Author Topic: Fred Phelps' crew get chased from soldier's funeral (Read 2988 times)

wingnutx · « **on:** December 07, 2006, 06:28:52 PM »

http://www.break.com/index/westboro_baptist_church_chased_away.html?78

With video goodness grin

BakerMikeRomeo · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2006, 06:41:06 PM »

Here's to wishing they had some shattered bones to go with that window. Bunch of rat-bastards.

~GnSx

Strings · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2006, 10:21:21 PM »

I keep saying, one of these days they'll hit the WRONG funeral, and just disappear...

Cosmoline · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2006, 10:24:50 PM »

Those individuals are in DIRE NEED of a beating. The fact that they haven't been blown away yet says a lot about the restraint of this nation.

280plus · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2006, 11:22:47 PM »

Man that's beautiful, sorry I missed it. Makes me proud to be am American. grin

RayannaDeerfox · « **Reply #5 on:** December 07, 2006, 11:26:48 PM »

Anyone else watch the 'related video' from the Tyra Banks Show? Religion itself aside, these people are hypocrites.

mfree · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2006, 05:11:24 AM »

So they're all in one van?

I wonder how hard it'd be to arrange for a runaway semi truck...

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2006, 05:38:21 AM »

Haven't seen the video yet, but won't this just be a lawsuit for them to win and collect on?

wingnutx · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2006, 06:14:01 AM »

Maybe, but it'd doubtful they'd be able to identify anybody. They'd have to try to sue the police for not keeping the crowd from throwing stuff at their van.

Sergeant Bob · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2006, 06:32:56 AM »

Too bad they got away.

HankB · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2006, 09:29:12 AM »

Quote from: wingnutx on December 08, 2006, 05:14:01 AM

Maybe, but it'd doubtful they'd be able to identify anybody. They'd have to try to sue the police for not keeping the crowd from throwing stuff at their van.

Ah, but the courts have held that the police are not required to protect anybody in particular . . .

Eleven Mike · « **Reply #11 on:** December 08, 2006, 09:50:12 AM »

Even if they are specifically tasked to keep the peace at a particular event or location?

wingnutx · « **Reply #12 on:** December 08, 2006, 10:10:37 AM »

Phelps sues everybody. That's where they get all their money.

Most of the adult children are lawyers.

Ezekiel · « **Reply #13 on:** December 08, 2006, 10:30:37 AM »

Quote from: wingnutx on December 08, 2006, 09:10:37 AM

Phelps sues everybody. That's where they get all their money.

Which is why, of course, the premium choice is to merely ignore them...

grampster · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2006, 10:52:54 AM »

or arrest them for inciting a riot.

Antibubba · « **Reply #15 on:** December 08, 2006, 11:56:39 AM »

Those people really test my belief in Constitutional freedoms. angry

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #16 on:** December 08, 2006, 12:11:28 PM »

Quote from: Ezekiel on December 08, 2006, 09:30:37 AM

Quote from: wingnutx on December 08, 2006, 09:10:37 AM

Phelps sues everybody. That's where they get all their money.

Which is why, of course, the premium choice is to merely ignore them...

That may be satisfactory in the case of some protests. When people are disrupting a funeral, however, "just ignore them" is a callous answer indeed. Such things are not a matter of First Amendment rights.

280plus · « **Reply #17 on:** December 08, 2006, 12:30:47 PM »

Sic the Bulgers on 'em...

Strings · « **Reply #18 on:** December 08, 2006, 03:44:48 PM »

I'm not a lawyer, but something tells me any lawsuit they attempt will result in major problems for them. The whole "inciting a riot" thing sounds really nice as a charge leveled to counter any such suit...

gunsmith · « **Reply #19 on:** December 08, 2006, 06:41:34 PM »

What Constitutional rights?

If I am crazy with grief and at a funeral of a loved one, and these demons show up and I bite the nose
off one, then I am guilty of assault or mayhem or something.

If the State says westboro can not protest then it's a free speech issue.

If they get brained with a rock it's a criminal matter.

SomeKid · « **Reply #20 on:** December 09, 2006, 09:10:27 AM »

So true gunsmith.

And if the jury says they deserved to be brained with a rock, then you are a free man. This Southern Baptist knows how he would vote were he on a jury. Nullification rocks, eh?

Desertdog · « **Reply #21 on:** December 09, 2006, 11:37:38 AM »

Quote

Those people really test my belief in Constitutional freedoms.

They had their say.

The opposing group had their say.

Isn't that the way the Freedom of Speech is supposed to work?

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Author Topic: Fred Phelps' crew get chased from soldier's funeral (Read 2988 times)

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