Westboro Baptist Church: stay out of Canada

[artmonkforHOF]

Seriouslly, can't somebody "accidentally" shoot these fools?

Protesting the funeral of the Greyhound Bus Victim. I love how an elected Canadian politician says "these guys are lunatics".

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/08/08/6384506-sun.html

We Canadians are know as a passive group, but if you start messing with a young mans funeral, and your not a fellow Canuck, be prepared to get the boots laid too you.

[Major Harris]

well, maybe mass can find religion again. he thinks americans should stay out of any foreign county. he'd fit in well @ westboro. bunch of loons.

[lovetoaster]

Every time I read one of those stories, it makes me so angry. It is just appalling how disrespectful they are.

They have such good reasoning too :rolleyes:

His "filthy ways" brought wrath upon him. Way to be vague, attention-seeking a-holes.

[Dictator]

well, maybe mass can find religion again. he thinks americans should stay out of any foreign county. he'd fit in well @ westboro. bunch of loons.

That wasn't really necessary.

[sacase]

They are looking to get paid. So they are taking their show international.

[Major Harris]

That wasn't really necessary.
not much is necessary. thank you.

[Xameil]

maybe...they'll break a canadian law, and they'll get the canadian bacon thrown at em...lol

(ok I had to find a way to put bacon in my post :D)

[Goaldeje]

maybe...they'll break a canadian law, and they'll get the canadian bacon thrown at em...lol

(ok I had to find a way to put bacon in my post :D)


Must...not...hijack...thread...

screw it!

mmmm, bacon....

[Phalanx07]

Bus fare to canada-$100.00
Protesting funerals-0 class
Getting sodomized while in jail-priceless.

[MDRedskinsFan]

They are looking to get paid. So they are taking their show international.They're looking for money because they lost a lawsuit in federal court in Maryland not too long ago. They were ordered to pay a dead soldier's family millions of dollars, and the group said the fine was harsh because they didn't have enough assets to cover the lawsuit.

[Baculus]

You guys should see the videos of them being run out of town when they came to Frederick, MD, during one of their protests. The church members were surrounded by drum-beating counter-protesters, and the police eventually told the "church" members that "they can't do anything to protect them," which led to a quick retreat by the church members.

The funniest part was when the Westboro church members tried to flee and were cornered in a way-one street.

[RVAbrendan]

I am seriously surprised that multiple assassination attempts via snipe haven't been made on these loons, not that I condone such actions...

[SkinsBry]

Don't they know that there are homos in Mexico and Columbia. I'm sure there are homos in Sudan, why don't they go there and protest funerals. Any third world country with a history of violence will do.

[FanboyOf91]

You guys should see the videos of them being run out of town when they came to Frederick, MD, during one of their protests. The church members were surrounded by drum-beating counter-protesters, and the police eventually told the "church" members that "they can't do anything to protect them," which led to a quick retreat by the church members.

The funniest part was when the Westboro church members tried to flee and were cornered in a way-one street.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZLnE--Uv0w

Is this it?

[USS Redskins]

It's sad to see that little kid in that video holding that sign.

They have been on the Howard Stern show and the woman who leads the thing is a freaking civil rights attorney... dont get that one.

To be honest, the best thing to do is for everyone to ignore them. I give the counter protesters credit but it just brings more attention to them, which is what they want. No one should care what they have to say anyway.

[HogNose]

well, maybe mass can find religion again. he thinks americans should stay out of any foreign county. he'd fit in well @ westboro. bunch of loons.

:doh: Did you really need to say that? These people are on a whole different level. They wouldn't want someone like Mass because his views aren't extreme enough.

[wshngtn1]

We had a soldier from my area recently die in Iraq. These crazies said they were coming to protest on their website. We got a lot of people together and went down and lined the major street outside of the cemetary. It was an amazing show of support. I was talking to a cop while we were there and he said he had just heard over his radio that the protesters were 'in route'. There were A LOT of angry people waiting for them. Luckily for them, they didn't show up.

I have no clue whatsoever how these people haven't been seriously injured yet. I'm not sure I could restrain myself if they were outside of one of my relatives funeral. It would be really hard not to walk up to them and start snapping necks.

[Stophovr6]

We had a soldier from my area recently die in Iraq. These crazies said they were coming to protest on their website. We got a lot of people together and went down and lined the major street outside of the cemetary. It was an amazing show of support. I was talking to a cop while we were there and he said he had just heard over his radio that the protesters were 'in route'. There were A LOT of angry people waiting for them. Luckily for them, they didn't show up.

