Rather, he proposed to "hang myself in public as a warning example for all anti-Semites on this earth".
This is mentioned in all four of the Gospels and has been used for centuries as a warning example by antigambling crusaders.
In his mind, there was no contradiction between "I will jump into my grave laughing," appropriate for the end of the war, and "I am ready to hang myself in public as a warning example for all anti-Semites on this earth," which now, under vastly different circumstances, fulfilled exactly the same function — that of giving him a lift.
As it is, Streisand - as an actress, as her own impresario, as a figure in the culture - is something of a joke, a warning example of self-infatuation.
I don't like feeling like I have to choose a side: That I'm either a body-positive blogger who looks at weight as entirely separate from health when I know from my own experience that it's not always separate, or I'm one of those body-shaming fat-phobes who thinks it's fine to put chubby kids on a billboard as a warning and example.
In 2011, it was released for the first time as an ebook, because, as Mitchell acknowledged in a preface, he saw, in the Occupy Wall Street grassroots movement, parallels with EPIC, and wanted to offer Sinclair as both a warming and warning example to the new wave of progressive protestors.
The organization provides an example as a warning: "In 1989, low vaccination rates allowed a measles outbreak to occur in the United States.
Other than recommendations in the foreword, the book also contained a short chapter with descriptions of fictitious housewives that served as warning examples about neglecting housework in favor of beautification, reading, religion, or doing the chores of the servants.
Ultimately, it landed in the hands of another Minnesota man, Ron Miller, who vows to keep it in its current condition to display at motorcycle shows as a warning against unsafe motorcycling and an example of an amazing story.
This example serves as a warning to today's trade negotiators, and highlights the danger of entering into an agreement where business interests have a disproportionate influence on the PTA text.
