I'm not going to beat a dead horse here; we all know that the Westboro Baptist Church, with its tendency to picket funerals of soldiers, protest against gay people and Jewish people, express gratitude towards the deaths of innocents in various disasters, and myriad other insane actions, are very, very bad people. What some of you might not know is that the leader of this group, despite only coming up in the national spotlight fairly recently, is 82 years old. Needless to say, his death is going to come sooner rather than later as his age catches up to him.
I heard an online about picketing his up-and-coming funeral, both as a method of payback and a way to show them what it feels like to have the passing of a loved one be celebrated.
My question to you, the Escapist Community, is if this is an appropriate response? Would it teach them all a lesson, or would it just be pointless? On the other hand, does it even have to teach them a lesson, or is it a kind of justice to put them through the pain that they have inflicted on so many others
I heard an online about picketing his up-and-coming funeral, both as a method of payback and a way to show them what it feels like to have the passing of a loved one be celebrated.
My question to you, the Escapist Community, is if this is an appropriate response? Would it teach them all a lesson, or would it just be pointless? On the other hand, does it even have to teach them a lesson, or is it a kind of justice to put them through the pain that they have inflicted on so many others
My kneejerk reaction was to go along with it. As a Jewish person by lineage, and as someone with many homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered friends, I have been repeatedly appalled by their actions. It seemed very appealing to give them a taste of their own medicine. Problem is, I don't think that it would accomplish anything. While this might work on an ordinary group, we are clearly dealing with people that are simply not right in the head. While I hesitate to label any group of people as "crazy", it is safe to say that these actions would only throw more fuel into the fire.
In addition, I'd like to go back to something that Nietzsche once said: "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster." By doing this, we are sinking down to their level. To be quite frank, I'm concerned that by not taking the moral high ground on this those who want to see these people stop their senseless insulting and hate might be spreading just as much of it.
In addition, I'd like to go back to something that Nietzsche once said: "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster." By doing this, we are sinking down to their level. To be quite frank, I'm concerned that by not taking the moral high ground on this those who want to see these people stop their senseless insulting and hate might be spreading just as much of it.