An Example of the Sorrows of a Fallen World
November 12th, 2007 at 09:05am Mark Noonan
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph, as it did among you, and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from evil. And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things which we command. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. - Thessalonian 3:1-5
Why the quote? Because I, and my family, feel a bit in need of being delivered from wicked and evil men - just a bit.
Its not like we’re under the gun, but we are a alarmed. You see, over this past weekend the Mrs and I decided to travel to Reno and visit her daughter and boyfriend. It was a tremendously good weekend - we have a fabulous Japanese dinner (I actually used chopsticks for the first time in my life - worked well, probably was the beer that made it workable); we did a bit of shopping; we saw a movie (Dan In Real Life - wonderful movie, highly recommended)…we just had a good time. Unfortunately, while we were out, someone decided that they disliked me enough to vandalise my car in Las Vegas, as well as steal some Christmas gifts my father had ordered (they actually took these UPS-delivered boxes off my front doorstep; as well as opening up boxes addressed to my Mrs, which contained Christmas gifts for me, some of which are missing). The vandalism of the car involved the writing of “blood up” and “bitch”, in a woman’s handwriting, in magic marker on the driver side door and hood. What this means is that someone either followed me home, did a great deal of research to find where I live, or is someone who I know enough to have actually invited to my house at some point.
I have called the police and will be making a full report. I will be strongly upgrading the security of my house. I’ve talked it over with my Mrs and she is of the opinion that any change in my daily activities would be a victory for whomever did this, so I will continue forward undaunted. It is my presumption that “blood up” is some sort of reference to my continued support for the war and thus the attack is based upon my expressed views. I have had, of course, that one individual who both knew a lot about me and wrote some alarming messages to me - that person has contacted me since that incident and offered a full apology, for which I have granted my entire forgiveness. I make no accusations - I do not know who did this and I wanted to be clear to all and sundry that no conclusions on who did this will be jumped to. Past actions will be looked into, naturally, but I will entirely suspend judgement until I know all the facts.
I do wish to let the person or persons who did this know that I forgive the crime. The law still must be satisfied, but on my own personal level I offer forgiveness and my prayers. You see, I feel sorry for anyone who has that bad a life - to take valuable time which should be used in expressions of love and use to to express hatred is just incredibly sorrowfull to me. There is so much evil in this world today that it seems, at time, that the world has gone mad - I don’t wish to add to the madness, and I wish this even to stop right here, right now. Ultimately, that will be up to the person or persons who did this. I do hope they will think long and hard about what they have done - and ask God if their actions were in accord with God’s will.
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6 Comments
1. eric | November 12th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Great, another despicable act from a peace-loving liberal. No one deserves such a personal attack - regardless of their political views. I hope the authorities find and prosecute the culprit.
2. sleepygene | November 12th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Mark-
It is unfortunate that some misguided douche had to do this. Also, as a liberal, I am ashamed at many actions of those misguided people who do stupind things like this in the silly hope of helping side. This looks good. Congrats.
3. sleepygene | November 12th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
my side… oops
4. Mark Noonan | November 12th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Thanks, guys, I hope it is just nothing - but I worry that it is something, given this is actually the third harrassing incident in the past six months or so…though the first to happen at my home.
I hope it was just some foolish kids - but you’d figure that such kids would have just taken the packages and run, not rummage through them in my front yard…also, kids would have vandalised the car parked in the shadows on the street, not the car in the very well-lighted driveway.
Anyways, its just sad to see this sort of thing, and I hope the person or persons who did it are thinking over their actions.
5. Almiranta | November 12th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Mark, Sam’s Club and probably other sources have some great camera systems that are reasonably priced, and unfortunately in this day and age they are sometimes necessary.
I fought a traffic ticket and the next week my diesel truck had gasoline put in the tank, as it sat in my somewhat isolated driveway. It was clearly not just a random act of vandalism—-a vandal would have broken windows, and a normal bad guy would have taken the purse and wallet and cell phone in the unlocked truck—or taken the truck, as the keys were on the dash. (I live in a rural community—haven’t locked my cars in years.)
No, this required not only enough surveillance to know I drive a diesel but the determination to return with a gas can, filled with expensive gasoline, in an attempt to destroy the engine and cost me a lot of money.
The truck would not run, I found the gas in the filter and had it towed and cleaned out—but I set up a camera system in the driveway, too.
My lawyer says no cop would do this, but I have had such little exposure in the community since my husband died, this is literally the only person who could possibly have been upset by ANYTHING I might have said or done—and the nature of the vandalism was pretty specific.
So don’t ignore a little paranoia—your episode also sounds specific and targeted, and should not be ignored.
A detective friend of mine once told me that the sheriff’s office where he worked never ignored things like this, because they tend to escalate, and should always be taken seriously.
6. Keith | November 13th, 2007 at 5:51 am
Mark, get a gun, a big gun, and a CCW permit, if you don’t already have both. If you lived in Hognuts, VA, then stevojerkweed could advise you how to get one. But don’t carry your weapon into a courthouse, like stevo tried to do when he was mad at the judge. ; )