Westboro church to picket Betty Ford funeral services

vienna · 07-11-11, 05:07 PM

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...s/1?csp=34news

Ms. Ford was a very fine, honest, and much to be admired person and deserves better than this...

I wish someone would find some legal way of putting Westboro out of business like that law group that went after various white supremicist and nazi groups, you know, sue them out of existence...

frau kaleun · 07-11-11, 05:46 PM

IIRC in order to pursue and win those kinds of lawsuits, they had to link those groups to the kind of hate speech that promotes and encourages actual violence and so led individuals to commit crimes against other people. I don't know that anyone's come up with any way to do that to the WBC. If they're working on it, then more power to them.

Unfortunately, showing up with hateful signs in a public place - provided any legal requirements regarding access and permits and whatnot are met - isn't a crime. But if nothing else it would be nice to see the WBC deluged with "pain and suffering" lawsuits by the families of the people whose funerals they show up at, even if the suits get thrown out eventually. You know, just to make the point. As much as I hate the idea of more supposedly "frivolous" lawsuits out there, in those cases I'd be willing to make an exception.

One can only hope that some good-hearted individuals will step in and (legally) block them from view this time, the way they have done in the past.

Also: I guess being divorced is now enough to generate the kind of hatred that the WBC is famous for. How lovely.

GoldenRivet · 07-11-11, 05:55 PM

resort to violence

resort to violence every time they step out into the day light, fight them tooth and nail, seriously injure them, kill someone if you have to.

eventually a law will be passed to prevent the violence, and the only way to prevent that is to outlaw such gatherings of idiots like these.

like it or not thats probably how it has to happen.

hell i wish every man woman and child in that outfit were all worm food anyhow.

with a proper burial of course... just kick sand in their dead, bloated faces.

AVGWarhawk · 07-11-11, 05:56 PM

Some people are just bored or are attention whores. I'm not sure what the Westboro Church is. Perhaps both.

razark · 07-11-11, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Some people are just ... attention whores.

I can't think of any other reason for WBC to do what they do. Their main mistake is that they protest everyone and everything. It really takes the point away from their protests. It really goes to show they don't stand for anything except screaming their hatred from every pulpit they can get ahold of.

It's like crazy guys on the street corner. The first one, you might pay some attention to. Maybe even the second. The third one, you start to chuckle at. After that, you walk by them without even noticing them.

Platapus · 07-11-11, 07:09 PM

How do you really feel GoldenRivet?

You post was not clear on that. Do you like em or not?

gimpy117 · 07-11-11, 07:11 PM

I've heard some things to make me believe that they are doing it for money. Essentially, they are trying to get thrown out of a town so they can sue for damages

GoldenRivet · 07-11-11, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

How do you really feel GoldenRivet?

You post was not clear on that. Do you like em or not?

07-11-11, 05:07 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,715 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Westboro church to picket Betty Ford funeral services http://content.usatoday.com/communit...s/1?csp=34news Ms. Ford was a very fine, honest, and much to be admired person and deserves better than this... I wish someone would find some legal way of putting Westboro out of business like that law group that went after various white supremicist and nazi groups, you know, sue them out of existence...

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	resort to violence resort to violence every time they step out into the day light, fight them tooth and nail, seriously injure them, kill someone if you have to. eventually a law will be passed to prevent the violence, and the only way to prevent that is to outlaw such gatherings of idiots like these. like it or not thats probably how it has to happen. hell i wish every man woman and child in that outfit were all worm food anyhow. with a proper burial of course... just kick sand in their dead, bloated faces. __________________

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Some people are just bored or are attention whores. I'm not sure what the Westboro Church is. Perhaps both. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,377 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	How do you really feel GoldenRivet? You post was not clear on that. Do you like em or not? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	I've heard some things to make me believe that they are doing it for money. Essentially, they are trying to get thrown out of a town so they can sue for damages __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	IIRC in order to pursue and win those kinds of lawsuits, they had to link those groups to the kind of hate speech that promotes and encourages actual violence and so led individuals to commit crimes against other people. I don't know that anyone's come up with any way to do that to the WBC. If they're working on it, then more power to them. Unfortunately, showing up with hateful signs in a public place - provided any legal requirements regarding access and permits and whatnot are met - isn't a crime. But if nothing else it would be nice to see the WBC deluged with "pain and suffering" lawsuits by the families of the people whose funerals they show up at, even if the suits get thrown out eventually. You know, just to make the point. As much as I hate the idea of more supposedly "frivolous" lawsuits out there, in those cases I'd be willing to make an exception. One can only hope that some good-hearted individuals will step in and (legally) block them from view this time, the way they have done in the past. Also: I guess being divorced is now enough to generate the kind of hatred that the WBC is famous for. How lovely.