tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7814407941519294701..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Hangings of Thomas PaineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-13331387340734313922014-12-08T19:59:54.306-05:002014-12-08T19:59:54.306-05:00A couple of things struck me about the description...A couple of things struck me about the descriptions of these ritual slayings. Two of them involved shooting at the effigy, though firing squads weren't yet standard. That might say something about the availability of firearms in late-eighteenth-century Britain, as well as the appeal to crowds of making loud noises. <br /><br />Secondly, Paine's political platform obviously had more to offer the Joe "Shiver him" Yateses of Britain than the Thomas Cockhills. Yet Yates was bloodying his hands pounding on the wooden Paine. Talk about working against your own economic interests! J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-702759634681145102014-12-08T09:52:20.328-05:002014-12-08T09:52:20.328-05:00That refers to Paine’s early work as a staymaker. ...That refers to Paine’s <a href="http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-evidence-for-paine-as-staymaker.html" rel="nofollow">early work as a staymaker</a>. Some interpreters later took it to be a comment on his views about women’s rights, but it was more likely a comment on his class origin. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-81685389781445465942014-12-08T09:16:55.439-05:002014-12-08T09:16:55.439-05:00All right, I'll bite -- what was the significa...All right, I'll bite -- what was the significance of the "pair of stays" in Paine's hand? One hesitates to imagine (I can only think of slurs on womanhood) --Chauceriannoreply@blogger.com