Comments on: Panhandle Lawmaker Blasted For Rope Hanging Comment

By: angela

angela — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:50:54 +0000

Thanks for the support, I just wish folks would get over it. Crap happened to every single race at some point in history……..it’s time to quit bringing it up. The ones that do are just out for attention and it is holding us back as country. Get over it, move on. I just hope it doesn’t affect my kids, as I am raising mine to not be so sensitive and we use things LIKE THIS as an example of ignorance and how I want better for them. Love to everyone!!

By: noescdotcomfan

noescdotcomfan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:00:57 +0000

@ Angela,

Likely the most refreshing thing ive had the pleasure of reading this year!

God Bless you!

By: o

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:43:33 +0000

Just a FYI no race has the full claim to rope hanging, slavery or anything else. Hebrews, Irish, Chinese, Spanish, English, Whites, Blacks, Indians, were all slaves at some point in history. As a add FYI slavery still exisist today its now called human trafficing and mainly deals in woman. So lets get in an uproar about this instead of what some person said. And hangings were happening way before this great country of ours was founded.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:36:56 +0000

Actually, if a man is quoting another, he gets to use whatever word the person being quoted used — otherwise he isn’t quoting, he’s paraphrasing.

Further, from http://grammar.about.com/od/alightersideofwriting/a/hangedgloss.htm :

“For centuries, hanged and hung were used interchangeably as the past participle of hang. Most contemporary usage guides insist that hanged, not hung, should be used when referring to executions: convicted killers are hanged; posters are hung. “

Please note that contemporary usage guides don’t rule over us, as evidenced by the way we commonly write here. Also note the interchangeable nature of the words, as in “it don‘t matter no how, whether you‘re hanged or hung, you‘re still short of breath and got a crick in your neck.”

David for freedom to hang a hunger

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:16:17 +0000

I was shocked and appalled at Sen. Gaetz statement.

“Hung?” The word is HANGED.

And Sen. Gaetz was an educator.

Shame, shame.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:01:18 +0000

I have heard this comment used by African americans many times, so here’s the question; Is a comment like this only allowed to be used by a certain racial group?

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:26:29 +0000

REGARDING:
“For that matter neither does “Some people wouldn’t be happy counting money on halves!!!””

It’s really quite simple. Counting money on halves means you get to keep half of ALL you count. That would be extremely good pay. The idea is that some would still gripe.

As to being hanged with a new rope, if you’re going to gripe, let it be about being hanged, not about the age of the device. At one point hanging was the standard method of killing other people but some thought only their particular group ever suffered the indignity. Some folks were proud to get electric chairs for executions because they were the latest thing. I would rather nobody do what would justify use of them.

David for simple explanations
and updated methods

By: Bama Lama Ding Dong

Bama Lama Ding Dong — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:02:52 +0000

It isn’t so much that it’s insensitive as it’s just a stupid saying. Doesn’t even really make any sense.

For that matter neither does “Some people wouldn’t be happy counting money on halves!!!”

By: Southernlady

Southernlady — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:35:44 +0000

Strange, but I’ve heard this phrase all my life and always thought it referred to hangings in the old west (cattle rustlers, etc).

By: jcellops

jcellops — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:07:10 +0000

years ago, back in the early 90s, my non-white chlidren attended our predominantly white, affluent Christian school (elementary/high school) in south florida……once a year, they had a “slave day”……students would buy another student to do whatever (within reason) that the student wanted them to do…like carry books..get the lunch tray, open doors, ect…..it was intended to help the kids raise money for projects….on the surface, im sure most viewed it as a fun day for the kids to do something different while they raised funds….but, subconsciously, i believe that it projected a lighthearted indifference to a tragically unjust time in our American history…. well, i protested/objected to this event and told the president that i thought it was racially incensitive….would they even think of encouraging this event if it was a predominantly black school?…would the public schools endorse a “slave day” nowadays?……what do some of you think?…..based on some of your posts, im wondering if i was making much ado about nothing.