Westboro Baptist will picket Elizabeth Edwards' funeral

[Whatever]

Yeah, bringing them some more media attention will really show them what for!

I wasn't thinking of getting the media involved... 

[AFK]

Unless you are doing it by yourself and very quietly, I would suspect it would be difficult to protest one of the most controversial groups in the country and NOT get media coverage. 

In any event, I'm not sure picketing them would really do much.  Not trying to be a Douglas Downer here but a group like that isn't ever going to listen to reason, or anything with a passing semblance to reason.  For them to get a taste of their own medicine they'd have to give a shit about what others think about them, and clearly, they don't. 

[hooplala]

It could have a beneficial point, though... the evangelicals are getting more and more vocal in the last ten years and most people who oppose them never speak up, so it appears that they hold more ground.  Clearly they do not.  Niamh's picketing would show that there are people who are sick and tired of the rhetoric, and are willing to voice their disapproval.

I mean, when Janet Jackson's nipple popped out on live television people complained... but how many people were NOT offended?  Who knows, none of them wrote in... only the ones who were offended wrote in.  Probably in crayon.

[AFK]

But I think the Westboro clan are so far gone off the edge of reality that it wouldn't matter.  Public opinion and public pressure was able to sway that kooky pastor in Florida to refrain from burning the Koran.  He seemed to be just sane enough to figure out that it was a stupid idea, and smartly caved. 

But I think Westboro are in a totally different league.  I mean, nobody likes them.  Even Bill O and Fox News types will rail against them.  Doesn't seem to matter.  They don't care. 

[Adios]

But I think the Westboro clan are so far gone off the edge of reality that it wouldn't matter.  Public opinion and public pressure was able to sway that kooky pastor in Florida to refrain from burning the Koran.  He seemed to be just sane enough to figure out that it was a stupid idea, and smartly caved. 

But I think Westboro are in a totally different league.  I mean, nobody likes them.  Even Bill O and Fox News types will rail against them.  Doesn't seem to matter.  They don't care. 

They won't even allow the graffiti on their church cleaned off because "it shows they are right".

[BadBeast]

It could have a beneficial point, though... the evangelicals are getting more and more vocal in the last ten years and most people who oppose them never speak up, so it appears that they hold more ground.  Clearly they do not.  Niamh's picketing would show that there are people who are sick and tired of the rhetoric, and are willing to voice their disapproval.

I mean, when Janet Jackson's nipple popped out on live television people complained... but how many people were NOT offended?  Who knows, none of them wrote in... only the ones who were offended wrote in.  Probably in crayon.

Gotta agree with Hoop here. And I'd add that even most of the ones who wrote in offended, were actually aroused rather than offended. They were then offended by their own arousal, and wrote in out of con-fu. Pretty much like when Nigel's nipple almost brought TCC to a grinding halt.

[Triple Zero]

I hope something like that happens at Ewards's funeral - people placing themselves between the WBC people and the funeral proper. I dunno if it will, but it would be nice.

Actually, I was sorta hoping daydreaming about a buncha people with big baseball bats would get out of a lot of vehicles and bit the motherfucking shit outta the Westboro gang.  But then, that's promulgating violence, and I'd never do such a thing.  Ever.

And that would make them the good guys.

In theory, yes. But in practice, in whose eyes?

(not disagreeing btw, just that question immediately popped to mind when I read it)

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I hope something like that happens at Ewards's funeral - people placing themselves between the WBC people and the funeral proper. I dunno if it will, but it would be nice.

Actually, I was sorta hoping daydreaming about a buncha people with big baseball bats would get out of a lot of vehicles and bit the motherfucking shit outta the Westboro gang.  But then, that's promulgating violence, and I'd never do such a thing.  Ever.

And that would make them the good guys.

No.  It wouldn't.

It would simply make the people doing it a different kind of bad guy.  It would in no way exonerate Phelps, either morally or in the public eye.  At most it would get him some more press, and get the people doing it a prison term.

You could pound Fred Phelps and his entire family into a paper shredder with a mallet, and not a soul would condemn you.

[hooplala]

I hope something like that happens at Ewards's funeral - people placing themselves between the WBC people and the funeral proper. I dunno if it will, but it would be nice.

Actually, I was sorta hoping daydreaming about a buncha people with big baseball bats would get out of a lot of vehicles and bit the motherfucking shit outta the Westboro gang.  But then, that's promulgating violence, and I'd never do such a thing.  Ever.

And that would make them the good guys.

No.  It wouldn't.

It would simply make the people doing it a different kind of bad guy.  It would in no way exonerate Phelps, either morally or in the public eye.  At most it would get him some more press, and get the people doing it a prison term.

You could pound Fred Phelps and his entire family into a paper shredder with a mallet, and not a soul would condemn you.

I would.  But not because I think Phelps is a good guy.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I hope something like that happens at Ewards's funeral - people placing themselves between the WBC people and the funeral proper. I dunno if it will, but it would be nice.

