To All,

Obviously from this e-mail below and from talking with Bill Copenhagen this morning, the last photo I sent was grossly misinterpreted, soooooo, just to clear things up, it is NOT a KKK photo!  Rather it is a costume used elsewhere in the world by Catholics celebrating Holy Week.  In particular, this was a photo of people taking part in the “procession of the 'Cristo de la Luz y de la Buena Muerte' brotherhood during Holy Week in Ferrol, northern Spain, March 18, 2008. Hundreds of Easter processions take place in Spain during Holy Week around the clock drawing thousands of visitors.”  The quote is from the picture source, the London Times newspaper.  Here is a link to the photo gallery with other photos as well: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/template/2.0-0/element/pictureGalleryPopup.jsp?id=3591903&&offset=10&&sectionName=Sport&randnum=null  

My intent was not to offend anyone.  I personally did not interpret this to be KKK as (1) the Klan is always in white, (2) the Klan’s gear isn’t as tall on top as these are and (3) as a former Catholic, I was aware of this garb in use around the world at Easter (it’s also used extensively in South America) but apparently others are not aware of it.  So, I apologize if anyone was offended.  My bad, end of story.

-Art

Art...the "Klan photo", although you meant to be funny...not so much.

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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:33:29 -0500
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