Denver Synagogue Vandalized(Passion of Christ Blamed)

9News .com (Denver) ^ | 3/6/2004 4:44:35 PM | Paola Farer

[woofie]

DENVER - A Denver synagogue was damaged with graffiti overnight. Swastikas were drawn on the synagogue on south Monaco Parkway.

The graffiti was in the doorway and across a sign. There were also several symbols drawn on the back wall of the building.

A holocaust survivor who saw the graffiti says it was almost too much to take. There was no official response available from the congregation Saturday, although several people who called 9NEWS to report the damage said that they blamed Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ” for rekindling anti-Semitism.

Members of the congregation will gather Sunday morning to start cleaning off the graffiti.

[patriciaruth]

I thought my post made it clear that if anything stimulated an attack on Jews, it was all the liberal hype about the film being anti-semitic, not the film itself.

[ApplegateRanch]

Dear Unreal,

The "story" is not that the synagogue was damged.
The story is that the attack was blamed on "Passion".

I doubt anyone here is not properly upset/outraged at the attack. They are, however, properly outraged that an equally sucrrilous, UNFOUNDED attack is made as to its CAUSE.

PROVE the movie WAS responsible; it is not up to anyone here to prove it WASN'T.

Getalife.

[Antoninus]

Does that mean that this was a "Crime of Passion"?

The fact that it was just "painting swastikas" makes me think that this was an inside job. We had an incident like that in our area some years ago. The whole community was outraged--until it was discovered that the perpetrator was a Jewish teenager....

Go figure...

[malakhi]

Seems like there is always a holocaust survivor around to quote. Do they store one in every synagogue, just in case they're needed?

What are you suggesting, that there are too many holocaust survivors?

[loudmouths]

http://www.baynews9.com/site/content/34921.html

Surveillance cameras reviewed in 'Virgin Mary' vandalism

[BigSkyFreeper]

Blaming Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ seems rather convenient, given the time and place of the vandalism.

[Cold Heat]

Ease up a bit.

[Empireoftheatom48]

Give me a break, they need to worry about leftist democRATS and the Arabs!

[Antoninus]

Maybe it didn't. How would you prove it?

Prove to me that it did. Then, I'll show you a teenaged miscreant or two who should be punished.

This incident had nothing to do with The Passion of the Christ.

[Starter]

Probably not. The message sign on the Pentacotal Church that was causing problems two weeks ago has had an apology on it for the last few days.

[ambrose]

It wouldn't shock me if some dumb redneck took it upon himself to do this. Then again, it wouldn't shock me if they didn't do this to themselves to garner a bit of publicity.

[tubavil]

I couldn't believe those two sentences either. Trying real hard not to say some things here.

[eccentric]

are they sure it wasn't an SUV that did it?

[loudmouths]

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2004/02/28/news/local/news04.txt

Condon: Movie stirs passions for and against Christianity

Pastor Matt Condon doesn't think it's a coincidence that the sign outside his Garden City Church was destroyed so soon after "The Passion of the Christ" began playing in Missoula theaters.

[malakhi]

I thought my post made it clear that if anything stimulated an attack on Jews, it was all the liberal hype about the film being anti-semitic, not the film itself.

What particular thing do you think the members of this synagogue did to bring this on themselves?

[AUH2OY2K]

I remember growing up in NY where a local synagogue was repeatedly vandalized. The press and many Jewish community leaders cried "antisemitism." I found out that the anti-semites were my three Jewish friends who figured out how to get inside the synagogue when it was locked to the public.

[tubavil]

You, Mr. gasoline and matches, are asking someone who is being very reserved to "ease up?" LOL.

[ApplegateRanch]

>>>What are you suggesting, that there are too many holocaust survivors?


Don't be absurd!

I am suggesting howver, that maybe some one (a reporter perhaps) should CONFIRM someone's claim to being one.

[SuziQ]

Sounds like some teenagers wanted to get their jollies by seeing their handiwork on TV and all the hand-wringing about it!

[Just mythoughts]

Oh you are still around. Got any quotes you can post for us to learn from.