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In reply to the discussion: Shot-Up Image of President Draws a Secret Service Inquiry [View all]That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)You do understand that a message board has different standards than any online course that you may teach? While Wikipedia is not an accepted information source for college (or possibly even high school) papers, this is neither. In my case I do not like to throw opinion out there without providing at least some "proof" for it. As for the "isolated quotes" or proof-texting, I don't think they were misleading and were done simply to keep within the "four paragraphs" rule. The shorter quotes in the post you responded to were to emphasize what PavePusher seems to have missed in previous posts. If you feel something is taken out of context please point it out.
I assume you have a link to a source that backs up your statement about the singular historical definition of effigies which is freely accessible to non-academics?
One last question: I think I made it clear that burning someone in effigy is not considered a physical threat to someone. Why bother to post since you note that it is symbolic, and further up the the thread(post#61), you acknowledge that the courts do not view "burning someone in effigy" as a threat to their person?