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news and politics » montana senator max baucus' nephew dies in iraq

lucas's avatar
18 years ago
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lucas
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-0 … eral_x.htm
dannyp's avatar
18 years ago
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dannyp
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Interesting conclusions from the church.
phi_'s avatar
18 years ago
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phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
Ok, I may not support the war. I may not even support the troops. But saying "Thank God for dead soldiers" and protesting their funerals is just too, dare I say?, bat-shit insane. I'm normally peaceful, but I'd take a tire iron to those protestors. Grr.
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18 years ago
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dannyp
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I tried thinking up an obscure comparision about how they also support the government and they should kill themselves but I decided against it. That or talking about the constitution. Whatever. I'm outraged but I'm not going to reverse picket the morons.
lucas's avatar
18 years ago
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lucas
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guess i'm the indifferent one here.
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18 years ago
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dannyp
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Not really I'm indifferent in that they can think what they want. Doesn't mean it would make me happy if I died for a country I fought for only to be blamed for some bullshit that the government I works for doesn't support.
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18 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
Church members say the troops deserve to die because they fight on behalf of a government that does not adequately condemn homosexuality.

what the fuck?

I think phi_ hit the nail on the head the "bat-shit insane."

I'm not sure how I feel about the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act (I hope I remembered that correctly), but I'm inclined to say I'm against it, just because it's prohibiting protesting somewhere.

let's push a bill that allows the assault of people who protest funerals instead.
 
18 years ago
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jason
comes outta nowhere
Has no one else heard of Westboro before? It is not actually even a baptist church, it is one crazy guy and his inbred relatives living on a compound in Kansas.
I think I support that legislation because I don't think its aim was to quiet political speech. If you are protesting at a funeral you are just in bad taste--if you want your message heard, why protest in the middle of a family's private moment?
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18 years ago
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andyp
nothing is wrong - what are you scared of?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAC9t4nNxjU
It is pretty funny i must say
lucas's avatar
18 years ago
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lucas
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such a waste of time