Interesting. Of course, 'we knew not what would be wrought' would have been
grammatically correct but its the style of language is interesting: my
guess is that it's mirroring people's sense of 'serious' speech: the Bible
most likely or Shakespeare say, because they want to convey both gravity and
a sense of 'sin'.
On 02/04/2008, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> awe-some. wish I'd been there.
>
> the audio track thing was also a cool idea, though I wonder if the
> effigies' silence wouldn't have been more effective, & ironic..
>
> also whoever made the tapes apparently didn't know that "wrought" is
> the past tense (though it allows for the 'Rot' pun), and while the
> alliteration & assonance in "We knew not what we would wrought" is
> impressive, it's as clumsy as the cover-up that seems to be taking
> place over this 'stunt'
>
>
> KS
>
>
> On 02/04/2008, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > A note from the Gothics News Service:
> >
> > From Washington, D.C. it was barely, if at all, reported this morning
> that someone, or a group, had hung a bright red laundry line, elevated
> between the Capitol Dome and the upper floor of the Washington Monument.
> Against the sunrise, it was possible to make out the figures of George Bush,
> Dick Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfolitz, Feith, and a few other architects of
> the invasion, war and occupation in Iraq. Ceremonially spaced apart by
> several feet, each figure was strung up and hung upside down from his or her
> heels. The laundry line was motorized in such away that the figures wheeled
> back and forth, up and down the mall, the ties of the men flapping in the
> breeze. Apparently, digital speakers were placed inside each figure. Those
> looking up from the mall could hear a cacophony of voices. "Forgive us.
> Forgive us. We knew not what we would wrought." After that, they went on
> trying to explain themselves.
> >
> > The variously, quickly assembled crowds below, yelled back up, "Rot,
> Rot, Rot."
> >
> > Apparently it was an April Fools stunt. As quickly as they realized
> what was happening, Snipers from Homeland Security – stationed on the tops
> of surrounding institutions - severed the rope with a couple of careful
> shots. The figures came down to the lawn in a crumbling crash. Security
> personnel were seen throwing the remains as quickly as possible into a
> suddenly convenient dumpster. No arrests in the incident have yet to be
> made.
> >
> > Apparently most news organizations have honored the White House's
> request for a news blackout. The official memo was rumored to say, "…This
> Government has no intention of permitting the use of effigies, and the
> implications of either lynching or torture to be part of our national media
> or dialog…"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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