Comments on: Youth Take “Economic Stimulus” Into Their Own Hands

By: Jeff W

Jeff W — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:25:40 +0000

That is not good news and it needs to be stopped now. No reason to mess up someone else’s property.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:46:44 +0000

Or they could just steal one.

By: Scott G

Scott G — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:45:21 +0000

This reminds me of the scene from pulp fiction where Travolta takes his classic car out of storage for the 1st time in 3 years and someone keys it:

Vincent: Aw, man. You know what some hobo joe did the other day?
Lance: What?
Vincent: Hobo joeing keyed it.
Lance: Oh, man, that’s hobo joed up.
Vincent: Tell me about it. I had it in storage for three years, it was out for five days and some hobo joeless piece of hobo joe hobo joed with it.
Lance: They should be hobo joeing killed. No trial, no jury, straight to execution.
Vincent: Boy, I wish I could’ve caught him doing it. I’d have given anything to catch that hobo joe doing it. It’d been worth him doing it just so I could’ve caught him doing it.
Lance: What a hobo joer!
Vincent: What’s more chicken hobo joe than hobo joeing with a man’s automobile? I mean, don’t hobo joe with another man’s vehicle.
Lance: You don’t do it.
Vincent: It’s just against the rules.

*Courtesy of IMDB,
Sorry about all of the graphic language, just reminded me a lot of the situation.
…Sorry about that, the filter auto-replaces too much language.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:38:56 +0000

Hmm, people fed up with rich people driving nice cars… How about doing something about it. ie: going to school, working hard, working your way up the ladder, buying your own nice car.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:40:28 +0000

This reminds me a lot of a book that i read recently called ‘Culture Jam’ by Hale Lasn. I linked the book site to my name because I don’t know how to add a cool link in this comment box.

Here’s more info about culture jamming:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:30:21 +0000

This looks like a case of misdirected passion. I can understand these young people’s frustration with the economic crisis and even their anger at the wealthy whom they feel are to blame for their woes. But vandalism of automobiles is no way to bring about healthy change for your country. (This is probably why I didn’t like the movie Fight Club all that much either) Violence never solves problems.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:47:00 +0000

I didn’t notice it while I was in Germany, course we were dirt poor and drove crapola cars. Berlin, in my opinion, is a culture unto itself, especially given it’s turmoil ridden history. We were only there for a day or two, but a weird “vibe” if you will while in the city. So I’m not ultra surprised we see a report like this come out of Berlin specifically.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:42:34 +0000

Wow, lock these people up! Did you notice this stuff in Germany? I saw the same thing with the Hummer. In the U.S., there are “eco-terrorists” who key, vandalize large suv’s, hummers, etc. If someone wants to drive an suv, its their choice, and nobody has a right to tell someone how to spend his or her money.