If one is offensive then the other is equally so. Otherwise, it is just Halloween.
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:18 AM, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > t's not just Sarah Palin hanging around for Halloween. > > Police are investigating the discovery of an effigy of Democratic > presidential candidate Barack Obama dangling from a tree this morning > at the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington. > > "I am personally offended and deeply embarrassed by this disgusting > episode," said Lee Todd, president of the university in a campus-wide > e-mail. "This is not reasonable political expression; it is just > malicious. And it is unacceptable." > > Todd plans to apologize to the Obama family on behalf of the school, > which immediately removed the life-sized dummy said to be outfitted > with an Obama Halloween mask, a suit jacket and sweat pants. > > "I feel outraged and hurt. I am outraged because we work very hard, > every day, to build bridges across the divides," said Todd. "Diversity > and inclusion are among our most precious core values. Episodes like > this serve only to erode our confidence in and respect for one > another." > > He said those found responsible will be "subject to the full force of > university, state, and federal rules and regulations." > > Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear called the incident "embarrassing" and > "deeply offensive." > > "This was not political speech. It was simply hate," he said, > according to the Associated Press. > > The effigy of Obama comes on the heels of a high-profile hanging > depiction of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin in > West Hollywood, Calif. > > While some local residents are outraged, others, including display > creator Chad Michael Morrissette, are defending it, calling it > Halloween-related fun. > > "It should be seen as art, and it should be seen as, within the month > of October, it is Halloween. It is time to be scary. It is time to be > spooky," he told the CBS-TV affiliate in Los Angeles > . > > Local authorities have said the Palin effigy is not a hate crime. > > "I'm not defending this; I'm not criticizing it. It doesn't rise to > the level of hate crime," Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the Los > Angeles County Sheriff's Department, told the Los Angeles Times. "Now, > if there was a crime against bad taste ... . " > > http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=79437 > > > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
