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Hanged dummy Halloween decoration in Montreal sparks debate


Misc CDN | 117421 hits | Oct 15 8:59 am | Posted by: Strutz
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A Halloween decoration installed outside a Montreal home is sparking debate about how-far-is-too-far, with some critics saying it crosses the line between scary and distasteful.

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  1. by avatar Strutz
    Sat Oct 15, 2022 4:01 pm
    I completely understand why this has caused debate.

  2. by Thanos
    Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:03 pm
    Be a lot more disturbing if it started twitching and gave out little squeaks of "help me!".

  3. by avatar DrCaleb
    Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:38 pm
    I think it is extremely realistic, and want to see more people put in that kind of effort.

    And it absolutely should twitch once in a while. :twisted:

  4. by JaredMilne
    Sun Oct 16, 2022 3:33 am
    If the dummy was depicted as a Black person, it should definitely be taken down.

    Since it's not, and in fact looks like a white guy, I think it should stay.

  5. by avatar Scape
    Sun Oct 16, 2022 5:03 am
    What if he was a zebra?

  6. by avatar Strutz
    Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:15 pm
    "JaredMilne" said
    If the dummy was depicted as a Black person, it should definitely be taken down.

    Since it's not, and in fact looks like a white guy, I think it should stay.

    Seriously?

    So, it's ok for a "white" guy to be hung but not someone of "colour"?

  7. by avatar raydan
    Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:27 pm
    "Strutz" said
    Seriously?

    So, it's ok for a "white" guy to be hung but not someone of "colour"?

    I'm not touching this one! 8O

  8. by JaredMilne
    Mon Oct 17, 2022 5:15 am
    "Strutz" said

    Seriously?

    So, it's ok for a "white" guy to be hung but not someone of "colour"?


    Only to the extent that the imagery of Black people being hanged has an fraught history in the United States, with nooses being hung from trees in racist threats towards real Black Americans.

    I'm referring specifically to if the dummy had been made to look like a Black person. Since it's not, leave it up.

    I shouldn't have said "in fact looks like a white guy"-that was my fuckup. If it were my decoration, I probably would have made it a skeleton just to avoid this kind of fallout.



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