I tried to read the WBC Wikipedia page to figure out what, exactly, their deal is, and I started to become almost physically ill.
Yeah, um, don't do that.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
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tommyrot - Jan 11, 2011 10:39:22 am PST #12895 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Connie Neil - Jan 11, 2011 10:40:10 am PST #12896 of 30000
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Shouldn't they be too busy celebrating that there's one fewer Catholic in the world?
No, their raison d'etre seems to be protesting that God hasn't gotten rid of enough of "those" sorts. "Those" meaning people not like them. IE, nearly everyone.
They are baffling in their batshit insanity. One wonders how they manage to transport themselves from place to place.
DCJensen - Jan 11, 2011 10:41:30 am PST #12897 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Sewers.
erin_obscure - Jan 11, 2011 10:49:48 am PST #12898 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Okay, I tried to read the WBC Wikipedia page to figure out what, exactly, their deal is, and I started to become almost physically ill.
If you're gonna look at that page, scroll down to the bottom and the "counter protests" section. It's by far the best (and least horrifying) part of the article. Some of the examples are actually pretty awesome.
Ginger - Jan 11, 2011 10:53:53 am PST #12899 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I would like to report for the record that a garden spade is a highly inadequate tool for driveway shoveling. I finally just cleared off the end, which is always the slipperiest.
SailAweigh - Jan 11, 2011 10:54:09 am PST #12900 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
DCJ, glad to hear you and the new truck are okay. I'ma send out more car~ma! It's not helping yet!
Barb - Jan 11, 2011 10:54:13 am PST #12901 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Sewers.
I'd think the rats would protest.
smonster - Jan 11, 2011 10:57:27 am PST #12902 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
If I believed in hell, I would believe that the Devil is building a special new section, just for the WBC.
Wow, I'm sleeping a lot. The sore throat has been replaced by snot, mostly, and I still don't really have an appetite, though I am eating what I can.
Laga - Jan 11, 2011 12:01:27 pm PST #12903 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
If you really want to learn more about the WBC, I found Keith Allen's documentary to be very good. It's hard not to be physically ill but his approach helps.
Trudy Booth - Jan 11, 2011 12:26:38 pm PST #12904 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think its time to start ignoring Westboro Baptist.
Stop giving a shit if they yell outside a funeral, you know? Sure its a dick thing to do but doesn't make anyone any more dead, its disrespectful as hell but it doesn't make that day any worse or the loss any more profound. Ignore them. They want attention and we're all giving it to them.
I would love to see networks and newspapers announce en masse that this is not newsworthy and they're not going to discuss it any more.