Victory Gardens

Car thefts and car chases

The macho men in Victory Gardens steal cars and are involved in car chases.

If cars are symbolic of penises

then presumably stolen ones are erect penises. Especially if they are Porsches.

The men are clearly excited.

After stealing a 'microbus' some students

take part in its attempted destruction in front of Thea's house.

From: Here They Come

Lookout folks something nasty this way comes, tearing up East Main doing 45 in second gear with bright blue plumes pouring out the back and piston rings rattling like loose change. Pushing the old banger as hard as it can stand, whooping and yelling and beating on that dumb little German faggot excuse for a horn. Meep-meep. Taking the sharp left against traffic onto Connolly on two bald tires and a cowboy's curse. "Aw, kiss mah horse ."

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From:: All the Way

(Presumably a sexual connotation - a reference to the other recreational use of cars.)

The Sigma Omega boys hadn't had this much fun since their last Mexican holiday. Though most of them were pretty blasé about smashing cars (again? ), the act took on new meaning for them when it became part of a violent political statement. It was a whole new ballgame. Why, this demonstration stuff was just a pisser .
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They smash up the bus on Thea's front lawn

- as a pro-war statement.

No one calls the emergency services

as everyone is watching the war on T.V.

External explosions and gunshots go unheeded.

'it must be another CNN report live from Baghdad'