I have no clue whatsoever how these people haven't been seriously injured yet. I'm not sure I could restrain myself if they were outside of one of my relatives funeral. It would be really hard not to walk up to them and start snapping necks.

I think they want that reaction so that they can sue you and keep doing what they do. Not touching them makes it harder for them to continue their BS because they will eventually run out of funds if people continue to sue them and they don't win any legal battles of their own.

[Larry]

Don't they know that there are homos in Mexico and Columbia. I'm sure there are homos in Sudan, why don't they go there and protest funerals. Any third world country with a history of violence will do.

But there aren't any in Iran. Maybe they'd be happy there.

[Major Harris]

:doh: Did you really need to say that? These people are on a whole different level. They wouldn't want someone like Mass because his views aren't extreme enough.

mass would execute pot smokers.

he would make it illegal to leave the u.s. or face banishment or death.

i doubt he'd care if we started executing gheys.

but you guys are right, i didn't really need to go there.

[Predicto]

I'm glad how American have all united in their disgust for the Phelps clan.

It would have been nice if most Americans cared about them back when they were only harassing the families of dead gay guys, rather than our soldiers.

[artmonkforHOF]

Come too think of it, how do these guys find the free tiem to go to all these things? I mean, with "I kissed a Girl" at the top of the charts, shouldn't they all be camped out on Katy Perry's lawn or at least protesting all of her tour stops? At least that actually ties into their message of homosexuality ruining oru society.

[SkinsBry]

But there aren't any in Iran. Maybe they'd be happy there.

Oh yeah, that's true. I believe Ahmadinejad had the Iranian Bureau of Tourism make up new travel brochures that say, VISIT IRAN, WE HAVE NO GAYS HERE.

Oh, they'd love it over there.

[#98QBKiller]

But there aren't any in Iran. Maybe they'd be happy there.



:laugh:


But seriously would some of our Canadian posters please show up and kick the **** out of these idiots?

[Major Harris]

I'm glad how American have all united in their disgust for the Phelps clan.

It would have been nice if most Americans cared about them back when they were only harassing the families of dead gay guys, rather than our soldiers.
i think most people were disgusted by that, too. but you know that not everyone sees homosexuality in the same light, and they never will. however, most people agree that there is nothing immoral about joining the army and fighting for our country. furthermore, if the phelps clan are protesting homosexuality, their hate is a bit more well placed if picketing at a homosexuals funeral. they're making a huge jump when the protest military funerals because they hate gays. you're making a pretty bad comparison here, imo.

[mjah]

I believe Ahmadinejad had the Iranian Bureau of Tourism make up new travel brochures that say, VISIT IRAN, WE HAVE NO GAYS HERE.

I dunno. Look at Imadinnerjacket. That meticulous grooming... the beard... those dancing eyes...

Odds are, he has a bit of pooper traffic in his past.

[Predicto]

i think most people were disgusted by that, too. but you know that not everyone sees homosexuality in the same light, and they never will. however, most people agree that there is nothing immoral about joining the army and fighting for our country. furthermore, if the phelps clan are protesting homosexuality, their hate is a bit more well placed if picketing at a homosexuals funeral. they're making a huge jump when the protest military funerals because they hate gays. you're making a pretty bad comparison here, imo.


I think it is a good comparison.

Making the innocent families of dead soldiers feel terrible is a disgusting thing to do.

Making the innocent familes of dead gays feel terrible is an equally disgusting thing to do.

Many Americans didn't seem to care much when the Phelps were just doing the latter. Just saying. :whoknows:

[Major Harris]

I think it is a good comparison.

Making the innocent families of dead soldiers feel terrible is a disgusting thing to do.

Making the innocent familes of dead gays feel terrible is an equally disgusting thing to do.

Many Americans didn't seem to care much when the Phelps were just doing the latter. Just saying. :whoknows:

man, i don't want to sound like i'm defending them, i hope you believe me when i say i find them as disgusting as you do.

but look at where they're placing their hate. they don't like gays, so they picket funerals for dead homsexuals.

they don't like gays, so they picket the funerals of fallen soldiers.

the latter is a huge, grossly misplaced jump.

either way, they're evil.

[Dan T.]

i think most people were disgusted by that, too. but you know that not everyone sees homosexuality in the same light, and they never will. however, most people agree that there is nothing immoral about joining the army and fighting for our country. furthermore, if the phelps clan are protesting homosexuality, their hate is a bit more well placed if picketing at a homosexuals funeral. they're making a huge jump when the protest military funerals because they hate gays. you're making a pretty bad comparison here, imo.


