Comments on: Berlin gay monument vandalized

By: Christian Vandenberg

Christian Vandenberg — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:52:14 +0000

I feel sorry for such Schmutz who dit it ! They have no respect for others, they must learn how to respect themselves in the first place.Its a great location near the Tiergarten, please have a look next time you are in Berlin.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:20:05 +0000

I agree with Chris – Trace’s observation about park signs unrelated to minorities, minority status, or the memorialization of brutality toward minorities is a meaningless non sequitor. I’ve seen stop signs vandalized myself, but they aren’t representative of any group, and I doubt this monument used fragile single pane window glass. When someone exerts effort in an out of the way space at a monument w/ specific meaning to a minority group, there’s at least a very serious likelihood this may be a hate crime. Denying the possibility of hate crimes, no matter how likely, Trace, harms us all.

By: Chris Sullivan

Chris Sullivan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:15:57 +0000

I sincerely doubt that this monument is readily accessible to the general public and if it is not, this would easily imply that it would have taken some level of premeditation to commit this crime. Thanks, but I’ll listen to Berlin’s mayor before another poster.

By: B

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:42:58 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more Trace! This might have been anybody’s work. Maybe a drunk on a personal riot, or just some plain vandals…

By: Trace

Trace — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:07:27 +0000

“Everything suggests that this attack was motivated by a hatred of homosexuals,” Germany’s Association of Lesbians and Gays said in a statement

What everything? How do they jump to those decisions? I drive past a National Park every morning and some times the parks signs are vandalized. When that happens, I don’t automatically say that it’s someone that hates nature.

It’s comments like those of Germany’s Association of Lesbians and Gays that make it difficult for us to assert that hate crimes are real. If we start throwing the accusation without a basis, it harms us all.

By: Ty

Ty — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:40:46 +0000

Where are the cameras? This site should be monitored 24/7