I have seen it — quite literally, on the A train I was riding uptown. Right next to a notice saying you shouldn’t hold the doors of the train, someone had scrawled, and circled, with a magic marker: “1st Corinthians 2:9.” I looked it up: “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” The subway system is clearly attracting a better class of vandals than it used to! But I wonder what the ACLU would think of this guy: I mean, isn’t this clearly a case of religious expression on public property? Anyway, while I thank this anonymous citizen for his encouragement, I urge him not to continue with the defacements. I can imagine a brave man standing up to the ACLU, or the New York transit police — but only a foolish man would defy both at the same time.
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Michael Potemra was a literary editor for National Review.
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