# Vandalizing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial does your cause no good, fucker!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandalizing-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-does-your-cause-no-good-fucker/419535>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandalizing-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-does-your-cause-no-good-fucker/419535 "2007-09-17T20:36:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandalizing-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-does-your-cause-no-good-fucker/419535/101 "2007-09-18T20:34:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Steve MB]  
Actually, plenty of people who fought in WWII would appreciate the ambiance of that memorial. They’d appreciate it even more when they consider how rare it is for a memorial to reflect the artistic preferences of the losers.  
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No, no, no. The Soviets lost the _Cold_ War 🙂

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandalizing-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-does-your-cause-no-good-fucker/419535/102 "2007-09-18T20:40:46Z")

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[QUOTE=John Mace]  
(Chuck Hagel is safe in the GOP, but he isn’t going to run for re-election.)  
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He’d attracted [a primary challenger from the right](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/31/opinion/main3224893.shtml) before deciding not to run:

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> Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey could defeat right-winger Jon Bruning, who is already running against Hagel. If Hagel runs and Bruning defeats him in the primary, a Democrat could also have a chance…

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vandalizing-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial-does-your-cause-no-good-fucker/419535/103 "2007-09-18T21:58:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Steve MB]  
Actually, plenty of people who fought in WWII would appreciate the ambiance of that memorial. They’d appreciate it even more when they consider how rare it is for a memorial to reflect the artistic preferences of the losers.  
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I’m _very_ glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I got to the end of that last sentence. Damn, that was funny.

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