Nope. I figure it's more insulting to completely ignore the hateful bigot's life so his family doesn't get any satisfaction out of knowing that his message reached the ears of anyone besides their twisted clan.
Unfortunately, she'd probably twist it to "No, he died because God was so happy with his faithful service that He wanted him to come up to Heaven for his reward." Reason will not work for these people.DracoSuave said:I expect a rational individual to respond to her, asking if she believes Phelps died because 'God hates bigots'.
Kinda like how a hurricane hitting the Northeast is a message from God, but a hurricane hitting the Bible Belt is just a hurricane.ruthie said:Unfortunately, she'd probably twist it to "No, he died because God was so happy with his faithful service that He wanted him to come up to Heaven for his reward." Reason will not work for these people.
HUMANDejawesp said:Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and how will you ever be able to claim that you're better than him when you do exactly what he does?
Such an American thing to do.
Of course someone would say that. Such a whiny, spiteful, non-American thing to do to assume that everyone here would be for a silly revenge funeral protest.Dejawesp said:Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and how will you ever be able to claim that you're better than him when you do exactly what he does?
Such an American thing to do.
I was thinking of doing this 2 months ago. My answer is yes. And before I get any of this "lowering ourselves to their level" bull that I'll eventually get, I'll explain why.ajemas said:snip
We lower ourselves everyday by allowing that kind of extreme homophobia to happen on such a scale.canadamus_prime said:No, we don't want to lower ourselves to his level. We are better than that aren't we? Best to just stay away from them.