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“Kings are killed, Mr Garrison” ~ The Kennedy Craze Fifty Years On
The moment of silence has just been called for in Dealey Plaza. The bells are ringing. It’s been fifty years to the minute since John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot to death. I was born eighteen years after the Kennedy Assassination. … Continue reading
Posted in executions, Musings
Tagged 22 November 1963, C. S. Lewis, Caroline Kennedy, conspiracy, Dallas, Dealey Plaza, Donald Sutherland, grassy knoll, irish diaspora, Irishmen, JFK, Jim Garrison, Kennedy Assassination, Kevin Costner, kings, movies, naivete, Narnia, Oliver Stone, sexualities, theories, Thorn Birds, Zapruder
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Sentences of Death: Infamous Executions and the Power of Romantic Nationalism
If an execution is done well, it is – barring a “traitor’s death” — supposed to be painless. If one’s heart and intestines are not being ripped from the body post-genital mutilation but prior to decapitation, then the bullet, axe, … Continue reading
Posted in executions, Heroism
Tagged anne boleyn, Canada, Canadian history, Henry II, heroism, Irish history, Irishmen, John Brown, Louis Riel, Manitoba, martyrdom, masculinities, Orangemen, Padraic Pearse, Red River Rebellion, Richard Burton, Roger Casement, saints, symbolism, Thomas Becket, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas More, Thomas Scott
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