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Dennis Prager: On Shooting Taggers: Why Conservatives and Liberals Differ
Townhall.com ^ | August 26, 2008 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 08/26/2008 2:46:54 PM PDT by EveningStar

Earlier this month Andrew Sullivan, a well-known writer, once in the center, now on the left, nominated me for what is apparently his lowest badge of distinction for defending citizens who shoot to wound graffiti vandals, or "taggers," while committing their vandalism.

Under the heading, "Malkin Award Nominee," Sullivan provides a quote from my radio show:

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brokenwindows; dennisprager; gangs; graffiti; taggers; tagging; vandalism
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1 posted on 08/26/2008 2:46:55 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Topic last evening.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068081/posts


2 posted on 08/26/2008 2:51:16 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: EveningStar
Sullivan's a real pillow biter. He was OK for a while when he saw the light about terrorism and the perfidy of liberalism, but his professional homosexuality has eroded any logic he once possessed. I've always had no tolerance for graffiti "art;" I always ask people who regard it as such how they would feel if their house were tagged. Shmucks.
3 posted on 08/26/2008 2:51:29 PM PDT by drew
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To: EveningStar
Right in the ass with a salt-dipped .22 Hornet slug, I say.


4 posted on 08/26/2008 2:51:30 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Barak Obama is as inept as a bear cub with his dink.)
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To: Viking2002

Good job Viking2002.

Personally I like rock slat and a short 12 gauge.


5 posted on 08/26/2008 2:55:00 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Viking2002

Salt. Not slat, slat.

:-)


6 posted on 08/26/2008 2:55:45 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Thanks. I searched but somehow missed it. (slaps self)


7 posted on 08/26/2008 2:57:20 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

today the graffiti writers shoot and kill innocent people.


8 posted on 08/26/2008 2:58:40 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: EveningStar
Money line:

... conservatives tend to view higher civilization as more fragile than the left views it. Conservatives believe the line between civilization and barbarism is under constant assault and is not necessarily enduring.

Conservatives are better students of history than are liberals. The road of history is littered with the carcasses of advanced civilizations.

9 posted on 08/26/2008 2:59:40 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Who would McQueeg rather have mad at him: You or the liberals? FREE LAZAMATAZ!)
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To: EveningStar
Right on !!

Someday ask me about my experiences with graffiti on my small factory building in Camden NJ. The fines I had to pay unless I repainted it. And of course when I did repaint it the “artists” came right back and did it all over again. But hey, I'm a businessman, I can afford it.

No. On second thought I won't waste your time. I spoke with my feet and moved the hell out and left the barbarians to the cesspool they made for themselves.

And , oh yea, took my jobs with me ! That's how cities die, folks.

10 posted on 08/26/2008 3:06:45 PM PDT by mick
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To: drew

Quite right. I take notice of your term, “professional homosexuality” which says so very much in two words.

One of the foreign columns assaulting our civilization is the professional homo. In order to defeat them, they must first be recognized. Great term.


11 posted on 08/26/2008 3:07:23 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Professional Homosexuality - One of the foreign columns assaulting our civilization.)
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To: EveningStar

Following Praeger’s advice will get you arrested in most (maybe all) states of the union. Vandalism is not a crime which permits you to respond with deadly force (and legally, shooting someone is “deadly force,” even if, as Praeger recommends, you aim for their arms or legs).


12 posted on 08/26/2008 3:09:49 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Cyber Liberty
The road of history is littered with the carcasses of advanced civilizations.

Indeed.

And, in fact, the lesson of history is that no civilization survives. It advances until it dies.

13 posted on 08/26/2008 3:11:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Joe Boucher
No sweat. I did the same thing. That's why the preview button is my friend - my fingers suffer from cyber-dyslexia. LOL


14 posted on 08/26/2008 3:16:33 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Barak Obama is as inept as a bear cub with his dink.)
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To: mick
Good on ya! I left southeast MI almost 40 years ago and haven't looked back. Most think that civilization always marches forward. Not true. As too much of the Midwest illustrates, civilization can regress.
15 posted on 08/26/2008 3:17:37 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Professional Homosexuality - One of the foreign columns assaulting our civilization.)
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To: Joe Boucher
Hey, slat might be good, too.

;^)

16 posted on 08/26/2008 3:20:04 PM PDT by SAJ (lid)
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To: EveningStar

Actually, I’m sorry. I cannot get the search function on FR to work for me! I wish it could be improved. Then again, my compooter skills are poor. If you read my comments in that thread, you’ll see that I’m quite passionate about the topic! And,,,, I don’t mind it being restarted again so more people can comment.


17 posted on 08/26/2008 3:22:32 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Admin Moderator
Please lock my thread. Thanks.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068081/posts

18 posted on 08/26/2008 3:23:43 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Clarification on fines...the city of Camden NJ decided to withhold annual business permits unless you followed their program to clean up all the graffiti by repainting your building...talk about punishing the victim!......after I did it twice with the same results and gave up and let the “art” stay, they didn’t issue the permit and fined me for doing business without a permit.....but the city wouldn’t try to protect your property....that would be too logical for these scumbag democrats......moved out and let them sue me !


19 posted on 08/26/2008 3:25:47 PM PDT by mick
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To: BenLurkin
... no civilization survives. It advances until it dies.

We must be ever vigilant to protect our civilization, because we understand that rudimentary fact. They do not. It's that simple.

20 posted on 08/26/2008 3:28:16 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Who would McQueeg rather have mad at him: You or the liberals? FREE LAZAMATAZ!)
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