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Old 11-09-2010, 03:03 PM   #31
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"We got everybody here early so we could take up all the parking spots," Rebecca Rooney of Weston, Mo., told Fox4kc.com. "We did that so Mr. Phelps wouldn't have a contingency that was really close."

"I'm glad they left, but I'm sad they came," she said.
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Old 11-09-2010, 03:09 PM   #32
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They said on TV, Phelps had a permit for a particular intersection, and they just filled up those 4 corners with flag wavers. Not just along the curb, they filled the whole damn corner lots. Evidently the permit allows Phelps to demonstrate but doesn't reserve the property exclusively.
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Old 11-15-2010, 12:51 PM   #33
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Upping the ante. I agree with PZ Myers in all respects.

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It's hard not to crack a cheerful smile at this story, but do try to take it seriously. A coven of Westboro Baptist anti-gay kooks went off to protest outside a soldier's funeral in Oklahoma, and returned to their car to find their tires slashed. When they drove into town on the flat tires anyway, to try and get them repaired, they were refused any help at all.

There's a grim part of me that feels a kind of satisfaction at that, I'll admit. But I think it was wrong.
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Old 11-15-2010, 12:58 PM   #34
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I think I'd sell him his damned tires. I think I'd even help him put them on his car. Oh, but it would pain me.
do that... but fuck him real good on the tire warranty!
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Old 11-15-2010, 01:07 PM   #35
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That is so awesome on so many levels! I love that, HM - great find!
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Old 11-15-2010, 01:12 PM   #36
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Old 11-15-2010, 02:27 PM   #37
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Speaking of Westboro...
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McALESTER - Members of a Kansas church that protests at military funerals may have found themselves in the wrong town Saturday.

Shortly after finishing their protest at the funeral of Army Sgt. Jason James McCluskey of McAlester, a half-dozen protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., headed to their minivan, only to discover that its front and rear passenger-side tires had been slashed.

To make matters worse, as their minivan slowly hobbled away on two flat tires, with a McAlester police car following behind, the protesters were unable to find anyone in town who would repair their vehicle, according to police.
I would not slash their tires.
I would not condone slashing their tires.
I would not help them get the tires fixed, either.
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Old 11-16-2010, 11:08 AM   #38
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Old 11-16-2010, 11:37 AM   #39
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Good Dwellarish reaction to the slashing.
I concur.
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Old 11-16-2010, 08:36 PM   #40
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I would not slash their tires.
I would not condone slashing their tires.
I would not help them get the tires fixed, either.
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Is it ok if we just cut off their valve stems?
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Old 11-16-2010, 08:37 PM   #41
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but what if they wanted to cut their throats?
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Old 11-16-2010, 11:17 PM   #42
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but what if they wanted to cut their throats?
And so extremists have again successfully promoted more hate. Have made being a moderate again impossible. Hate is what Limbaugh types need every one to endorse. So again so many posters in this thread have only empowered Limbaugh and the extremists again.
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Old 11-17-2010, 01:34 AM   #43
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Hate -- of homemade strawmen -- is certainly what you need to get your eyes open in the morning. You haven't sufficient virtue for the job -- your posts and ideas and ideation make that much clear.
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Old 11-17-2010, 03:45 AM   #44
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No, vehicle damage is not permitted. However, towing out to Clifton Clowers' salvage up on Wolverton Mountain, with the razor wire and frothing dogs, is ok.
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Old 11-17-2010, 07:30 AM   #45
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And so extremists have again successfully promoted more hate.
tw<------------------------moderate----------------------->merc
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