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the_ignored
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 Posted - 11/06/2008 : 14:59:35
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It had to happen sooner or later. Is this kind of thing reportable?
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
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> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
Edited by - the_ignored on 11/06/2008 15:00:01
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Simon
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Posted - 11/06/2008 : 15:15:16 [Permalink]
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| This kind of thins IS reportable, if the secret service sees that; the 'tard just earned himself an investigation. These people definitively are on the better safe than sorry bandwagon. |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
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 Posted - 11/06/2008 : 15:15:20 [Permalink]
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Well, it's all done in the hypothetical, so I doubt it. But wow. People like that creep me out.
(And here is the answer, though it isn't clear when one is "president-elect"; however, since the Democrats have a significant control of Congress, I don't think it matters.) |
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Simon
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Posted - 11/06/2008 : 15:28:51 [Permalink]
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| I don't think he will be prosecuted; but I am pretty sure there will be an investigation of his sorry ass. |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
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the_ignored
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Posted - 11/06/2008 : 15:44:30 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
Are you all reading the same thing I am?
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How do you get that the poster hopes for assassination off that?
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From the contxt of the first four words said: There is still hope.
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
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Posted - 11/06/2008 : 16:59:08 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
| though it isn't clear when one is "president-elect" |
I thought this was all sorted out in the Constitutional Crisis thread. Obama will become president-elect on December 20th when the Electoral College votes. If he dies before then, his electoral voters will choose whoever they want, probably whoever the democratic party dictates. If he dies after, Biden becomes president.
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Actually, it's not so simple:| What if the candidate dies after the election but before the inauguration on Jan. 20? The 20th Amendment states that if the president-elect dies before beginning his term, then the vice president-elect assumes his or her spot. However, the point at which a candidate officially becomes "president-elect" is debatable. He or she definitely assumes the title after Jan. 6, when a joint session of Congress officially counts the Electoral College votes and declares a winner. But the shift could be said to occur immediately after the Electoral College vote. |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/06/2008 : 17:27:05 [Permalink]
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There was a thread on Greg Laden's blog, I think, about the hilarity of the formulation, "I don't want you to think I like X, but X." For example, "I don't want to sound like a racist, but [insert racist statement here]."
In this case, it is "I don't want people to think I want to see Obama killed, but I want to see Obama killed." It's a transparent smoke screen, utterly ridiculous.
And no, this isn't something that will come to anything. I mean sure, you can report it, but you don't want to run the risk of crying wolf. I think the Secret Service would want to see something a little more specific.
I don't think the guy who shouted "kill him!" at the Palin rally suffered any repercussions. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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Ricky
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 11/06/2008 : 18:36:32 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
As for the "there is still hope" part, they are hoping that Obama will not become president. They are not hoping that he will be assassinated, but that is certainly one way it could happen. |
It read to me like, "there is still hope, I might win the lottery." In other words, "I don't have any money or any way to make money, but this lottery ticket might possibly win." Just like the RR message reads, to me, "the only way Obama will not become President is if he is killed, so that's what I hope happens." It's a grasping-at-straws desire when there seems to be no other way out.
Now, perhaps the author is secretly hoping that Obama will drop dead of a heart attack, but how likely is that? No matter the method of death (with or without intelligent design - ha!) that person clearly dreams of Obama breathing his last breath before January 20th. The only way to help realize that dream (the only way out of the mess, the last "hope") is for action. Given the source, the most-likely "action" to be taken is prayer for God to "inspire" someone else do the dirty work. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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RR member hopes for Obama's assassination.
