Ah the noose (again). Let me tell you a little story. On a previous post I mentioned that I had a need to learn to tie a really good knot. One that would hold my fat ….. on a high roof. When I started my research into knots I got a little enthused. So I started making all kinds of knots. For me it was similar to learning magic tricks. I was impressed when I successfully completed a complicated one. I saw the noose knot. I was tempted to do it but at that point I was too lazy. Had I successfully completed one I’m certain I would have been proud and probably kept it. You won’t believe it but the one thing that didn’t come to my mind was racial injustice. I’m sure some of you would call me ignorant or insensitive. But the fact is I’m pretty much an average person. Not everyone looks for the dark side in everything that’s done. I’ve been to hundreds of motorcycle service departments and seen many ropes. Never once in my wildest imagination did I make a connection to the knot looking like a noose and it being a statement of racial injustice. So, now nooses are a sign of racial injustice. I guess chains will be next. After all what was used on all when they were transported. Let’s get back to nooses. I bet everyone reading this has seen the movie Hang ‘Em High. There were many nooses and hangings in that movie. Where was the outrage? There was none because no one made a connection to racial injustice. How about Pirates of the Caribbean? How about Homeland? It had a very graphic hanging scene with a noose. I guess Hollywood, as usual, is exempt. Let’s move over to Nascar. I don’t know if it was ignorance that started this or that they thought someone might make something of it so they decided they’d get ahead of it. Make something out of possibly nothing and become the good guys – I guess maybe that was their strategy. I don’t know about that but what I do know is that the marketing after-the-fact has been brilliant. It was not a noose but it was fashioned like a noose (?) and days later we’re still discussing, no, arguing about it. Lastly, I guess I shouldn’t try to make a noose because it’s no longer a knot and I’m going to get rid of all my chains because I’m sure they’re next.
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