tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post115103913810812831..comments2023-10-14T04:54:09.328-05:00Comments on Fumbling for Words: Black paint in the tunnelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-1151203231250745952006-06-24T21:40:00.000-05:002006-06-24T21:40:00.000-05:00The thing about symbols is that they are powerful ...The thing about symbols is that they are powerful representations which are meant to conjure emotion. The swastika was used in native american as well as ancient egyptian symbology. Unfortunately, it's associated with nazi-ism and always will be.<BR/><BR/>http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm<BR/><BR/>Heather, thanks for linking to your previous post. It took me a couple days to process it, because it's my worst fear (as you well know, being a mother of daughters). Your post shook me to the core, but your positive nature made me feel a lot better.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03794646317737225407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-1151136569092260502006-06-24T03:09:00.000-05:002006-06-24T03:09:00.000-05:00Well said.Well said.osheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455826519363554410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-1151115302404164542006-06-23T21:15:00.000-05:002006-06-23T21:15:00.000-05:00Maybe I am naive but I am hoping that the persons ...Maybe I am naive but I am hoping that the persons who painted the swastika did it more for the shock value with out fully comprehending its history and meaning. Hatred is very scary. I too do not believe that I have ever really known hatred but my life has been easy and my life has been quite sheltered. I have never wanted for much. I too wonder how I would react to some of the horrors I know others have lived with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-1151090134081552432006-06-23T14:15:00.000-05:002006-06-23T14:15:00.000-05:00Don't even get me started on the topic of graffiti...Don't even get me started on the topic of graffiti. Like you, I cannot understand why kids feel they have to spray paint everything. It's become much, much worse the last few years. Uh-oh! I feel a rant coming on.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337368222656258247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-1151076534855113772006-06-23T10:28:00.000-05:002006-06-23T10:28:00.000-05:00I get what you're saying, Dale and AV, and I suspe...I get what you're saying, Dale and AV, and I suspect that you're at least partially right. (I'm not living in fear that Nazis or skinheads have moved into my neighbourhood. :-) However, it seems to me that, even beyond the meaning of the swastika, there's a fairly significant leap between drawing on a hatchet sheath or notebook to painting graffiti in a tunnel. Even if it's not hatred, and it's only casual disregard for public property, it's still something that's outside of my realm of understanding.Heather Pletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975795000759157299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-1151072133082318832006-06-23T09:15:00.000-05:002006-06-23T09:15:00.000-05:00Dale may be right. I remember putting a swastika o...Dale may be right. I remember putting a swastika on my notebook in grade school. My teacher was a Jew, and she told me in no uncertain terms to get rid of it. I didn't know what it was all about, but i sure erased it. Maybe they don't know, not really. Maybe they do, and that would be sadder.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-1151069317578301152006-06-23T08:28:00.000-05:002006-06-23T08:28:00.000-05:00When we were kids, my brother had a hatchet, for c...When we were kids, my brother had a hatchet, for camping. He used a red magic marker to draw a swastika on the leather sheath. My father was angry when he saw it. <BR/><BR/>"Do you know how many people died because of that symbol?" he asked Pat.<BR/><BR/>We didn't understand Dad's outrage until many years later. Truly, Heather, my brother had no idea what he was doing. Maybe those Wpg teens are as ignorant.<BR/><BR/>PS. If anyone ever hurt Meagan that way, I would just die inside.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337368222656258247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-1151040422311618162006-06-23T00:27:00.000-05:002006-06-23T00:27:00.000-05:00Amen, Heather.Amen, Heather.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604097511444010759noreply@blogger.com