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Posted on 10/04/2004 11:14:39 AM PDT by Living Free in NH
Madison homeowners are livid after vandals defaced their homes.
Someone burned an 8-foot-by-8-foot Nazi swastika on a home's lawn near where Bush-Cheney signs were posted. The vandals used grass killer to spray the symbol.
Several nearby homes were vandalized -- all were within a two-block radius on the West Side, near Ice Age Trail, News 3 reported.
State Republican Party officials claim it's the latest in a series of desperate acts by Democrats.
Homeowners are angry, but resolute in what they plan to do next.
"I just cannot believe that someone would take the liberty to do this," said homeowner Rob Schaeffer. "We're appalled that someone would choose to destroy our property because they don't believe in our political views. My signs are going right back in the yard. This is my property. We live here. We have rights."
Police are investigating the criminal damage and told the homeowner it will be investigated as a hate crime, which carries stiffer penalties.
How does a Republican equal and NATIONAL SOCIALIST?
Waiting for John Kerry and the Democrats to condemn this act as a "hate crime."
*tapping foot*
*whistling*
*drumming fingers*
Any millennium now...
Party of Peace alert.
At least you can mow over this.
If anything like this happens to you - put up a large sign stating "Vandalism by Kerry supporters."
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Another Liberal Democrat trivializing the term "nazi".
I'm sure the reaction will be pretty much the same as the attack on the 3 year old child. Putting up a Bush / Cheney sign in Madison, WI is asking for it.
these stories help Republicans. Most moderate and independent people don't think President Bush is a Nazi and they find that low brow actions prove that Republicans have been targeted - that means they are the underdog. Average people love the underdog and dislike the tactics of a bully.
They burned a buddhist good luck symbol onto the lawn...nice guys.
In Sanskrit, swastika means "conducive to well-being". In the Buddhist tradition, the swastika symbolizes the feet or footprints of the Buddha and is often used to mark the beginning of texts.
Other uses of the symbol: in ancient Mesopotamia it was a favorite symbol on coinage, In Scandinavia it was the symbol for the god Thor's hammer.. In early Christian art it was called the gammadion cross because it was made of four gammas. It is also found in Mayan and Navajo art.)
The public school system, that's how.
This should be treated like it was a cross-burning.
Forensic samples of the grass killer, comparison with local store records, rewards for witnesses, free counseling for the aggrieved victims, the whole works.
That will happen. My guinea pig, Jelly, will sprout wings....
"Sounds like it's time for a stakeout"
or a video camera
I love those tolerant liberals....such wonderful, caring folk.
Actually, the Hindu and Buddhist swastika face the other way. It is a tantric symbol.
Nothing worse than a Democrat nazi with a can of hair spray.
The liberals sure do love the nazi's for some reason dont they!
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