ChairmanAgnostic
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Wed Aug-24-05 08:56 AM
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If UK can deport "hate" preachers, why can't we deport Robertson? |
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Or is his message so powerful that we want him to stay to prove to Americans that the rightist fundies are not just creepy but dangerous?
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Wed Aug-24-05 08:59 AM
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You can bet if it was a Dem Leader, they would be up on terrorist charges.
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Wed Aug-24-05 09:00 AM
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2. What's Robertson's homeland? |
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You can only kick out people that are foreigners in the UK.
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Wed Aug-24-05 09:16 AM
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4. Yep. He could be deported from the UK, but the US is stuck with him, |
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Wed Aug-24-05 10:14 AM
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7. Um...actually I think he is Canadian...... |
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Wed Aug-24-05 10:59 AM
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9. Is he? That would be the best news of the week |
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If we can confirm it, shall we start the clamour for him being tossed out?
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Wed Aug-24-05 11:18 AM
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11. Not quite...he was born in Virginia |
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Wed Aug-24-05 12:10 PM
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..I had heard differently years ago...
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:03 PM
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13. According to Wikipedia he is... |
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:06 PM
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14. He could be deported to the moon... |
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...or maybe to Mars...:evilgrin:
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Thu Aug-25-05 10:15 AM
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18. hey, stop with the lunar abuse |
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I happen to like our moon the way it is.
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getmeouttahere
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Wed Aug-24-05 09:01 AM
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3. Like BushCo would deport his buddy Robertson... |
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I don't want to live in the same country with these sub-humans.
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Wed Aug-24-05 09:20 AM
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5. nobody will take him... |
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Wed Aug-24-05 09:48 AM
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6. We give free speech much more leeway in our country |
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If you'd asked me in 1999 if this was a bad thing, I would have said yes. People like Pat Robertson should be kicked-out or silenced.
But since November 2000, I have come to jealously guard what little freedom we have left. I do not want to take that first step down the slippery slope that our government is now more eager than ever to exploit.
So, although it gives me great pain to say it, I have to defend Pat Robertson's right to spew his nastiness without government interference.
We need to concentrate our efforts on the corporate world. Get the companies that broadcast him to remove him. We need to use "market forces" to take out the trash.
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Wed Aug-24-05 10:31 AM
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Edited on Wed Aug-24-05 10:32 AM by kilo
The last thing we want is the government deciding what is hate speach or not.
I'm sure they would count "Bush Lied, people died" as a deportable offense.
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Eric J in MN
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Wed Aug-24-05 11:01 AM
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10. Because Pat Robertson is a citizen. (nt) |
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:14 PM
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15. damn. that is a great question! |
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Wed Aug-24-05 01:42 PM
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16. Name him an advisor to the Chad Navy. |
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Let them deal with him and is old wrinkled ass.
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Wed Aug-24-05 02:07 PM
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17. Because we have a Bill of Rights that the UK doesn't have |
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Even our lunatics are allowed to say what they want.
If Pat Robertson was kicked out for saying something that was considered seditious or traitorous, the current government could apply that same standard to the left.
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:00 AM
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19. We have a First Amendment and they don't |
ChairmanAgnostic
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:31 AM
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20. Anyway, we THINK we have a 1st amendment. (see Patriot II) |
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We shall see how long it lasts under Herr Busch.
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Thu Aug-25-05 11:45 AM
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21. Because the Brits are wrong in doing what they're doing? |
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Edited on Thu Aug-25-05 11:46 AM by tx_dem41
in an American perspective, at least.
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Thu Aug-25-05 12:42 PM
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22. Isn't he a natural born citizen? But, his words were a crime. We should |
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lock him up. We lock up people for no reason at all so why not lock up someone who has committed a crime?
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