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June 05, 2007
Vandals
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| Not all vandals suck. The East Germanic tribe known as the Vandals that sacked Rome in 455 were actually quite successful. In fact their pillaging of Rome was really no more destructive than other invasions of that era. Since Roman culture was idealized during the Age of Enlightenment the Vandals were derided as barbarians and "vandalism" took on its current meaning. Then there is the American punk rock band "The Vandals". Once you look past their anarchistic and abusive lyrics, their songs are actually quite catchy. The Vandals album Peace Through Vandalism was a favorite of mine when I rambled through the Seattle music scene. But the vandals that spray-painted swear words and hieroglyphic "boobies" on the toddler play area at Oak Way Park do suck. It sucks that hundreds of little Emma Wilson kids, some who are just learning to read, might take a lesson from this. It sucks that the vandals were probably just teenagers acting out meaningless "wannabe" gang ramblings learned in Junior High. Maybe I'll get up early and vandalize some of their vandalism. That would be another example of a vandal that doesn't suck. |
Posted by Lon at June 5, 2007 12:00 AM