tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post8599440372907129636..comments2024-03-19T03:18:54.509-06:00Comments on Hot Chicks Dig Smart Men: Westboro Baptist Church and The First AmendmentJaniecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06223994862015217811noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-10483048304391753622010-04-07T18:47:39.200-06:002010-04-07T18:47:39.200-06:00Mail a contribution to Gay Mens Health Crisis or s...Mail a contribution to Gay Mens Health Crisis or similar in the name of the WBC. <br /><br />I understand a fair bit has been collected at WBC protests for this purpose.Warner (aka ntsc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12924176333302007261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-61237229145034612202010-04-07T14:38:58.967-06:002010-04-07T14:38:58.967-06:00Welcome, beemodern. That's a great idea, and v...Welcome, beemodern. That's a great idea, and very timely.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-14738125244499894002010-04-07T14:19:34.413-06:002010-04-07T14:19:34.413-06:00My 7th grade teacher, Dave Rogers in Monitor, WA (...My 7th grade teacher, Dave Rogers in Monitor, WA (I'm still in love with him 40 years later), explained individual rights to us by standing in front of the classroom with a student on each side of him. He extended his arms and fists straight out to his sides until they barely touched the two students and he said, "This is where your individual rights as an American ends; where the next person begins." I never forgot the visual and it was very easy to understand.beemodernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180046342466780318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-22743184582077021992010-04-06T22:01:15.834-06:002010-04-06T22:01:15.834-06:00Janiece, that's an interesting article. It see...Janiece, that's an interesting article. It seems he more-or-less concurs with my layman's opinion (not that he's actually, you know, seen it :D), but that the issue is sadly more complicated than I thought.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009443419018619462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-25154433622318815352010-04-06T20:47:23.682-06:002010-04-06T20:47:23.682-06:00Hi Darren.
You make a good point, and I do under...Hi Darren. <br /><br />You make a good point, and I do understand what you're trying to say. I simply don't have the chops to comment on the legal aspects of the case, but Eric, who's actually an attorney, does. You can find his thoughtful (and thought provoking) post <a href="http://shouldersofgiantmidgets.blogspot.com/2010/04/westboro-baptist-church-vs-people.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />I'll update my entry with this link, as well.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-70346950467733919362010-04-06T18:26:39.403-06:002010-04-06T18:26:39.403-06:00I don't know. I'm generally the first to e...I don't know. I'm generally the first to espouse that "I despise what you say, but I'll fight to the death to defend your right to say it."<br /><br />On the other hand, free speech does -- and should -- have limits. Those limits are the same ones that apply to any freedom: yours ends where mine starts.<br /><br />If the Westboro Asshats want to protest on public property, despite the offensiveness of their message, yes they have that right. But when they spread their messages of hate in a way that's calculated to be in-the-face of a grieving family -- that's harassment.<br /><br />Those family members have a right to grieve in peace as well, and when protestors behave in a way that deprives those families of that right, they've overstepped the bounds of their own rights.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009443419018619462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-7872127733463940982010-04-06T15:20:52.632-06:002010-04-06T15:20:52.632-06:00Singing--
"The lunatic is in my head...
The ...Singing--<br /><br /><i>"The lunatic is in my head...<br />The lunatic is in my head.<br />You raise the blade,<br />You make the change<br />You rearrange me 'til I'm sane.<br />You lock the door, and throw away the key;<br />There's someone in my head,<br />But it's not me."</i><br /><br />Ah, quoting Pink Floyd lyrics with exaggerated profundity! It's like I'm in eighth grade all over again! Only fatter and with less acne!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-26769163576894887792010-04-06T12:53:41.132-06:002010-04-06T12:53:41.132-06:00"Being Janiece Murphy" now playing at a ..."Being Janiece Murphy" now playing at a theater near you!The Mechanicky Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301818656158916179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-62307356047264528382010-04-06T12:31:14.291-06:002010-04-06T12:31:14.291-06:00Great. Brain surgery.
JIM, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT...Great. Brain surgery.<br /><br />JIM, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-24772442009391315022010-04-06T12:24:10.371-06:002010-04-06T12:24:10.371-06:00Janiece, I can help get him out of there.
::shar...Janiece, I can help get him out of there. <br /><br />::sharpens tools::neurondochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155027993661209263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-26236175799335998662010-04-06T08:48:58.838-06:002010-04-06T08:48:58.838-06:00JIM, GET OUT OF MY BRAIN.JIM, GET OUT OF MY BRAIN.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112925820320944611.post-1574905668053319502010-04-06T08:20:13.869-06:002010-04-06T08:20:13.869-06:00Well, as long as I'm inside your head...let...Well, as long as I'm inside your head...let's poke around and see what else you've got I might want.<br /><br />Poke<br /><br />poke pokeJim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.com