Regarding the article, “Vandals who hit Hindu temple ‘have no idea what we stand for’?”: A small portion of Americans are in a panic mode, and it’s as if a group of killer bees attacked and viciously killed a love one. Under their panic and hate, these individuals apparently took an oath to remove or kill all bees, no matter if the bees are bumble bees, ground bees, carpenter bees, yellow jackets, mining bees, sweet bees, wasps or honey bees. In their panic mode, the narrowly focused, vengeance-minded can only believe a bee is a bee and it needs to be eliminated!
Such may be the case when someone spray-painted a Nazi swastika on the Bothell-area Hindu Temple, and then another one on a nearby Hindu school. Under this racist graffiti the person(s) noted: “Muslims get out” “Muslims go home.”
On behalf of the unified Snohomish County citizenry’s disdain for these hate crimes, our Snohomish County Executive, John Lovick, told those present at a Hindu Maha Shivaratri celebration: “The words and symbol sprayed on your building(s) are highly offensive …Your way of life is tolerance and forgiveness. Your forgiveness will bring healing to our community.”
Along with our county executive’s words, other supportive individuals and groups are making it quite clear we will not tolerate hate crimes. And in unison, being one community, we are voicing loud and clear that anyone who does these despicable acts will be caught and prosecuted.
The Hindu community is receiving a wide range of support by way of emails, flowers, banners, and with face to face personal support from Snohomish and King counties. It gave me a wide smile and pride of heart when I witnessed and heard our residents collective thundering voice in support of our Hindu brothers and sisters as it re-enforced: “You are home!”
Chuck Wright
Mill Creek
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