If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.

Book ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Hil R. - Nov 10, 2011 4:21:51 am PST #5758 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I really hope McQueary is not coaching on Saturday, but it looks like the plan is that he will be.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 10, 2011 4:31:10 am PST #5759 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Oh, wonderful. Westboro Baptist is coming to protest at the Penn State football game on Saturday.

Is it wrong of me to hope they end up in the middle of a mob of drunk and angry football fans?

Seriously, though. This just gets worse and worse the more news that comes out. A life-long friend of mine teaches at Penn State, and he's just beyond appalled right now.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 10, 2011 4:32:44 am PST #5760 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

What exactly are the Westboro Baptist people for or against in this situation?


sarameg - Nov 10, 2011 4:33:53 am PST #5761 of 30001

They are for getting themselves in the media spotlight. No more, no less.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 10, 2011 4:33:56 am PST #5762 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

What exactly are the Westboro Baptist people for or against in this situation?

Anything that will give them a chance to file a lawsuit against someone. Of course, if they end up in the angry mob, they may not be capable of suing anyone afterwards.


Amy - Nov 10, 2011 4:37:49 am PST #5763 of 30001
Because books.

They are for getting themselves in the media spotlight. No more, no less.

Can there be anyone left in that congregation who was simply looking for a church community?


le nubian - Nov 10, 2011 4:39:10 am PST #5764 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Amy,

that is an extremely funny foundation for a Daily Show skit. Can you imagine someone looking for a church community, finds them by accident, and horror and hijinks ensue.


Theodosia - Nov 10, 2011 4:39:44 am PST #5765 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

If there was ever a group that deserved a chain-link-fence Freedom Zone a couple blocks from an event, it's the Westboro so-called Church.


amych - Nov 10, 2011 4:47:46 am PST #5766 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Can there be anyone left in that congregation who was simply looking for a church community?

It's my understanding that there basically isn't a congregation - its pretty much just the Phelps family and their lawsuits using the name "church" to look more like an actual respectable organization.


ChiKat - Nov 10, 2011 4:50:30 am PST #5767 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

If the campus police are sworn officers, they are real police, just working for a university rather than a city. I'd guess that a 911 call from campus would be routed to the campus police

This. I know at the U. of Alabama, the campus police are actually state troopers assigned to the university. The U is considered a state institution, so they get state troopers.