What a Wonderful World
I've been reticent to discuss the war. It's well-covered elsewhere and it's not the key focus of what I've been writing here. However, when something happens in your own back yard, sometimes you can't help but stop and stare at the pure idiocy of it all.
The Westboro Baptist Church yesterday staged a demonstration advertised on their site here at the funeral of Staff Sgt. Jeremy W. Doyle. Apparently, they go all over the country crashing funerals protesting against the US government and its open acceptance of homosexuality. They blame that for the soldier's deaths and of course seem to think that the soldier's deserve what they get. So this isn't your typical garden-variety Marxist war protest. It's more a fringe of the fringe.
Now, one of the wonders of this country is that we are all free to speak our mind and share our opinions in an open forum. I am the first to suggest that even the most retarded opinions be aired in the light of day, so that we may all laugh at them for how ridiculous they are. I even defend the right of these morons to say what they believe anywhere they choose to say it. I also defend the right of grieved mourners at one of these funerals to beat the ever loving sh!t out of one or more of the protestors.
There is a time and a place for everything, and speaking ill of the deceased at their own funeral doesn't work if you're a jilted ex, a crass and uncouth uncle, or a dumbass freak from Westboro Baptist. And please, don't even associate this clan of freaks with real Baptists. There's a special spot in hell being prepared for them at the all-night 28 hour a day cineplex which features Hudson Hawk back to back with Ishtar.
Apologies again, sometimes you just have to look at the scary dog show and yell for others to come gawk along with you.
I've been reticent to discuss the war. It's well-covered elsewhere and it's not the key focus of what I've been writing here. However, when something happens in your own back yard, sometimes you can't help but stop and stare at the pure idiocy of it all.
The Westboro Baptist Church yesterday staged a demonstration advertised on their site here at the funeral of Staff Sgt. Jeremy W. Doyle. Apparently, they go all over the country crashing funerals protesting against the US government and its open acceptance of homosexuality. They blame that for the soldier's deaths and of course seem to think that the soldier's deserve what they get. So this isn't your typical garden-variety Marxist war protest. It's more a fringe of the fringe.
Now, one of the wonders of this country is that we are all free to speak our mind and share our opinions in an open forum. I am the first to suggest that even the most retarded opinions be aired in the light of day, so that we may all laugh at them for how ridiculous they are. I even defend the right of these morons to say what they believe anywhere they choose to say it. I also defend the right of grieved mourners at one of these funerals to beat the ever loving sh!t out of one or more of the protestors.
There is a time and a place for everything, and speaking ill of the deceased at their own funeral doesn't work if you're a jilted ex, a crass and uncouth uncle, or a dumbass freak from Westboro Baptist. And please, don't even associate this clan of freaks with real Baptists. There's a special spot in hell being prepared for them at the all-night 28 hour a day cineplex which features Hudson Hawk back to back with Ishtar.
Apologies again, sometimes you just have to look at the scary dog show and yell for others to come gawk along with you.
posted by Rob Beck | 6:01 PM
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