do people really become belligerent

[lazs2]

chairboy... just curious... how did your friend know it was a christian who smashed his window and that the darwin fish was the reason?

lazs

[Chairboy]

Lasz: I don't know if was a christian, but the Darwin fish was ripped off his bumper, broken in two, and sitting in the driver seat surrounded with the broken glass of the window.  I'd say that's a pretty good indicator.

[lazs2]

If I see something that offends me or.... better yet.. someone is trying to offend me.. I simply try to offend them back.  Even better if you can get em so worked up that they attack you.  great fun.

lazs

[lazs2]

chair... I would say that if he stole or broke the stereo that you really couldn't say he was anti music.   It was a plaque? something you could break in half?   Your friend sounds like he took a lot of pride in his views... How was it attached?  where?   Kids around here sometimes vandalize cars... they break windows and tear stuff off..   Neighbor found his side view mirror on the floor of his car after someone had smashed the driver window.

Maybe the guy was a vampire protesting mirrors?

lazs

[Chairboy]

Lazs2: Are you getting enough oxygen?

It's a piece of plastic, not a bumper sticker.  

Maybe the guy was a vampire protesting mirrors?

Ha!  Classic.

[lazs2]

ok... still not getting my point... the guy had a plastic... what?  plaque? attached..... how?   I assume that it was something that could be simply and quickly removed and destroyed... I would bet that given the same placement and attachment that vandals would have destroyed any plaque not matter what was written on it..

That is the nature of vandals...  I think that proof would be that millions of those darwin things (mostly decals and bumper stickers) are around and no one else reports vandalism.... I have heard of "support the troops" magnetic thingies being stolen or magnetic bussines sighns.

My guess...  You and your friend wanted to believe it was a militant christian.... validate all your fears.

Tell him to go around with some anti prophet stuff on his car tho if he is really so anti religious....  give some fair share time... lets see how he fares.

lazs

[john9001]

Originally posted by storch
over stuff like bumper stickers or what might be on a T shirt?  moslems not withstanding  apparently they are easy to upset. would someone be phyiscally assaulted over a bush/cheney bumper sticker while cruising bedford-stuyvesant in an SL500?

nobody that owned a SL500 would desecrate it with a BUMPER STICKER.

[Chairboy]

You know what I love about your post, Lazs, is how selective you are with blame.  If someone vandalizes a Jesus fish, they're obviously a religion hater.  If someone vandalizes a Darwin fish, then they're probably just some run of the mill vandal that would have vandalized anything.  

They pulled off the plastic darwin fish, broke it in half, then punched in the driver window and placed the broken darwin fish on the seat.  

If you really think there's any big mystery about the motives of the person who did this, then...  well, I think you're a bit silly.

[Mini D]

I don't think lazs is comparing anything to christian behavior, at least I don't see where he said anything involving comparing sides of the fence.

The truth is, there's a small amount of people that will vandalize for very thin reasons. To potray it as a common occurance is pretty damn silly. If it were a common occurance, I guarantee you'd see it on the news. Hell, you're more likely to get keyed/vandalized for driving an SUV than for having any kind of sticker on your car. How about being keyed/vandalized because you didn't park with the main group of cars? How about being vandalized because you drive like an idiot?

With the number of reasons, it's pretty funny that someone was so able to narrow down the exact cause. What's even funnier is someone displaying a license plate cover that is INTENDED to be offensive and getting all upity at the thought of it doing its job.

Put a bumper sticker that says "studmuffins suck" on your car. How about one that says "Darwin's burning in hell" or "get a job and get off welfare" or "you could never afford this car". The double standard is thinking that those bumper stickers would/wouldn't merrit something being said or done while thinking something equally offensive is ok.

[storch]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
Actually the Scout II is up there with the Early Bronco as one of the best "all-around" 4x4's of all time.  If he still had it, I'd buy it and throw a Fiberglas Kentrol tub on it.  Like the EB it had a good wheelbase, but also had Front and rear Dana 44's.

Masher

I know i'm just taking a jibe at a guy who knows how to take it.  I had an international truck for a while and it was pretty good it just rusted out.

[storch]

Originally posted by lazs2
If I see something that offends me or.... better yet.. someone is trying to offend me.. I simply try to offend them back.  Even better if you can get em so worked up that they attack you.  great fun.

lazs

a man after my own heart, nothing like the ability to provoke an attack.

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by storch
pffft. more like a limp wristed left handed girly throw attempt at a slap, which no doubt lossened some of your teeth and left you out cold.

Darn right, and I can girly slap with either hand.

[Maverick]

When we were using the smaller warnings and ticket book holders made out of aluminum several of us had bumper stickers on them. The one female motorcycle cop had 2. One said, "51% sweetheart 49% B***c, dont push your luck". The other said, "I have a gun, ESP and PMS, that makes me an armed B***c that knows everything".

Mine was simple, it said "Yes as a matter of fact I do own the whole damn road".  Some folks got a kick out of it, no one seemed to take any offense from them.

[storch]

we used to see lots of bumperstickes on benzs and bimmers around here that said "poverty sucks"  which I also found to be very funny.  one guy up the block has a bently with a sticker that says "save the south, teach a yankee to drive"  remember that to the person who can afford a vehicle, any vehicle it is just that, a medium of transportation.  it's the broke people who fret over what something cost them. especially if they buy to impress others.

[storch]

Originally posted by midnight Target
Darn right, and I can girly slap with either hand.

can u girly kick too?