How we do it in Mississippi

Without this being moved into W&C, I can't adequately express my disgust with the WBC. Actually, that's not true. All the nasty expletives in all the languages of the word, including the dead languages, cannot express how ignorant and vile this conglomeration of scum is, so it doesn't matter if this is in W&C or not. Even if Mississippi is smack-dab in the middle of America's homophobe belt, it's good that they can at least agree on giving a fallen hero the respectful funeral he and his family deserve.
 
I completely disagree with everything WBC says and does. But, "A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business," is also an unacceptable abuse of police power. I also suspect that the very litigious WBC will sue over it and will win (bucause -- as much as it pains me to say it -- they are in the right on this one matter) and the city or county will end up making a generous contribution to WBC which is completely counter-productive.
 
I read once about one city that did defeat WBC. It seems that while the WBCers were asleep in their hotel rooms with visions of protesting dancing in their heads, everyone in the city who had a van or RV or big trailer or panel truck brought it and parked it along the funeral procession route and in front of the cemetary. Some of the parking was illegal, but the police are under no obligation to ticket for a parking offense. The WBCers could protest all they wanted as long as they stayed on the sidewalk... behind the wall of trucks. Residents wanting to honor the procession could illegally loiter in the street to do so; illegal, but, again, the police are not obligated to cite for it. WBCers who tried to loiter in the street, on the other hand, were handled differently, but legally.

In another city, many residents dressed for the funeral in angel costumes complete with huge wings. They stood wing-tip-to-wing-tip along the route. Perfect!

In another city, a local funeral director provided a hearse and they orgainized a decoy funeral. The WBCers ended up protesting an empty coffin. Perfect!
 
Gollnick said:
I read once about one city that did defeat WBC. It seems that while the WBCers were asleep in their hotel rooms with visions of protesting dancing in their heads, everyone in the city who had a van or RV or big trailer or panel truck brought it and parked it along the funeral procession route and in front of the cemetary. Some of the parking was illegal, but the police are under no obligation to ticket for a parking offense. The WBCers could protest all they wanted as long as they stayed on the sidewalk... behind the wall of trucks. Residents wanting to honor the procession could illegally loiter in the street to do so; illegal, but, again, the police are not obligated to cite for it. WBCers who tried to loiter in the street, on the other hand, were handled differently, but legally.

In another city, many residents dressed for the funeral in angel costumes complete with huge wings. They stood wing-tip-to-wing-tip along the route. Perfect!

In another city, a local funeral director provided a hearse and they orgainized a decoy funeral. The WBCers ended up protesting an empty coffin. Perfect!
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GREAT ideas! Just goes to prove the old saying, "There's more than one way to skin a cat!" (Now that I think about it... what an odd saying... why would anyone ever "skin" a cat?:confused::eek:)
 
Gollnick said:
I completely disagree with everything WBC says and does. But, "A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business," is also an unacceptable abuse of police power. I also suspect that the very litigious WBC will sue over it and will win (bucause -- as much as it pains me to say it -- they are in the right on this one matter) and the city or county will end up making a generous contribution to WBC which is completely counter-productive.
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I disagree, they were questioned in relation to a crime, it's perfectly legitimate for the police to do so. Had they wished, the police could have held them for 72 hours for psychiatric evaluation, lest they felt one of the miscreants might harm himself.
 
joe-bob said:
I disagree, they were questioned in relation to a crime, it's perfectly legitimate for the police to do so. Had they wished, the police could have held them for 72 hours for psychiatric evaluation, lest they felt one of the miscreants might harm himself.
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Give the judge credit for being a law school graduate. He's gonna see right through that.
 
Gollnick said:
I completely disagree with everything WBC says and does. But, "A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business," is also an unacceptable abuse of police power. I also suspect that the very litigious WBC will sue over it and will win (bucause -- as much as it pains me to say it -- they are in the right on this one matter) and the city or county will end up making a generous contribution to WBC which is completely counter-productive.
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Fair enough, but I'm sure the city took into account that legal action would probably follow. I suppose that sometimes, doing the right thing is more important than the consequences.
 
Let these bastard children try to come to my hometown. Pretty sure I can round up enough vets to handle them the way they should.
 
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