Silly me, (the bigots are right -- uniform silence means no one's objecting), I expected the above "this" to link to this:

Maryland NAACP protests city’s Halloween ‘lynching’ display, By Faiz Shakir, October 30th, 2009

The Parks and Recreation Department of the city of Frederick, MD recently decided to hang three dummies from a tree as part of its Halloween program. The dummies’ “overstuffed shirts, blue jeans and white, faceless heads” sparked concern from Frederick residents who complained that “the figures evoke images of lynchings.” According to one resident:

“It instantly reminded me of the pictures of the lynchings that happened in the ’20s and ’30s in the United States,” he said. “I found it very offensive as a white person.”

Guy Djoken, president of the Frederick County chapter of the NAACP, said “people are angry” about the display, noting that it’s a problem that they are “hanging on city property.” Djoken said he sent the mayor of Frederick, William Holtzinger, an email asking for their “immediate removal.”

“It instantly reminded me of the pictures of the lynchings that happened in the ’20s and ’30s in the United States,” he said. “I found it very offensive as a white person.”

Really? C'mon...

Good Lord, people need to relax.

Burning Man beware.

http://home.comcast.net/~burningman/bman.htm

For the unawares
http://www.burningman.com/whatisburningman/