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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:46 PM Original message |
Atheists Sue Over Road Crosses For Troopers Killed In Line Of Duty |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. The atheists need to get the stick out of their collective asses.... |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So every activist is supposed to work on the same issue |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yeah, let;s just wait until the religionists volunteer to quit... |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Especially state-sponsored god-graffiti |
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meg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Perhaps you need to drop the fig leaves |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Ahem. |
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meg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
200. oops |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
263. Would you mind clueing me in as to what the pentagram stands for? |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. You heard |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. that "stick" is YOUR cross! And we are tried of it being up our ass! |
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SammyBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
101. They have no standing. This is going to be laughed out of court. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #101 |
262. So exactly who would have standing, Your Honor? |
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Rufus T. Firefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. All this does is give the right-wing more ammo. |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. My feeling exactly... as most atheists are liberals.. but its just going |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. If it is flame bait |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. But but but... if you choose to celebrate life in a different way... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Evidently. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Those cheap & gaudy fake flowers are not the WASP way to go. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Not flame bait from my view, I posted it because |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
116. The difference between the Sheehan crosses and these... |
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wixomblues (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #116 |
136. Public funds? |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #136 |
146. I agree. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #136 |
159. The nonprofit Utah Highway Patrol Association |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 06:33 PM Response to Reply #159 |
260. It's still unconstitutional. Just as when Judge Roy Moore paid for the 10 |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #136 |
264. There are few folks who represent the state more directly than police |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Liberals are godless? |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Totally ridiculous |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
176. What does a cross mean? |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. The symbol should depend on the individual. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
150. As it does at Punchbowl national cemetery. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
219. Right on! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. I guess it's impossible for a Jew or Muslim to be a trooper in Utah. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. I wouldn't doubt it's impossible |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. this is gonna be interesting reading all the posts that trash |
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meg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Good point. |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:12 PM Original message |
I know - I guess I didn't realize that good 'liberals' are supposed to |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. The atheists are WRONG |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Breaking! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Riiiight |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
104. That's exactly what you said. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #104 |
123. That's your persecution mentality |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #104 |
199. Stop putting words in his mouth. Who's rhetoric is worse now? |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
62. i have problems with the govt assuming everybody is christian |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Who said that's what's happening? |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. the majority of people in every state are christian I am sure.. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #74 |
91. You know what they say about assuming |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. If there is not the assumption that everyone is Christian, then why |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
90. Form a non-profit |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #90 |
102. I don't feel the need to shove my beliefs off on everyone else |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #102 |
112. But you are |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Christians can claim their religion all they want |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #113 |
119. Hotel rooms are not generally "public" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. That's what I meant |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #119 |
128. When the hell did I talk about motels? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. Way up above.. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. But that person isn't me n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. You came in at the middle act |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #134 |
144. Sorry, replied to the wrong post. n/t |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #133 |
198. You really have me pegged don't you? STFU and listen. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #198 |
266. I hear the Marriott properties have the Book of Mormon in the rooms. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #113 |
127. Again, start with Camp Casey |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #127 |
132. "First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Nobody is coming for anybody |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. OK |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #139 |
148. You're just grasping at straws |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. So if I started an Anarchy group |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #153 |
156. For the public good? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. The crosses are for the public good? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #157 |
162. Honoring Those Who Sacrificed Their Lives |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #162 |
165. I still don't get it |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. How does any memorial? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #137 |
143. "Crosses" in Arlington |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #143 |
149. They're religious |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #149 |
154. Did you really look at them. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. It's a belief system |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. I am not even getting into this argument |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #163 |
169. It was on a public roadside |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #169 |
193. Yes |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #158 |
170. I worked for |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #170 |
172. That's ridiculous |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #172 |
185. Some |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #143 |
274. The atheist symbol they have is pretty cool. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #137 |
261. Have Jews lost anything? Moslems? Buddhists? Sikhs? |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #127 |
152. If I'm not mistaken .. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #152 |
166. This isn't about those crosses |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #166 |
177. No one |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #102 |
218. Heh, and I'll bet you don't feel the need to overgeneralize, either, |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
75. "Atheists don't have any right to remove every religious symbol |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
92. Start at Camp Casey |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. Did you just call me an asshole? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #98 |
107. I don't know |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #107 |
115. They are freakin' dead!! What good does puttting a stick in gound do? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. Then why do you care what the stick is??? |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #115 |
130. And I would ask: What harm does it do? |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #107 |
164. So.. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #164 |
173. Hey, it's not my tradition |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #107 |
204. Sandnsea....unless these state troopers were CRUCIFIED... |
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mattomjoe (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #98 |
121. Crosses at Arlington-- |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #121 |
145. See #143 above n/t |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. Well, let's see if you are right |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #100 |
110. It is about honoring the dead |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. I think that is called a circular argument |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. Yes |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #118 |
