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To: justme346
Now to demonstrate my abysmal ignorance . . . I thought a lynching was hanging someone by the neck until dead without benefit of trial. Those guys are feet-up.
5 posted on 04/16/2002 1:22:19 PM PDT by Xenalyte
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To: Xenalyte
Lynching would seem to frequently feature hanging by the neck, but that method of killing doesn't seem essential. During the 1980s, the African National Congress lynched people by placing a burning, petrol soaked tyre around their necks. (Be sure to scroll the page for multiple sources of the definition.)

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10 posted on 04/16/2002 1:37:53 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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