tar > paint > taint ?

[Jim Parish]

Wilson Gray asked:
> BTW, I've never understood how a person could go through a
> tarring-and-feathering without suffering serious bodily harm or even
> death.Yet I've never even heard of anyone being permanently injured,
> let alone killed, by it.

See the essay at
http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/essays/irvin.feathers.html

Jim Parish
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