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Blackcheetah Posted 18 years ago
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what does "noose" especially mean?
0 An instructor "observed a rope tied in a loop, which was interpreted as a noose, in one of the training buildings" at the James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 16, the Secret Service said. 02 br
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00 It's a piece from CNN, and the so called "noose"have cause the public attention and the investigation of some relevant departments. In my opionion, "noose " is just something like a loop with a rope. Why does it has the intention of racial charged symbol? 0-
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00 It's a piece from CNN, and the so called "noose"have cause the public attention and the investigation of some relevant departments. In my opionion, "noose " is just something like a loop with a rope. Why does it has the intention of racial charged symbol? 0-
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0 Not just any loop of rope, a noose is that particular loop of rope which is used to hang someone. It recalls the practice of lynching, in which a crowd seizes someone accused of some sort of real or imagined offense, and publicly executes them by hanging them from the nearest tree without a trial. S.
- 0 Not just any loop of rope, a noose is that particular loop of rope which is used to hang someone.
- It recalls the practice of lynching, in which a crowd seizes someone accused of some sort of real or imagined offense, and publicly executes them by hanging them from the nearest tree without a trial.
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- at one time.
- The victims were African-Americans -- then called Negroes.
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0 Not just any loop of rope, a noose is that particular loop of rope which is used to hang someone. It recalls the practice of lynching, in which a crowd seizes someone accused of some sort of real or imagined offense, and publicly executes them by hanging them from the nearest tree without a trial. Lynching was widely practiced in the South of the U.S. at one time. The victims were African-Am
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