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Straightforward, I think it is a religious term. My dad always said "the old man" is Satan.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 3, 2006 at 7:14 PM
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Perhaps it could mean that the older people should get rid of ideas that are no longer useful and never were good ideas in the first place. However, it should work both ways....younger generations should take a look at the old ideas and consider which ones are worth retaining. lt's all in the interpretation.
posted by
babe_rocks
on December 22, 2005 at 6:13 AM
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StraightForward
Hello.. This is the first time that I've heard of this custom ( interesting) I have always had respect for the elderly and now that I am reaching my later years.
I do wonder what some of the younger generation are thinking.
posted by
BrightIrish
on December 19, 2005 at 7:51 PM
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Stright
Why not? I mean, go for it! Burn him...it's okay!!
I keep my previous burns in my closet!
posted by
Offy
on December 18, 2005 at 5:50 PM
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That is a rather disturbing custom to me
I am a wuss though and easily disturbed...
posted by
FactorFiction
on December 15, 2005 at 7:45 PM
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Tiel, at the end of the year, it is symbolic to make an old man out of hay
and burn him - signifying the ringing out of the old and the ringing in of the new. The point I am making is that it is often said that sometimes these symbolisms sink in the wrong way and people begin absorbing the message they figure out from the symbolism and the real purpose of that symbolism is forgotten. So could t at one stage begin to look like this: That when a person is old, he's unproductive, you eliminate him?
posted by
Straightforward
on December 15, 2005 at 6:21 PM
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Straightforward
Please go into a little more detail. I am confused by your latest post, but I want to understand what you're saying.
posted by
Tiel
on December 15, 2005 at 11:38 AM
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I hate the whole politically correct thing...and as long as he isn't still
alive, what's the harm?
posted by
Original_Influence
on December 15, 2005 at 4:33 AM
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