It has nothing to do with popularity...it has everything to do with the right of a family to greave in peace and their right to privacy. Even if it was a civilian funeral, they have a right to privacy. Cemeteries, in most states, are not public land, but privately owned property.
-----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 8:42 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: A little Karma with that protest... Public land. So do we start limiting freedom of assembly now based on popularity? On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would disagree...they were next to a cemetery within visual and auditory > range of a family conducting a funeral. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:58 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: A little Karma with that protest... > > > So are you saying that constitutional rights should only be available > to those you agree with? > > Also unfortunately where the WBC protested was also part of the public > public square. > > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> While the Nazi party and the KKK are just as offensive, they do their > thing >> out in a public square and are not disrupting the funeral of a soldier. > The >> rights of the family trump all others in this case. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 7:27 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: A little Karma with that protest... >> >> >> Perhaps, but if we don't allow the same freedoms for all even those >> real obnoxious asshats like Phelps, what is the next exception. That's >> why the Nazi party was allowed to march through parts of Skokie >> Illinois, the KKK through majority black districts and communist >> groups through majority eastern European districts. >> >> If we do not defend the rights of those asshats, we cannot justify >> defending the rights of those we agree with. There are no exceptions. >> Either everyone has those rights or none of us do. >> >> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Eric Roberts >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> No...some things actually are sacred...like the right to bury a loved one >> in >>> peace. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 6:43 PM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: Re: A little Karma with that protest... >>> >>> >>> You mean that the rights enshrined in the constitution should only be >>> enjoyed by those you agree with. >>> >>> My how Republican of you. >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Eric Roberts >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> It's the people speaking when the government won't do the right thing. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Medic [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 6:17 PM >>>> To: cf-community >>>> Subject: Re: A little Karma with that protest... >>>> >>>> >>>> Wow, that's pathetic. Why are you applauding this? Does slashing an >>> asshat's >>>> tires make the tire slashing itself any less asshat-ish? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Eric Roberts < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11 >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20101114 >>>>> _11_A12_CUTLIN105145> &articleid=20101114_11_A12_CUTLIN105145 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It appears that after the protest, the Westboro Baptist asshats found >>>> their >>>>> tires slashed.and no one in town would help them fix their vehicles >>>>> hehehehe. I bet that after having to drive a few blocks on their rims >>>> they >>>>> also had to have their rims replaced. All the local businesses refused >>>>> them >>>>> service. Good thing the corporatist Walmart wasn't too far away. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Go McAlester! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
