There's a lot of fuss in the media about the entirely tasteless antics of St Andrew's university students in burning an effigy of Barack Obama. It's a crude ritual that really should not happen in a modern, liberal society.
No matter how much I disliked someone, carrying out some mock execution on their likeness is not something I'd consider doing.
I don't think these things should be banned, but I have no problem in calling out the perpetrators for being small minded, intolerant idiots.
I do wonder, though, where the media were last year when the lefties were hanging effigies of Nick Clegg during the student demos.
Where was the condemnation and the outrage at this equally unpleasant act?
Double standards, much.
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Up Here they hang themselves.
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Yea Caron but you see most people like Obama. You see he has not jumped into bed with the Republicans!
Let me get this right, Munguin. You think that if most people don't like someone, it's perfectly fine to subject their effigy to a mock execution?
Yikes.
No I don't think I am. You yourself said you don't want to stop people from doing this kind of thing. It would not be my favoured way of expressing my disgust. But if you can permit people the freedom to so express themselves, I am merely providing a reason why they might wish to do so with effigys of Nick Clegg who is so very unpopular, and why the majority of people are shocked that anyone would do so with Obama who is so very popular, that is all.
I also understand that these St Andrews University Tories burnt Nelson Mandella. But Caron that is the sort of people that Nick has now jumped into bed with.
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