Major with this post, you kind of made Predicto's point for him. Picketing at someone's funeral is a disgusting, vile thing to do, no matter who the deceased is.

Further it's fruitless to ascribe any motivation to the Phelps scum other than attention whoring. The fact that they want to picket the funeral of the Canadian murder victim cements that.

[#98QBKiller]

I dunno. Look at Imadinnerjacket. That meticulous grooming... the beard... those dancing eyes...

Odds are, he has a bit of pooper traffic in his past.



:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: to your sig

[SkinsBry]

I dunno. Look at Imadinnerjacket. That meticulous grooming... the beard... those dancing eyes...

Odds are, he has a bit of pooper traffic in his past.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

You know what they say about homo-phobes, they're hiding something.

[Predicto]

man, i don't want to sound like i'm defending them, i hope you believe me when i say i find them as disgusting as you do.

but look at where they're placing their hate. they don't like gays, so they picket funerals for dead homsexuals.

they don't like gays, so they picket the funerals of fallen soldiers.

the latter is a huge, grossly misplaced jump.

either way, they're evil.


Of course it is a huge, grossly misplaced jump. It makes no logical sense at all.

So what. What they were doing was just as CRUEL before. And hardly anyone cared.

People's outrage now, your outrage, is not because it is illogical to be picketing soldiers' funerals. The outrage is because it is CRUEL to be picketing soldiers' funerals.

Well, it was just as evil before.

[Baculus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZLnE--Uv0w

Is this it?

Yes, that is it (or one of the videos from the event)!

[Major Harris]

Of course it is a huge, grossly misplaced jump. It makes no logical sense at all.

So what. What they were doing was just as CRUEL before. And hardly anyone cared.

People's outrage now, your outrage, is not because it is illogical to be picketing soldiers' funerals. The outrage is because it is CRUEL to be picketing soldiers' funerals.

Well, it was just as evil before.

not sure why you put "your" in there, since i'm reasonably sure you have no clue how i felt then. i felt the same, and i agree with you.

but you're wondering why it didn't piss off everyone as much then. well, like i said, not everyone agrees on the issue of homosexuality, and they never will. that's the bottom line answer to the question you are posing.

[Predicto]

not sure why you put "your" in there, since i'm reasonably sure you have no clue how i felt then. i felt the same, and i agree with you.



I wasn't insulting you. Your outrage and my outrage are the same - this is a cruel thing that they are doing.




but you're wondering why it didn't piss off everyone as much then. well, like i said, not everyone agrees on the issue of homosexuality, and they never will. that's the bottom line answer to the question you are posing.


Yep. And that is what I find so sad.

Whatever people may think about homosexuality, the fact remains that their grieving families should not have to go through something like this at a funeral for their loved one.

As a nation, we should have been just as outraged back then, and we weren't.

[Major Harris]

I wasn't insulting you. Your outrage and my outrage are the same - this is a cruel thing that they are doing.




Yep. And that is what I find so sad.

Whatever people may think about homosexuality, the fact remains that their grieving families should not have to go through something like this at a funeral for their loved one.

As a nation, we should have been just as outraged back then, and we weren't.


fair enough. i guess me explaing why that might be is pointless, because 1) you already know and 2) it is still as ****ed up.

[Predicto]

fair enough. i guess me explaing why that might be is pointless, because 1) you already know and 2) it is still as ****ed up.


Yep. I knew why all along. I just found it sadly telling about us as a society.

(and no, I don't mean you personally my Mountaineer friend :cheers: )

[MrSilverMaC]

Of course it is a huge, grossly misplaced jump. It makes no logical sense at all.

So what. What they were doing was just as CRUEL before. And hardly anyone cared.

People's outrage now, your outrage, is not because it is illogical to be picketing soldiers' funerals. The outrage is because it is CRUEL to be picketing soldiers' funerals.

Well, it was just as evil before.


Pardon my interruption.....
I agree with the basic principal of what you're saying in terms of loss of human life, but there is a difference in celebrating the death of an innocent person being killed, and celebrating the death of a person who is actively trying to defend you and your rights. There is, imo, an extra level of evilness it takes to celebrate the death of a soldier who joined the military to defend this country (including the right to celebrate said soldiers death) than to celebrate a person's death who has beliefs you don't agree with or hate.

You are right in a sense, but only in an over-simplistic sense.