Comment on What??? Nativity scene with a crucifix in the background?

Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  wouldn’t an electric chair be a closer match in meaning? nooses usually symbolize suicide moreso than execution these days

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  • folekaule@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That depends where you are. In America it is more often associated with lynchings than suicide.

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    • parzival@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Not really where I am? I guess it might be younger people or smth but I feel like oeoples first thought is usually suicide ato

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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Janus with one a sounds like it might be a couple of countries south of me, we spell it Jaanus here in Estonia

      So basically I’m suspecting eastern europe for their origin and over here we mostly don’t think about lynching very much. Execution by hanging was a thing but so long ago it’s nearly forgotten.

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  • MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not sure where you’re from, but in the U.S., at least, nooses have a specific historical and cultural meaning. It’s illegal to tie a noose with 13 or more coild in the u.s. for this reason, and it has nothing to do with suicide.

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• Wilco@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It still does.

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