This. , I mean really it was just a series of unfortunate accidents.Irony said:Well that site was... interesting.
It's a shame that so many things turned out to work against the WBC and their protest. But these things happen I guess. Sometimes the odds are stacked against you and things just don't work out. Maybe they should have prayed to God a bit more of support...
I'm sorry but there is a difference between 'practicing freedom of speech' and just being distasteful. There is absolutely no reason to stage a protest at someone's funeral. You can say whatever you want but these people go out of their way to enrage and offend others only to cry that the heretics are trying to silence them.Hiphophippo said:As ardently as I disagree with their message they DO have every right to say it.
Exactly.Sir John the Net Knight said:Spitting on the casket of a dead soldier is one of the most vile acts that a person can commit. Bravo to Rankin, MS for putting WBC in their place.
really you mean the Westboro baptists church has set fires, hung people, cut off heads, held people hostage, rammed planes into buildings..etc? you truely mean it? they have?Tentickles said:What is ironic is that Westboro is extremist and they "hate" terrorists when they themselves are worse than any terrorist.
I think this is the most important thing. It irks me to agree with it in this instance, but it's very true. As much as I wish these people could get caught in the path of a hurricane, people should have the right to say whatever the hell they want, no matter how stupid and obviously inflammatory.l00kmumn0hands said:NerfRider has a good point.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,"
- Evelyn Beatrice Hall
You're right. There IS a difference between freedom of speech and being distasteful. But Freedom of Speech is STILL freedom of speech and they are STILL allowed to say what they want, regardless of how bile-filled it is. In cases like this, I'm willing to accept that maybe there should be a law against protesting at funerals. Maybe. But that's as far as I'm willing to go. Freedom of Speech is the most important thing we have.Safaia said:I'm sorry but there is a difference between 'practicing freedom of speech' and just being distasteful. There is absolutely no reason to stage a protest at someone's funeral.Hiphophippo said:As ardently as I disagree with their message they DO have every right to say it.
Took that quite literally didnt you?WilliamRLBaker said:really you mean the Westboro baptists church has set fires, hung people, cut off heads, held people hostage, rammed planes into buildings..etc? you truely mean it? they have?Tentickles said:What is ironic is that Westboro is extremist and they "hate" terrorists when they themselves are worse than any terrorist.
The thing is WBC protests are unconstitutional.Fleischer said:*sigh* This is exactly what the WBC wants. I expect to hear about a major law suit being lodged against the town of Rankin. Violating the freedom of speech of anyone - even those with deplorable messages - is unconstitutional.
You know, I'm from Kansas, and if I knew that was the reason I was being blocked in? I'd let 'em. Wouldn't even be mad.Ghaleon640 said:The article said how they parked behind all of the cars with a Kansas liscence plate right? That probably also screwed over a bunch of people who weren't from the church... just a comment.
Your constitutional right to free speech ends pretty far before the basic right of human dignity. That part isn't written in the constitution because our Founding Fathers thought higher of us, and that we'd have that part figured out. They had to explicitly say things like freedom of the press, free speech, and the right to bare arms because those were still up for debate at that point in history.Fleischer said:*sigh* This is exactly what the WBC wants. I expect to hear about a major law suit being lodged against the town of Rankin. Violating the freedom of speech of anyone - even those with deplorable messages - is unconstitutional.
The story shouldn't be about the beating and illegal detention of people. It should be about Jason Rogers's service and his ultimate sacrifice to his country. I give thanks to him, and pray that his family finds solace in their time of grief and loss.
Because Christianity is all about vigilantism, not mercy.Hatchet90 said:These guys give Christians a bad name. It's about time some vigilantes got back at them.
Evelyn Beatrice Hall said:I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire said:Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
As a Christian, I can't condone violence. But if someone were to beat them viciously, I wouldn't send them flowers. Unless the flowers had bees in them. Buzz.Hatchet90 said:These guys give Christians a bad name. It's about time some vigilantes got back at them.
First amendment only applies to the government as far as I can understand it, which means that what they did was totally legal. RIP Mr Rogers.Fleischer said:*sigh* This is exactly what the WBC wants. I expect to hear about a major law suit being lodged against the town of Rankin. Violating the freedom of speech of anyone - even those with deplorable messages - is unconstitutional.
What dogstile said. It's ridiculous how WBC gets away with it by simply shielding themselves with a law, while it's crystal clear to 99% of the inhabitants of this planet that there's no way they should be aloud to act like that.dogstile said:Then maybe your total freedom of speech needs to be updated. Excluding the Phelps entirely would be a good update.Fleischer said:*sigh* This is exactly what the WBC wants. I expect to hear about a major law suit being lodged against the town of Rankin. Violating the freedom of speech of anyone - even those with deplorable messages - is unconstitutional.
You Americans and your total freedom of speech. If they can't take a punch in the jaw for saying it, then they shouldn't say it