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Peace message painted on Kansas hotel
Can you call it vandalism if the words are promoting peace? Technically, yes, which is what the Oread Hotel is doing after waking up to a spray-painted peace message on the front of the hotel. The hotel, which is next to the University of Kansas campus, isn't even open yet but owners are working feverishly to remove the message in time to open the doors next week.
According to Kansas City News, vandals painted "shout peace" in large block letters over a blue background on the front of the hotel.
"Vandalizing is bad, any way you look at it," one KU student said. "There are other ways to get your message out."
Apparently, however, the hotel's opening isn't generating a lot of excitement - seems the hotel stands in the same place a local bar and Yellow Submarine sandwich shop once stood, both fixtures of any campus life.
Filed under: North America, United States, Hotels and Accommodations
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Deanne Feb 16th 2010 5:39PM
Of course it's vandalism... not even technically. You can't deface someone else's property and get away with it because it's a "good" message.
cbh1993@aol.com Feb 16th 2010 9:17PM
Is it just me, or does the building look a little like a prison? No reason to vandalize, but maybe why nobody is showing much interest in the hotel.
a man Feb 16th 2010 9:25PM
No, not a prison. But it does look like a factory building----one that has been closed down for at least 25 or 30 years. And I wonder what the owners of this hotel were doing back in the early 1970's? I'll bet that they weren't in Vietnam fighting the Viet Cong!!! Now, what were they smoking? And promoting? PEACE!!!!
?? Feb 16th 2010 7:11PM
your a clown and I point and laugh at pathetic clowns.haha. I feel sorry for you that you are so worked up over it, what a sad life you must live :(
Jim Feb 16th 2010 7:29PM
LolaBull: There will be no peace until the greedy, money-loving, war-mongering Republican THIEVES are all dead. Period. Or until Christ returns, whichever comes first. By the way, the so-called "hippies" had the right idea: make love, not war. Go tell that to the Republican pigs on Capitol Hill, for it is they who ruined this nation's reputation, economy, and health care reform with their unbridled hypocrisy, LIES, and outright GREED, like spreading lies to scare senior citizens and then promoting a FOR PROFIT health care system, which is IMMORAL. "Screw peace"? You just revealed your real soul, which is so obviously full of selfishness and hate. Such a typical Republican response, i.e., take care of yourself, F**K everyone else.
Unfortunately for the rest of us who actually love our neighbors as ourselves and who also value love and peace over war, this attitude has become all too-common in this once-great nation of ours, one that now makes me ashamed to be an American much of the time. We rank somwhere like 30 in order of health care coverage, from best to worst. THAT is DESPICABLE. But, it is also very telling of who we are as a people: selfish, wealthy, greedy, narcissistic, and back-biting.
Losaban Feb 16th 2010 7:48PM
AMEN! and again I say AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!
JDen1952 Feb 17th 2010 12:48AM
Greedy, money-loving Republicans? Did I miss the 2008 elections? Or the Stimulus BIll forced through by the President? Or Queen Nancy and Prince Harry attempting to put together a health care bill behind closed doors so they can shove it down our throats? Did any of you who, like me, EARNED your federal pension (social security, military retirement, etc.) get a COLA (cost of living adjustment) this year? The Federal debt is now over $11 trillion dollars. That's $11,000,000,000,000; an 11 with 12 zeros. Obama and the Democrats DOUBLED the federal debt in one year! And the Republicans are greedy and money-loving? Truth is, THEY'RE ALL CORRUPT! Vote all of the incumbants out on November 2, 2010, including your own "good guy." Remember, your good guy is a sleezeball to the rest of the country.
lolabull Feb 17th 2010 9:19AM
I'm a registered independent Jim and I don't consider myself a Republican. As far as anything else is concerned, I took advantage of the "American Dream" and came from meager beginnings (with no help from anyone, I might add) to owning a prosperous buisness, homes, etc., providing for my family by creating commerce in my community as well as jobs........what have you done, why do you want from others instead of making your own "American Dream" happen? I wouldn't piss on people like you if you were on fire.
Aboona Joe Feb 16th 2010 8:25PM
hmmm... the beginnings of an excellent dissertation for a Ph.D. Great promise here!
Julie Feb 17th 2010 10:51PM
Actually, the planners of that building should be charged with architectural vandalism. Place looks like a prison.
48rulzem Feb 16th 2010 8:55PM
LOLABULL......I couldn't have said it better. Thirty plus years of this liberal crap is why there are no rules and very few things make any sense at all.
Tommy Feb 16th 2010 8:49PM
Lolabull,
I'm an asswipe. Please don't insult me by calling me a liberal.
Gal Feb 16th 2010 9:37PM
I live in a Gooberville, USA, I am a liberal and a Christian. Peace is a good thing, messing up another's property is not a good thing.
Ron Feb 16th 2010 11:09PM
Grafitti is a crime,no matter the message. It is defacing someone elses property. Get off the arguments about political leanings and stick to the pertinent points.
duffhessian1776 Feb 17th 2010 1:37AM
Why "vandalism?" why are you hating on the Vandals? There is no eveidence that any Vandals ever spray-painted anything anywhere! In the age of political correctness one would think we'd be more mindful of the injured feelings of the descendants of that proud race of people, as we are of every other race.
Shelly Feb 17th 2010 12:24AM
Well the hotel said it was not getting much attention. With this "Shout Peace " painting it is now. Maybe they should just leave the letters on the building and call it the Shout Peace hotel. People from all over the world will want to stay at the "Shout Peace " hotel I'm sure.
ycav4424 Feb 17th 2010 1:20AM
Those are our future leaders. We are in big trouble.