by Devin Bisanz

Created on: March 04, 2010   Last Updated: March 29, 2011

I guess human kind and curiosity has gotten ahead of itself.  My grandpa acquired a dot on his skin and it was a mole, or “whatever,” he said. 

If I get a dot on my skin I’m referred from one doctor to the next.  They have to study the dot, analyze, pick it apart and figure out the exact breakdown.   Then the doctor gives the solution in the form of some surgery or medication.

This is a debate about a noose, but a noose is merely a point of argument.  We really debate the sensitivity of mankind.  Mostly man is not man anymore, but there are a few men.  There are a few men who dictate the lives of all the other men.  There are a few men who dictate what we debate about and how far they let it go. 

I wouldn’t put it past somebody to hang a noose, just to video the response.  The way our world is today maybe actions would hit global media making someone famous.  Isn’t fame what we seek? 

I’m embarrassed at my own people that in the fifty arguments I perused, and don’t get me wrong. I barely browsed most the crap, debates, and historic events.  I did browse it though, and all I could think about was how much importance we try to place on symbolism. 

For every positive there is someone saying the exact opposite no matter what it is. At the end of the day a rope is a rope, and hanging was once a public event that many people enjoyed. People cheered when a criminal was hanged, and I’m sure a lot of those criminals were innocent too.

I read a book and one of things it mentioned was that, "either we have a past, or it has us..." and it seems that many cultures dwell, and it’s not the people who lived the tragedy- and I'm not saying it was not a tragedy. I'm saying that the people who lived the tragedy are not the ones who are bitching and looking for hand outs. It’s the descendants of the traumatized that are crying turmoil. 

Moving forward in history doesn't mean the past is forgotten. History documents events and students study history keeping the knowledge alive.  In conclusion hanging a noose in public is not a hate crime. It is rude and disrespectful of the people who take offense to its symbolism, but at the end of the day... it is what it is...

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