The problem with common sense and common courtesy is that they are not all that common.
We do not have a right to NOT be offended. Something I scream at the left as much as I scream at the right. Westboro church has a right to scream whatever they want, whenever they want, as long as it falls within the guidelines of free speech - which to the best of my knowledge it has. I know that some cities and states have taken steps to limit their effect by passing laws that limit how close a protest can get to a funeral or cemetery. I loathe what they are saying, but the fact that they can say what they do is the best testament to freedom I can think of. Does it suck for the families? Hell yea. But if we limit Westboros' speech, we throw ourselves down a very steep, ice covered slope. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's called common sense and common courtesy...but we do have a right to > privacy and a right not to be harassed. This Chritofascist wackjobs do not > have a right to intrude in people's lives like this. My only hope is that > when they do cross the wrong family (and that is a when...not an if) is that > no one, other than these fucktards, gets hurt. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:01 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: _Speaking_of_the_Supreme_Court:_Marine's_father_ord_ere > d_to_pay_court_costs_to_Westboro_Baptist_Churc > > > Wait we have a RIGHT to mourn in peace? > > What article or amendment of the constitution or USC or State and local code > is that in? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Roberts [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:59 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: _Speaking_of_the_Supreme_Court:_Marine's_father_ord_ere > d_to_pay_court_costs_to_Westboro_Baptist_Churc > > > It's not the right decision. What the court is saying the Westboro Baptist > Church's right's are more important that the right of a family to mourn in > peace. An individual's right is more important that the right of a church. > This is bullshit it is what it is. While they do have a right to be heard, > they also have the responsibility to do so when it is appropriate. A > funeral is not the appropriate place to protest with signs that have nothing > to do with this individual who served honorably in our armed forces. If > they ant to protest outside the pentagon, or outside the Whitehouse, then > that is their right. Where this court has failed is one day they are going > to cross the wrong veteran's family and someone is going to come out guns > blazing. While I would call it karma, that would have been very > preventable. > > > Not only do we need to put up a collection, but we also need to call for the > impeachment of this judge. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Heald [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 4:43 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE:_Speaking_of_the_Supreme_Court:_Marine's_father_ord_ere > d_to_pay_court_costs_to_Westboro_Baptist_Churc > > > Its unpopular but the right decision. > > Sent from my MOTOBLUR smartphone on AT&T > > -----Original message----- > From: Eric Roberts <[email protected]> > To: cf-community <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 21:10:49 GMT+00:00 > Subject: RE:_Speaking_of_the_Supreme_Court:_Marine's_father_ord_ere > d_to_pay_court_costs_to_Westboro_Baptist_Churc > > > WTF? *shakes head in disgust* > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 3:48 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Speaking of the Supreme Court: Marine's_father ord ered to pay > court costs to Westboro Baptist Churc > > > http://mddailyrecord.com/2010/03/29/marines-father-ordered-to-pay-court-cost > s-to-westboro-baptist-church/ > > Lawyers for the father of a Marine who died in Iraq and whose funeral was > picketed by anti-gay protesters say a court has ordered him to pay the > protesters' appeal costs. > > Lawyers for Albert Snyder of York, Pa., also say he is struggling to come up > with fees associated with filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court. > ... > > > Phelps is a tool. > (full disclosure - it's one of my company's papers) > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314394 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
