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The mayor of Frederick, Md., says a controversial Halloween display featuring three faceless dummies hanging from a willow tree will remain at a city park, despite complaints from the NAACP.
Guy Djoken, president of Frederick County's NAACP chapter, has called on Mayor Jeff Holtzinger to order parks officials to remove the display, which he calls "disturbing."
"Something should be done right away," Djoken told FoxNews.com. "When you look from a distance, it doesn't look good. We should just remove it."
But Holtzinger disagrees and dismissed the roughly two dozen complaints the NAACP received as part of an "attempt to get publicity" for the organization and to "justify" its existence. The display won't be taken down any sooner than scheduled, he said.
The dummies, clad in jeans and stuffed shirts, hang in Baker Park from ropes affixed to their torsos up to 30 feet in the air — creating a sight that some say reminds them of lynchings while others describe it as a harmless holiday display.
"Certainly these weren't meant to offend anybody," Holtzinger said. "But at the same time, if you look at these things, they're not realistic, they're not tied by a noose. So I don't think they're anything other than a typical Halloween display you can see at any number of places."
Holtzinger said the complaints were evidence of "political correctness getting out of hand," though he acknowledged receiving "some calls" from concerned parents of children at a nearby school, and he said parks officials will rethink their display next year.
"We're getting to the point where you can't say Merry Christmas anymore," he said. "Anybody who looks at these things and applies some common sense to it, I have a hard time seeing people saying it's something bad."
But Djoken said, "When you have people hanging in the trees, especially that high, the result is that it's making a lot of people feel uncomfortable. ... I've been getting a lot of phone calls from people who say it's disturbing."
He said whoever was responsible for planning and constructing the display should be given sensitivity training.
While resident Reid Fiester told the Frederick News Post the dummies reminded him of "lynchings," another resident told FoxNews.com he saw nothing wrong with the holiday display.
Bryan Jachowski said he noticed the dummies while walking through the park with his wife Thursday.
"It just looks like somebody was having some Halloween fun," he said. "I have no problem with it whatsoever."
Jachowski noted that the dummies gave "absolutely no indication" of gender or race.
"They're just bodies stuck up in a tree," he said. "They were hung from the waist, not with hangman's noose or anything like that. It's just Halloween fun."
Djoken disagreed, saying he expected Holtzinger to "do the right thing" and immediately remove the decorations.
"If nothing's done, I'll have to press on," he said. "I'm telling you, when you look at it, it looks like someone is hanging from the tree. It's pretty graphic."
This type of **** pisses me off.. Give me a break... they always have something to cry about.. I bet tommorow we will hear the Rev Al Sharpton supporting this and calling racism.
This type of **** pisses me off.. Give me a break... they always have something to cry about.. I bet tommorow we will hear the Rev Al Sharpton supporting this and calling racism.
October 30th is the birthday of no less than five Nobel Prize in Medicine winners. It is also the birthday of Hermann Kopp. Kopp was a German chemist who showed the physical properties of compounds such as boiling point, specific heat, specific gravity and thermal expansion differ from each other according to the degree which their structure differs. What he is most known for was his prolific writings on the history of chemistry. He published a four volume "History of Chemistry". He added three supplements to this work, wrote "The Development of Chemistry in Recent Times" and the two volume "Alchemy in Ancient and Modern Times".
References about alchemy are to be found in the myths and legends of ancient China.
True and for those who dont know about ancient China:
The early China civilization was ruled by a series of emperors from different dynasties. These dynasties were royal families. Shih Haung Ti established the Ch'in Dynasty, united the Chinese kingdom known as the Warring States, became the first emperor (221 B.C.), and began building the Great Wall of China. Thousands of terra-cotta clay statues were placed to guard his tomb. The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) was a peaceful time when paper and ink were invented and schools built. The Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.-906 A.D.) was known for their public systems, art including pottery, sculpture, and painting, as well as their gunpowder.
The "Three Teachings" including Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism greatly influenced the Chinese. Confucius (551-479 B.C.) taught people about the importance of being loyal, unselfish, and courteous. The roots of Taoism go back to prehistoric times but were described around 600 B.C. by Lao Zi. He explained the "path" to contentment. Buddha (563 B.C.) who was born in India focused on achieving absolute peace through a "Eightfold Path" including rightness of views, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration.
Early China was very isolated from the rest of the world. This isolation is reflected in the creation of the Great Wall. This wall is 2,150 miles long. This isolationism extended to the interior of the country. For example, the Ming dynasty lived in a palace called the Forbidden City. Ordinary people were prohibited from entering. The Silk Road was used to open trade between Ancient China and Rome. This 7,000 mile route was owned by China but traveled by merchants who traded products such as silk.
The Ancient Chinese are known for their many inventions and technological advancements including the development of writing, a calendar, gunpowder, printing, silk, paper, and the compass. The earliest book was printed in 868 A.D.
Naacp = over-sensitive babies
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