted on 11/23/2011 7:51:40 AM PST by az_gila
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To: az_gila
I guess the burning of an effigy of Guy Fawkes every November the 5th all over the UK doesn't count...:^)

Sadly a custom now much in decline. In the last decade or so it's rapidly been replaced in the public conciousness by Hallowe'en, a festival which was hitherto almost entirely unrecognised here in Britain. Largely a result of American cultural imperialism, it has to be said...:). My generation had to have 'trick or treat' explained to them the first time urchins came knocking on the door a few years back...before then it was always 'penny for the guy?'

46 posted on 11/23/2011 11:39:59 AM PST by Winniesboy
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