Cinci Graffiti: HABEAS CORPUS RIP 1215-2005 on I-71 Tunnel (noted on blog)

[mod mom]

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Cryptic Graffiti





That's not a band. The Enquirer's Tim Bonfield reports:

Drivers entering downtown Cincinnati from the I-71 tunnel, and some other places around town, may have noticed an unusually cryptic piece of graffiti: “Habeas Corpus R.I.P 1215-2006.”

The words appear to be a protest against the Bush administration based in part on a Molly Ivins column that was published last month and has been circulating on the Internet. The graffiti matches the headline of Ivins’ column.

The year 1215 refers to the establishment of the Magna Carta, a document from old England that helped establish the concepts of contitutional law and individual legal rights.

Specifically, Ivins was criticizing a bill – passed by the Senate Sept. 28, then signed into law by President Bush Oct. 17 -- that affects the rights of detainees imprisoned as alleged terrorists.
Ivins criticizes several aspects of the detainee bill.

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http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/2006/10/cryptic-graffiti.asp#comments

PLEASE PLACE COMMENTS HERE-IT CAN BE DONE ANONYMOUSLY!

[Kittycat]

1. Excellent! But we need billboards.

I'm familiar with that section, and it's very well traveled route through the city. I'm glad someone did it, even if it is graffiti.

[Patchuli]

6. I agree and I can't believe how many folks

don't even realize what that weasel has done. I've personally explained it to at least five friends and co-workers this week who were clueless and whose mouths dropped to their chests when they 'got it.' sigh...

[dkofos]

2. What, no pictures??

[mod mom]

3. We need Rosebud to get on this!

[roseBudd]

4. I'll see what I can do

[mod mom]

5. Thanks! It's great that the Enquirer blog noted it!