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Old 03-27-2009, 09:54 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by pshrynk View Post
I was threatened with thread hijacking of my own experiment.

On topic - How about human silliness? In La Crosse we have a thirty foot statue of an Indian made by a white guy in the fifties because he just wanted to fart around with concrete molds. When it dried, he painted it in totally outrageous non-authentic colors and donated it to the city. (Silly Human Behavior #1) The city then put it up in the brand new Riverside Park that had just been made when a new levee was built for flood control. (SHB #2) Many years went by and the Indian started to fall apart. The son of the original maniac repaired it in the early eighties, repainting it in even more outrageously anachronistic colrs and the city let him put it back. (SHB # 3) The concrete did, in fact, do as concrete will and continued to deteriorate. Three years ago, the condition of the Indian had once again become a joke and the City Council was considering taking it down. The Ho Chunk Tribe (of one Hiawatha in earlier history) asked quite politely to have it removed, since it is, in fact, very insulting to them. Enter Grandson of Original Maniac. He got a petition drive going to save "Hiawatha" the concrete Indian, that had all of a sudden sprouted a name of "historical significance." (SHB #4) The council caved in when about thirty pot bellied and belligerent rednecks showed up at the meeting and loudly demanded that the "Historical Tribute to Hiawatha" be repaired and left int he park. (SHB #5 & #6). Grandson of Original Maniac then slaps some concrete on the Indian and repaints it. So, there it stands, one Butt Ugly Insult to Native Americans, now labelled as culturally significant by the City of La Crosse.
Is there anywhere we could view a picture of said historically and culturally significant Butt Ugly concrete Indian monstrosity, so that we may, if any of us are of the potbellied and belligerent redneck persuasion, judge for ourselves the merit of the City's decision? Or must we travel there to view it up close and personal?
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