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Comment I can't remember, but wasn't there a famous political cartoon depicting a certain government as an octopus? I want to vote a redirect to that cartoonist, but since the details escape me, I'm voting Delete for now.
JuJube (
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08:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC)reply
Delete existing article. That was
Thomas Nast's carton of
William M. Tweed, the 19th century Tammany boss of NYC. It has since been used in many other contexts, including
Richard Nixon. It was the title of a 1901
book by
Frank Norris, where it stands for the Southern Pacific Railroad. None of these need a link here, for this particular use is not notable. We need an article on Cultural references to octopus. Or a completely new article under the present title, where I suppose this might possibly get a mention, just for completeness. DGG (
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17:08, 20 September 2008 (UTC)reply
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