wouldn’t an electric chair be a closer match in meaning? nooses usually symbolize suicide moreso than execution these days
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Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
At that time, a cross would have carried about the same meaning as a noose.
janus2@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
folekaule@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
That depends where you are. In America it is more often associated with lynchings than suicide.
parzival@lemmy.org 5 hours 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
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 hours 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.
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours 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.
Wilco@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
It still does.