UV Stout 1, WBC 0

[RecoveringKinkoid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8nwr...eature=related

Oh, Sweet mercy, this is beautiful. 4 shitbirds from WBC show up with their "Thank God for dead students"signs, and a thousand students run them out of town. I read elsewhere that in their attempt to flee what could only be described as a rowdy mob, they turned their car down a dead end, got trapped, and got their car ALL fucked up. And amazingly, none of the cops saw anything, imagine that.

Check them out standing right on top of the WBC people, smoking like fiends around them and blowing smoke all over them. You know, I can't stand anything to do with smoking, but I am telling you I would have been proud stand shoulder to shoulder with these kids, a Lucky Strike dangling off my lip. I'd have probably been gagging like a rank amateur, but I've done it and counted myself to be in honored company.

Yeah, WBC enjoys freedom of speech and the right to free assembly. And so the hell does everyone else.

Props to you, Stout, heroes all.

Wow. Just...wow. WBC getting pwned to a soundtrack of Dropkick Murphys.

I...I think I need a cigarette.

[Amethyst Hunter]

That is AWESOME.

Seriously, one of these days the WBC jackasses are going to fuck with the wrong person(s) and REALLY get their asses handed to them on a platter...!

[Boozy]

You know what else would work?

Ignoring them.

They don't deserve the attention the public is giving them.

[Colchek]

AWESOME! I loved it when the cop was laughing too, heck, I can't blame him. I second the sentiment that some day, they're going to protest the wrong person/group, and seriously get a beat down.

[ArenaBoy]

You know what else would work?

Ignoring them.

They don't deserve the attention the public is giving them.

Easier said then done.

[Boozy]

What could be easier than ignoring something?

If only there were other world problems so easily solved.

[ArenaBoy]

What could be easier than ignoring something?

First, people are going to raise a stink about it. It's also insulting to those mourning the loss of a family member. How would you react, in all honesty if one of your family members was killed and WBC came to protest the funeral with the claims that said member was a "fag"? I know I wouldn't. It's insulting to the memories of the deceased and it just brings more misery for the family and friends. It's not that easy to ignore as you think. I have plenty of family members who served in the military at one point and I'd be quite upset if I had to see those people at my relatives funeral.


They're going to get the attention as long as they're at large. There's a journalist saying that one person's tragedy is a journalist's opportunity. And as long as this continues they're going to be reported and get that attention.

If only there were other world problems so easily solved.

You do realize that people tend to not let things go right?

[Sylvia727]

Ignoring them would work for their general protests, but it would not be an acceptable solution for specific examples. I know that if they protested the funeral of my loved one - say, one of my gay friends, or my cousin in the military - I would lose control. It would not the right answer, it would only fuel the fire, but I would not be strong enough to handle them desecrating my pain and the pain of my loved ones.

[Boozy]

Look, the WBC does this because it brings them publicity on a massive scale. Deny them that prize.

[ArenaBoy]

Look, the WBC does this because it brings them publicity on a massive scale. Deny them that prize.

Can you honestly deny them if they were at one of your relative's funerals doing this? In all seriousness?

[Boozy]

Can you honestly deny them if they were at one of your relative's funerals doing this? In all seriousness?

My family and I do not own and control a massive media conglomerate.

These families have every right to be pissed off, yell at them, and call the cops if necessary.

But why the hell is CNN there with cameras every time half a dozen nutjobs show up with signs? And why the hell are people watching it?

[ArenaBoy]

But why the hell is CNN there with cameras every time half a dozen nutjobs show up with signs? And why the hell are people watching it?

As I said earlier, "A person's tragedy is a journalist's opportunity." And people watch it because who knows, they might have family in the military and the added thought of WBC protesting a potential funeral is something said family might not want to endure?

[Boozy]

People can - and will - watch what they want.

I prefer to focus my attention on people who deserve it. And I do not support television stations that air this sensationalist, non-newsworthy crap.

[ArenaBoy]

People can - and will - watch what they want.

I prefer to focus my attention on people who deserve it. And I do not support television stations that air this sensationalist, non-newsworthy crap.

How is it not newsworthy? These are families of soldiers and said journalists do ask for permission.

Here's a story: When the war started in 2003, the first soldier based in my county was killed. Journalists were allowed to the funeral but they had to stay outside the church. One of the pictures taken was of the soldier's son, six years old at the time holding a stuffed animal and crying. They published it on the front page. The calls they got ranged from doing it to sell headlines, child pornography (Not joking), to praise for telling a point. The family had no qualms about the photo being published. They insisted on it too.

Point is, for all we know the families may have given permission to the media to air it in case the WBC do come. If anything it's the family's way of saying, "No one deserves this at a funeral. Do what you can to prevent them from coming to said funeral."

As for sensationalist, you have obviously forgotten the obscene amount of coverage the Anna Nicole Smith's death got and the amount of coverage Paris Hilton got when she was arrested.

[Boozy]

As for sensationalist, you have obviously forgotten the obscene amount of coverage the Anna Nicole Smith's death got and the amount of coverage Paris Hilton got when she was arrested.

But I didn't say I was okay with that either.

Perhaps I should not have used the term "non-newsworthy". Let's just say that I strongly suspect that the WBC would have dropped this crap long ago if it weren't for the media orgy.