124. Holy shit |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #124 |
131. Nine crosses don't demean ANYTHING |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. See #132 above n/t |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 07:27 PM Response to Reply #118 |
201. That response is a perfect example of why atheists must be so |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #201 |
254. Yes. Later on, when they want to put prayer in the schools... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
94. I'd sure hate to have a cross stuck where I bought the farm. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #94 |
228. Were any of those nine Jewish or Atheist? |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #228 |
233. I don't know. How about YOU? |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
265. Nobody is trying to remove "every religious symbol from the planet." |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:00 PM Original message |
This is just going too far |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
57. Yeah, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
93. Dumbest comment ever |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Just went to your |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. It wouldn't be different |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #97 |
109. Yeah well that was just a seat on a bus...petty shit n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #109 |
126. What right do you GAIN? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #126 |
205. Do you feel the same about the 10 commandments being |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
257. Not me, I don't have enough time. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Um... if the troopers were Christians, then they should be |
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satireV (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. What if the LEO was an atheist or Wiccan? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Then they wouldn't need to put up anything OR put up |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Those troopers are not Christian...they are DEAD! |
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satireV (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. If it is NOT for the people driving down the road.... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
208. To memorialize the dead person. |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:31 AM Response to Reply #208 |
220. "some of you people are just as intolerent of religion...." |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. Why should they have crosses? |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
190. Uh, huh. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #190 |
223. Sometimes I am |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Then their families should have the right to request the symbol they prefe |
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satireV (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Who do you think would sue me if I wanted a Darwin Fish put up for a dead |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. First, lose a relative on the highway. |
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satireV (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
69. My entire family was killed by a drunk truck driver on I-20. |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #69 |
89. I'm sorry for your loss, and grateful for your ability... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. Do Atheist care about other than atheism? - If it hurts getting rights for |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. *snort* |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I will fight for my rights, regardless of the backlash. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. not quite the same as Rosa - but true of any right not currently given |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. I don't see them as mutually exclusive |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. We agree :-) |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
259. I wish you would answer your own question . . . |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
83. So. Are you saying |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #83 |
99. Please See #59 Jokerman comment |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is stupid and wrong |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
86. Yeah, we on the left have such a stellar reputation. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #86 |
117. lol.... no kidding |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #86 |
247. Our reputation sucks |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
105. I hesitate to post this |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:36 AM Response to Reply #105 |
221. Athiests (and others) do this every single day on DU and elsewhere |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #221 |
225. I find the fact that people get pissed about the X |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #225 |
236. I'm not pissed off, and I haven't used ad hominem attacks. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #236 |
238. I'm didn't say you were |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #238 |
244. I see your point, but regarding the use of "X," "Gawd," |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #244 |
285. Nice turn of a phrase at the end of the post. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #105 |
246. I get off calling these people idiots because they are |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #246 |
249. Agree with ya there. But Not all Atheists are Idiots of Course, But the |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #249 |
251. Exactly most Atheists are not idiots |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #246 |
268. So what are the fights to pick then? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:47 PM Response to Reply #268 |
271. Not every fight is worth fighting |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:22 AM Response to Reply #271 |
272. But the erosion of liberty is a slow process |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #272 |
273. You will not be able to do anything to stop that loss |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #273 |
286. You and I are just very different on our views of social change. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, unless the trooper in question wasn't a Christian |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is even dumber than that fucking self promoting idiot Michael Newdow |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Yeah, Michael Newdow, Enemy of the People. |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
71. All that stupid shithead wants to do is make money.... |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
84. Oh for fucks sake!! |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #84 |
151. Please... the guy is an arrogant lying piece of crap. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #151 |
202. Deleted message |
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203. Deleted message |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
96. Really? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
106. Take a class on the constitution |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #106 |
155. They're recognizing dead cops. Not dead Christians. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #155 |
160. Seriously, I am fucking sick of this Arlington straw man |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #160 |
184. You rabid antitheists are as bad as any "fundies" on the planet. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #184 |
195. Nice ad hom |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:02 AM Response to Reply #160 |
230. There are MANY other national cemeteries that DO use crosses. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #230 |
232. The point may still stand |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #232 |
237. Personally, I think a police shield erected by the state would be better. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #237 |
239. And you know that how? |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #239 |
242. If you will read EXACTLY what I said, it was a probability statement. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #242 |
243. I don't feel like doing the research either |
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Nickdfresh (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #160 |
267. No, actually.. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #267 |
269. *Huge fucking head slap* |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #269 |
281. So are you saying Cindy Sheehan was wrong? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #281 |
283. It seriously took you 4 days to come up with that argument? |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #267 |
278. Welcome to DU, Nick! |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. As an atheist I think this is ridiculous. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
70. if they were Jews. Muslins. or Buddhists I am sure they would |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
140. They .. the extreme religious right .. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:14 AM Response to Reply #140 |
217. Now THAT would piss me off. |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:12 AM Response to Reply #70 |
216. I don't care about the assholes it pisses off either. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. The cross is offensive and shouldn't be on public land |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Offensive is a pretty relevant term |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. In some states, yes |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
255. How about a sign that says "DANGER"? |
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MostlyLurks (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
141. Is there a Constituational right to be free from religion? n/t |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #141 |
