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Christmas vandalism

In today’s Washington Times:

In Marietta, Ga., a public-school coach allegedly drove students around town to thrash Christmas displays, a rampage which included rearranging reindeer in X-rated positions. In Melbourne, Fla., a disabled man’s inflatable lawn figures were destroyed and his reindeer was tossed into a pond. In Rockland, Maine, a 34-foot Christmas tree fashioned from lobster traps was vandalized. The list goes on, in the dozens.

In Southlake, Texas, teens clubbed Christmas decorations with baseball bats. A Leesburg, Ga., man’s display was attacked three times in two weeks. A Hampton Leades, N.C., man’s 8-foot Frosty was knifed. An 81-year-old Richfield, Minn., retiree cried when his tires were slashed and his Santas ripped open in a 10,000-light Christmas display. Two miscreant Santa stabbers were nabbed in Islip, N.Y., when one mistakenly left a cell phone at the scene. A Quad City, Iowa, family’s light display was egged. One Vallejo, Calif., family’s Christmas tribute to a daughter killed in a plane crash was attacked three times. In Greensboro, N.C., a 71-year-old nativity scene was destroyed. And so on. These miscreants are worse than Ebenezer Scrooge.

Why I moderate comments

Nearly all who submit comments about the posts on this web site are reasonably civil in tone. Yet some provide links to articles and web sites that I am offended by, make personal attacks, or submit vile comments. Someone claiming to be named ‘Ben Brodsky’ submitted the following unedited comment after I would not let the other comments he recently submitted appear:

these comments are censored, so what u read isnt true… so i guess no one will read this but the scumbag monitor who should have been in the towers that faithful day

From that, I think you get a sense of what ‘Ben Brodsky’ submits as comments and why I moderate the comments submitted to this site.