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Redstorm
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What the fuck is wrong with the world?
#4501830 - 08/05/05 10:14 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Phelps' Group Protests At Soldier's Funeral
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Members of the Rev. Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., are picketing military funerals, KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported Friday.
The group has made national headlines for traveling throughout the country to picket gay churches, gay weddings, and the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was murdered in Wyoming in 1998.
Friday, about 15 members of the group -- some of them children -- picketed the funeral of a St. Joseph soldier who was killed in Iraq. Mahoney reported that the group stood across the road from the Grace Evangelical Church during the funeral of 21-year-old Spc. Edward Myers.
"The first sin was being a part of this military. If this young man had a clue and any fear of God, he would have run, and not walked, from this military," said protester Shirley Phelps-Roper. "Who would serve a nation that is godless and has flipped off, defiantly defied, defiantly flipped off, the Lord their God?"
One protester had an American flag tied to his belt that draped to the ground. He was holding a sign that read, "Thank God For IEDs," which are explosive devices used by insurgents to blow up military convoys.
Protesters said America has ignored the word of God, and those who defend the nation must pay a price.
"That's the first piece of solid evidence that you have that the young man is currently in hell," Phelps-Roper said.
"The soldier is in hell now, you believe?" Mahoney asked.
"Absolutely," Phelps-Roper said.
'Protesters Were Rude'
About a dozen veterans stood across the road from the protesters, and Mahoney reported that there were some harsh words and insults traded between the two groups. However, sheriff deputies were stationed about 100 yards away and there was no violence.
"The protesters were so rude -- were disrespectful," said veteran Jim Fields.
"Do I like it? No, I don't. But what can you say, it's a free country," said veteran Dave Campbell.
Veterans told KMBC that a member of the soldier's family shouted at the protesters to leave, and they left about 20 minutes after the funeral started. Mahoney reported that there was applause from veterans and other crowd members when the protesters left.
After the funeral was over, one of the mourners commented on the irony of the protesters showing up at a soldier's funeral.
"They shouldn't protest the funeral for a man who was out there dying to protect the rights that they're demanding they receive," said Marvin Russell.
Russell said he thinks the soldier's family saw the protesters.
"I think it saddened them. They didn't say anything outright, but you could tell by the way they looked down that this was a sad thing to do. They're already in mourning, they don't need people like this to make it worse," Russell said.
Myers was buried with full military honors in Leavenworth National Cemetery. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
One of the protesters said the group is planning to picket other military funerals.
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mojav3
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4501842 - 08/05/05 10:16 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4501844 - 08/05/05 10:16 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Redstorm said:
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Phelps' Group Protests At Soldier's Funeral
"The protesters were so rude -- were disrespectful," said veteran Jim Fields.
"Do I like it? No, I don't. But what can you say, it's a free country," said veteran Dave Campbell.
I don't have anything to say about this quote...just wanted to quote it.
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Insurgents need to send an IED to Westboro Baptist Church. these people need to go to hell themselves cause they have apparently forgotten thier own faith that they peddle. Whatever happened to good will towards all men? Do onto others as you wish to be treated? Ignorant pieces of human garbage, i want to say more but enough ranting for now!
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: SgtBob]
#4501882 - 08/05/05 10:26 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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fuck those people
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4501885 - 08/05/05 10:26 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, those loonies did the same near here at a funeral at Fort Campbell a few months ago. Needless to say, the response of the people (both military and civilian) was overwhelmingly negative. These people (Phelp's group, that is) are truly fucked in the head...
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4501898 - 08/05/05 10:29 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Redstorm said:
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Phelps' Group Protests At Soldier's Funeral
"They shouldn't protest the funeral for a man who was out there dying to protect the rights that they're demanding they receive"
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4501899 - 08/05/05 10:29 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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stupid man no matter what the cause they where still soldiers
plus dont they realize if it where not for them there would be a draft.. dumb asses some people are truly stupid
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DNKYD
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4502029 - 08/05/05 10:51 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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What the fuck is wrong with religious people?
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4502046 - 08/05/05 10:55 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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That Phelps asshole is a piece of shit.
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dblaney
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4502073 - 08/05/05 10:59 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Some people are just so deluded, it's not even funny, just sad. For fuck's sake...if 'God' is pissed at America, then he'll let us know! We don't need some nutjobs to tell us how 'He' feels.
-------------------- "What is in us that turns a deaf ear to the cries of human suffering?" "Belief is a beautiful armor But makes for the heaviest sword" - John Mayer Making the noise "penicillin" is no substitute for actually taking penicillin. "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it." -Abraham Lincoln
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Turd
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4502085 - 08/05/05 11:01 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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this place is like frickin fox news.... can we be safe SOMEWHERE from pointless news that is reported simply to tug at people's emotions and get you blindly involved in something so trivial that it should be completely ignored?
giving these people exposure is exactly the wrong thing to do....
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Bobo
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4502087 - 08/05/05 11:01 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Why you gotta be hatin' on folks?
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Redstorm
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Turd]
#4502110 - 08/05/05 11:06 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Turd said: this place is like frickin fox news.... can we be safe SOMEWHERE from pointless news that is reported simply to tug at people's emotions and get you blindly involved in something so trivial that it should be completely ignored?
giving these people exposure is exactly the wrong thing to do....
Comparing this thread to Fox News is ridiculous, and shows a lack of intelligence and critical thinking skills by the previous poster.
It doesn't matter whether they are ignored or not; what they want is God's favor, not media time. Anyways, I believe the more people who know about this nonsense, the better. At least that way, people aren't suprised to see it.
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creamrocks
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Bobo]
#4502119 - 08/05/05 11:07 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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i don't watch the news anymore. there's too much bad shit going on in the world today.
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Redstorm
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Turd]
#4502121 - 08/05/05 11:07 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I would love to go to a funeral of one of your relatives with a group of protestors shouting about how he or she is on their way to hell.
Would that seem trivial to you?
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Bobo
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: creamrocks]
#4502137 - 08/05/05 11:10 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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creamrocks said: i don't watch the news anymore. there's too much bad shit going on in the world today.
Yes, let's all become turtles, then. That's the best solution, methinks.
Maybe your information sources and the tone and style of the presentation is what's bothering you?
Or maybe you want a cheap way out so you don't have to stay informed. It's real easy to drop out with a popular nonsensical justification. That way you can just condemn all of it without really understanding "The News."
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creamrocks
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Bobo]
#4502160 - 08/05/05 11:15 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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exactly
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Turd
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Re: What the fuck is wrong with the world? [Re: Redstorm]
#4502168 - 08/05/05 11:17 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Redstorm said: I would love to go to a funeral of one of your relatives with a group of protestors shouting about how he or she is on their way to hell.
Would that seem trivial to you?
if I was at a funeral where they showed up I would fucking ignore them, which is exactly what I would want my friends and family to do if they showed up at my funeral.
These people are making a fuss. They are picketing. What is the point of whining and bitching and picketing? Do you think these people are hoping to get god's attention with poorly painted signs? No, they are trying to get people to turn their heads and take notice.
What is the point of posting this here. This effects NOBODY. Sure, it effects you if you let it, but what's the point of that? Who is helped by you or anyone else fighting these people? They are blind idiots who are too dumb to realize how wrong they are. It's not like anybody is going to convince them they are wrong. So what else can you do? Hurt them? Jail them? Yah, I'd like to see anyone justify that.
Not every idiot in this world needs to have something done about them.
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#4502185 - 08/05/05 11:21 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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