256. Yep. First Amendment. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. Are they really an Atheist group or a Christian wacko group trying |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. My thoughts exactly. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. It smells like Rove to me. It's another staw man to keep the Christian |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. If appropriate symbols are used for troopers of other religions... |
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DougieZero (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. agreed |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. I agree :-) |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 09:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
206. If I drop dead on your tree-belt... |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. What does the ACLU have to do with this case? |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. My apologies. I skimmed the story too fast. |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. No problem. BTW I agree completely with your post (#33) |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. I am for the separation of church and state, especially in Utah, |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
47. This is the kind of stuff that makes people hate the left. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Delete - this post was factually inaccurate. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. It matters that they are associated with "the left". |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. But it is a big distinction. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. So? We should pander to the right to make them happy? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. If we fight over petty, yet emotional stuff such as this, we may lose |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Well, the guys who wrote the first amendment seemed to think so. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. yeah, fuck the constitution and principle, can't have any of that |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'd have much more sympathy if, say, a Jewish or Hindu LEO was |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
58. are these the "kommunists for kerry"? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. "Congress shall make NO law regarding the establishment of religion.." |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. Is this a law and did congress make it? (nt) |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Doesn't matter. The Constitution supercedes local laws. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Again though, is it a law? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. The constitution is the law. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #88 |
179. But a non-profit organization is putting them up |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #179 |
183. The cops are a branch of government. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #82 |
181. The state of California has infringed my right to keep and bear arms |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. Are you in a "well regulated militia"? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #182 |
186. Yes, the Unorganized Militia of the state of California |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. Who is it that regulates said militia? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #189 |
192. Go read the link I provided |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #189 |
258. You are misunderstanding what "regulated" means. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
178. Issue is whether or not a specific situation establishes state religion |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #178 |
187. The case has been argued..many times..about states rights. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #187 |
188. The argument will never end |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:50 PM Response to Reply #188 |
191. Suits me. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #178 |
210. News Flash |
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montana500 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
79. This is pointless crap. |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
80. well, my question is. . . |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
87. Imagine if that anger was directed at the church |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 07:43 AM Response to Reply #87 |
222. What's even better to imagine is not lumping a group of people together, |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #222 |
229. Funny thing is I go to church and I didn't take offense to what I wrote |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #87 |
231. Two things. |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
103. I don't think memorials should be |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #103 |
142. Actually we put up warning signs |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #142 |
168. I don't like seeing them |
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The Whiskey Priest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
108. That is just more stupidity |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
114. What is the definition of offensive |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
125. And also another thing |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
129. I had a discussion with someone on alt.atheist once about this |
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Hyernel (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
147. I smell something fishy... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
161. I am an atheist, but I have no problem with religious commemorations of |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
171. This Is A 100% Totally Retarded Completely Wrong Lawsuit |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #171 |
211. Retarded? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #211 |
215. Are there any non christian slain officers? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #215 |
226. Why |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #226 |
252. It isn't a violation of that clause, and I bet the courts will agree. Also |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #252 |
253. Pay attention to what I am saying before arguing |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #215 |
234. And by the way |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
174. The headline sounds like Rush made it up on an Oxycontin trip |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
175. This entire thread reminds me of why I sometimes hate GD. n/t |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
180. I think these kinds of lawsuits are important |
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Lannes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
194. Playing devil's advocate here |
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Lannes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #194 |
213. Not one answer from the atheist contingent at DU? |
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GOPFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #213 |
245. Chuckle |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:46 PM Response to Reply #213 |
270. Atheism isn't a religion. |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #194 |
275. Most atheists don't endorse symbols. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
196. We're so inured to the "slippery slope"... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #196 |
212. Isn't this a sign of the theocracy |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:34 PM Response to Reply #212 |
214. Got news for ya: this IS an xian country |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:45 AM Response to Reply #214 |
227. I think we are on the same side |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
197. Oh, Jesus, what in God's name do they think they are doing? |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
207. As I posted in LBN - Utah only allows 3 types of road side memorials |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:32 AM Response to Reply #207 |
293. so in that case |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
224. What's next? Suing over the crosses in national cemetaries? NT |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #224 |
235. Jesus Fucking Christ |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #235 |
240. Not incorrectly, and notice I didn't say Arlington. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #240 |
241. OK |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #224 |
277. Like these ones at Arlington? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #277 |
287. Maybe you'll remember |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #287 |
288. Dude I think your points have been made. Can we let this thread die now? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #288 |
289. I'm sorry, I'll take the gun away from your head |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
248. Interesting how they go from "atheists" to "The American atheists" |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
250. I have respect for all people and their religion or right to have none, |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
276. This problem could be solved very easily. |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #276 |
279. Or by simply using neutral tombstone markers. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #276 |
284. Actually that kind of trick has been done before. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #284 |
290. My point is that there are other possibilities |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #290 |
291. I have been arguing that pretty much the whole time |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:37 AM Response to Reply #291 |
292. I wonder if the parties involved tried to work out some such solution |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
280. I'm bookmarking this thread. |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
282. I'm an atheist, and I halfway agree... |
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