Actually, I was sorta hoping daydreaming about a buncha people with big baseball bats would get out of a lot of vehicles and bit the motherfucking shit outta the Westboro gang.  But then, that's promulgating violence, and I'd never do such a thing.  Ever.

And that would make them the good guys.

No.  It wouldn't.

It would simply make the people doing it a different kind of bad guy.  It would in no way exonerate Phelps, either morally or in the public eye.  At most it would get him some more press, and get the people doing it a prison term.

You could pound Fred Phelps and his entire family into a paper shredder with a mallet, and not a soul would condemn you.

I would.  But not because I think Phelps is a good guy.

Yes, but you're Canadian, and thus are not in possession of a soul.

[hooplala]

I hope something like that happens at Ewards's funeral - people placing themselves between the WBC people and the funeral proper. I dunno if it will, but it would be nice.

Actually, I was sorta hoping daydreaming about a buncha people with big baseball bats would get out of a lot of vehicles and bit the motherfucking shit outta the Westboro gang.  But then, that's promulgating violence, and I'd never do such a thing.  Ever.

And that would make them the good guys.

No.  It wouldn't.

It would simply make the people doing it a different kind of bad guy.  It would in no way exonerate Phelps, either morally or in the public eye.  At most it would get him some more press, and get the people doing it a prison term.

You could pound Fred Phelps and his entire family into a paper shredder with a mallet, and not a soul would condemn you.

I would.  But not because I think Phelps is a good guy.

Yes, but you're Canadian, and thus are not in possession of a soul.

And we like it that way.  Except when we listen to James Brown... that's the only time we truly know there is some part we're missing.  You can really feel that hole in the middle when listening to the Godfather.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I hope something like that happens at Ewards's funeral - people placing themselves between the WBC people and the funeral proper. I dunno if it will, but it would be nice.

Actually, I was sorta hoping daydreaming about a buncha people with big baseball bats would get out of a lot of vehicles and bit the motherfucking shit outta the Westboro gang.  But then, that's promulgating violence, and I'd never do such a thing.  Ever.

And that would make them the good guys.

No.  It wouldn't.

It would simply make the people doing it a different kind of bad guy.  It would in no way exonerate Phelps, either morally or in the public eye.  At most it would get him some more press, and get the people doing it a prison term.

You could pound Fred Phelps and his entire family into a paper shredder with a mallet, and not a soul would condemn you.

I would.  But not because I think Phelps is a good guy.

Yes, but you're Canadian, and thus are not in possession of a soul.

And we like it that way.  Except when we listen to James Brown... that's the only time we truly know there is some part we're missing.  You can really feel that hole in the middle when listening to the Godfather.

I've seen that happen.  A whole room full of Hamiltonians started dancing with just the left side of their body.  I thought they were all having strokes.

[hooplala]

I hope something like that happens at Ewards's funeral - people placing themselves between the WBC people and the funeral proper. I dunno if it will, but it would be nice.

Actually, I was sorta hoping daydreaming about a buncha people with big baseball bats would get out of a lot of vehicles and bit the motherfucking shit outta the Westboro gang.  But then, that's promulgating violence, and I'd never do such a thing.  Ever.

And that would make them the good guys.

No.  It wouldn't.

It would simply make the people doing it a different kind of bad guy.  It would in no way exonerate Phelps, either morally or in the public eye.  At most it would get him some more press, and get the people doing it a prison term.

You could pound Fred Phelps and his entire family into a paper shredder with a mallet, and not a soul would condemn you.

I would.  But not because I think Phelps is a good guy.

Yes, but you're Canadian, and thus are not in possession of a soul.

And we like it that way.  Except when we listen to James Brown... that's the only time we truly know there is some part we're missing.  You can really feel that hole in the middle when listening to the Godfather.

I've seen that happen.  A whole room full of Hamiltonians started dancing with just the left side of their body.  I thought they were all having strokes.

They wish.


They wish...

[Adios]

I hope something like that happens at Ewards's funeral - people placing themselves between the WBC people and the funeral proper. I dunno if it will, but it would be nice.

Actually, I was sorta hoping daydreaming about a buncha people with big baseball bats would get out of a lot of vehicles and bit the motherfucking shit outta the Westboro gang.  But then, that's promulgating violence, and I'd never do such a thing.  Ever.

And that would make them the good guys.

No.  It wouldn't.

It would simply make the people doing it a different kind of bad guy.  It would in no way exonerate Phelps, either morally or in the public eye.  At most it would get him some more press, and get the people doing it a prison term.

You could pound Fred Phelps and his entire family into a paper shredder with a mallet, and not a soul would condemn you.

I would.  But not because I think Phelps is a good guy.

Yes, but you're Canadian, and thus are not in possession of a soul.

And we like it that way.  Except when we listen to James Brown... that's the only time we truly know there is some part we're missing.  You can really feel that hole in the middle when listening to the Godfather.