Pope Guilty, everyone that believes in hell believes a large percentage of human beings will burn eternally there. That's the point of the place, I think. "There's a place called hell, full of fire and brimstone and cobwebs for all eternity" isn't a compelling religious argument.But "There's a place called hell, full of fire and brimstone, and the all-powerful, all-knowing creator of the universe is going to put you and billions of other people there to suffer for all of eternity" is a "compelling religious argument"?
You know who else believed in hell? That's right, Mother Theresa.Actually, she didn't.
Flunkie, no, what I said was I was a big fan of keeping people OUT of the place.How magnanimous. But I quoted you essentially word for word. That you also said something else, at some other point, is neither here nor there.
with your endless invective about who's going to burn in hellfire!There are plenty of links, spanning three usernames and eight years on the site, but of course no one is allowed to bring it up because much of it occurred under different names. It seems absurd to expect people to pretend that her extensive history of bomb-throwing invective doesn't exist, especially since it's clearly a wink-wink open secret.
Links, please.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 12:25 AM on June 11 [+] [!]
Well, there's policy, and then there's Blazecock Pileon policy. And if I don't like it I can fuck off, right?You don't think Dios would have been banned as well under the "get rid of everyone annoying" rubric you seem to be advocating?
Mr. Johns died trying to protect others, but he was KILLED because so many Americans were working so hard to protect the First Amendment Rights of this deranged shooter, countless others like him and the media monsters who make big money encouraging them. I am not backing down one inch from that stand unless you show me solid proof that what I wrote in the first paragraph was seriously mistaken.No offense, but are you fucking retarded? What do you think would have happened in 2003 if Karl Rove had been in charge of policing speech? Where would the country be today if all those right wingers calling liberals and Iraq war opponents traitors and stuff had had the law to back them up and had actually been able to silence their critics legally. Why do you assume the speech you like would be let through?
Also consider: the Free Republic folk. I've seen people joke about the "two minutes hate" in here, but interestingly, the whole point of the "two minutes hate" in 1984, ostensibly, was to let people get all that agita out of their systems so they wouldn't just mentally snap.That's not the case at all. The whole point of the two-minute hate was to increase hatred of the state's enemies. The point wasn't to hate, it was who was being hated: Emmanuel Goldstein, as a stand in for everything big-brother opposed. And the point wasn't to "relive stress" it was to amplify and extend anger by expressing it in a social setting.
Wednesday, January 21 -- the day after the inauguration -- 22-year-old Keith Luke goes on a rape and killing spree in his Boston neighborhood. He rapes and kills one woman, and kills the sister who tries to help her. He then goes out onto the street and shoots a passing homeless man. Police intercept him on his way to a local synagogue, where he tells them he intended to "kill as many Jews as possible during bingo night." He also tells investigators that he was fighting the extinction of the white race, and had stockpiled 200 round of ammunition to that end.from Orcinus
Tuesday, February 10 -- In Belfast, Maine, radioactive "dirty bomb" materials are found in home of James Cummings, who had been killed by his wife after years of domestic violence. Cummings was an admirer of Adolf Hitler; a large collection of Nazi memorabilia and a filled-out application for the National Socialist Movement were found on the scene.
Thursday, February 26 -- In Miramar Beach, FL, 60-year-old Dannie Baker walks into a neighboring townhouse where 14 Chilean students -- all in the US legally -- are gathered. He fires, killing two and wounding five. Those who know Baker describe him as a mentally ill man obsessed with the fear that immigrants are taking over the country.
Sunday, April 5 -- Budding white supremacist and recently discharged veteran Richard Popalowski shoots and kills three police officers following a standoff in Pittsburgh. They were responding to a domestic disturbance call. He believed they had been sent by the Obama Adminstration to take away his guns.
Tuesday, April 28 -- US Army Reservist Joshua Cartwright shoots and kills two sheriff's deputies in Fort Walton Beach, FL. His wife called police from the emergency room after he beat her. In the incident report, his wife reported that her husband believed the U.S. Government was conspiring against him, and was severely disturbed that Barack Obama had been elected President.
Wednesday, May 6 -- Stephen P. Morgan of Middletown, CT kills former NYU classmate Johanna Justin-Jinich, whom he had been harassing since at least 2007. A diary found in his belongings included an entry: "I think it's ok to kill Jews and go on a killing spree" and "Kill Johanna. She must Die." Justin-Jinich was Jewish, and the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor.
Sunday, May 31 -- Dr. George Tiller is shot to death while ushering at his Lutheran church in Wichita, KS. His killer, Scott Roeder, is captured by police within hours. Roeder is found to have ties to several violent right-wing groups, including the Montana Freemen and the Sovereign Citizen movement. He had also been committing acts of vandalism against abortion clinics for years, most recently just days before the assassination.
Wednesday, June 10 -- Well-known anti-Semitic blogger James Wenneker von Brunn walks into the national Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC and opens fire, killing a security guard. Von Brunn had been prominent in Holocaust denier circles for several decades, and considered Holocaust museums to be a crime against white history.
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posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 4:11 PM on June 10, 2009