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Political Yard Sign Wars Wage as Election Nears

Posted by michael on from the signs-of-the-times dept.

gollum123 writes "Yahoo has a story on how tension among bitterly divided voters is translating into a barrage of attacks on political targets that can't talk back - yard signs. Campaign signs depicting support for either President Bush (news - web sites) or Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) are being burned, chopped down, spray-painted and commonly, stolen away in the dark of night. Though sign shenanigans are common in election years, some Republican leaders are calling this year's activity unprecedented. Democratic leaders say attacks are so rampant that supporters should take their yard signs inside at night to protect them. Has anyone on /. had such an experience."

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  1. probably by some disgruntled bush supporter by taxman_10m · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That got their car keyed by a Kerry punk.

  2. "You are either with us or against us." by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    sig: "Every nation that seeks peace has an obligation to help build [a freer] world." - GW Bush

    Your forgot the other sentence: "You are either with us or against us." Which means, in this case: "We will bomb you if you are against us." Typical polarized alcoholic thinking.

    Does killing Iraqis set them free? Or does it de-stabilize the country and invite hundreds of thousands of supporters for terrorists? The U.S. government did the same thing to Cambodia, and the country stayed destabilized for decades. Millions of people died after the U.S. government stopped bombing. There is plenty of evidence that this will happen in Iraq.

  3. Violence breeds violence. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    "Only these parties were to blame."

    After the U.S. government bombing and the U.S. government support for violent regimes destabilized the country, other forces began to be violent. The record seems to indicate that the U.S. government activities were a strong contributory factor.

    That's how it works. Violence breeds violence. It seems likely that the Bush war in Iraq will destabilize the region for decades.

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