tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post2350996632815279800..comments2023-11-17T03:55:40.736-05:00Comments on Ink Spots: This is really uncoolLilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-79965103087433633152009-12-21T11:14:55.175-05:002009-12-21T11:14:55.175-05:00Updated reports say the guys weren't neo-nazis...Updated reports say the guys weren't neo-nazis but had several theft convictions between them (plus a general criminal history). Officials are still figuring it out.Lilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-54474997967007817092009-12-21T09:18:08.233-05:002009-12-21T09:18:08.233-05:00Lil did beat me to it ...
The fact that the sign ...Lil did beat me to it ...<br /><br />The fact that the sign was cut into pieces imO indicates that the thieves were in it for the money, planning so sell it as scrap metal ...<br />The curse of high metal prices ... (as for the upside, I do own some mining stocks ;-) )Positrollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-37051835754379390732009-12-20T21:00:51.297-05:002009-12-20T21:00:51.297-05:00They've found it:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponl...They've found it:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/20/world/AP-EU-Poland-Auschwitz-Sign-Stolen.html?ref=world<br /><br />No word yet on why etc. Just that it was cut into three pieces.Lilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373158801523577733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755035051021414780.post-50811649179479774982009-12-18T11:48:50.474-05:002009-12-18T11:48:50.474-05:00I too have walked under that sign, and taught a co...I too have walked under that sign, and taught a course on genocide prevention at a nearby research center. As Gulliver points out, Rwanda's Ntarama Church has much the same impact. The theft of that sign, the desecration of the memory - its bizarre and revolting.MKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09101668944584403261noreply@blogger.com