Yeah, maybe they should take a cue from the Aztecs and offer up their still-beating hearts to the great Neoliberal Sun God. "Oh, Great Efficient Market Theory, who brings prosperity to His people, accept our offering and ensure that supply and demand balance out correctly. Also, please make the sun rise."
>From: "jason rice" <red666er at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Fishing with Fidel
>Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:47:14 PDT
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>I saw an online exhibit on lynchings a few months ago (sorry I dont have
>the
>address) and it was filled with old pictures of Southern whites in their
>Sunday best standing around the charred corpse of an African AMerican,
>smiling and drinking lemonade. The narrative tells of pieces of the mans
>body being stolen by the crowd as mementos of the day. This makes me wonder
>about the ritualistic/religious aspects of the death penalty, perhaps not
>as
>strongly prevalent as today but still exerting an influence. I have come
>across such notions in other readings, can anybody flesh them out?
>Jason Rice
>>
>>Dunno about that. Part of the U.S. international strategy has been a
>>willingness to use extravagant levels of force to make a point -
>>closely related to Henry Kissinger's "madman in the White House"
>>negotiation strategy. Why not use the same strategy at home?
>>
>>Doug
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