Monday, May 05, 2008
Define man, redux
Reprinting an entry from Aug 07.
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Does your moral palate require cleansing?
Need a reminder of the definition of "man"?
Try this, from the WPA Guide to Oklahoma, 1941.
That's a man.
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Yesterday while looking for something else, I came across this picture of the event. It's a huge old newspaper photo, taken just after the execution. The authorities are placing the body of Silan Lewis on a blanket before hauling it away for burial. You can see the Progressive Choctaw executioner smugly cradling his rifle; a friend of Lewis staring accusingly at the executioner; and a crowd of bovine white men watching the proceedings.
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Now, also by coincidence, this story from London via Vdare.com shows that serious Nationalists are starting to push back against the Progressives in Britain. Best of luck to Mr Barnbrook. The Brits don't use capital punishment any more, but when Progressives are seriously threatened by Nationalists, they have a remarkable ability to find exceptions to their own rules. ¶ 6:55 AM
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Does your moral palate require cleansing?
Need a reminder of the definition of "man"?
Try this, from the WPA Guide to Oklahoma, 1941.
RED OAK (590 alt., 484 pop.), is a small farming center which was named for a large red oak tree that stood in the center of the town when this region was the Choctaw Nation. The Indians held district court there and used the oak as a whipping post.
The most serious political disturbance in the history of the Choctaw Nation had its finale at Red Oak when Silan Lewis was executed for his part in the Nationalist uprising, following the election of 1892. The fullblood Lewis, who had been sheriff of his own district, upheld the traditional Choctaw honor when he came striding in from his woodland home on the appointed day, November 5, 1894, and quietly sat with back against the tree to await his death from the firing squad.
That's a man.
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Yesterday while looking for something else, I came across this picture of the event. It's a huge old newspaper photo, taken just after the execution. The authorities are placing the body of Silan Lewis on a blanket before hauling it away for burial. You can see the Progressive Choctaw executioner smugly cradling his rifle; a friend of Lewis staring accusingly at the executioner; and a crowd of bovine white men watching the proceedings.
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Now, also by coincidence, this story from London via Vdare.com shows that serious Nationalists are starting to push back against the Progressives in Britain. Best of luck to Mr Barnbrook. The Brits don't use capital punishment any more, but when Progressives are seriously threatened by Nationalists, they have a remarkable ability to find exceptions to their own rules. ¶ 6:55 AM
