Re: [OT] WBC and one state's response


"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Chuck Stevens" <charles.stevens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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According to my sources, as of April 17, bills criminalizing protests at
funerals were either under consideration or had been passed in thirty-two
states, and already had the force of law in nine (Arkansas, Indiana,
Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Virginia and
Wisconsin). At the national level, S-2452 and HR-5037 have been
introduced into the Senate and House respectively; I don't know where
they stand.

However, as the WBC website states, they have expanded their protests to
include hospitals and rehabilitation centers serving the military.

As the number of states in which laws such as these are enacted
proliferates, I suspect their emphasis will shift more toward their
efforts to demoralizing those who have been seriously injured in the
Middle East wars by rejoicing in their injuries and away from
demoralizing the families of those who have already been killed in the
service of their country in those wars.

Don't you have treason laws in the US?

Surely attempts to demoralize the troops during a state of War must be
treason? In the U.K. it still carries the death penalty, although it is
extremely unlikely it would be carried out.

'Twould indeed be nice if such laws could be applied in this case. But
remember that pretty much the entire adult contingent of the Phelps clan
makes their living as lawyers, and I think it likely that at least some of
their resources have come from successful lawsuits against those they deem
have persecuted them for their religious practices. This is an area in
which the prosecution must have an absolutely airtight case or the Phelps'
will almost certainly turn it around.

I reckon the approach would be to ask this family (nicely) to cease and
desist. If they didn't, offer them a choice:

a. Beheading.
b. Submersion three times by the tide.
c. Hanging, drawing and quartering.
d. Shut the *** up.

I suspect that 'd' would be the elected option. If it wasn't, and they
want to be martyrs, martyr them. The world would be a better place without
this lot.

I keep thinking some group of rogue veterans is going to succeed in blowing
up the compound and everything and everyone in it. The one attempt that has
been made was not successful (I think it put some dents in their van), and
they've made a lot of hay over that attack on their website as well.

It's not that I'm vindictive or bloodthirsty, it's not that I don't think
they have a right to their opinion, or even to voice it

Alas, that's not the way it works here.

I just can't abide bad manners...

Everyone has the right to behave as boorishly as they like. And good
manners are difficult to legislate ...

-Chuck Stevens


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