zbdent
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Wed Apr-18-07 10:01 AM
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How would having a ten-ton monument to the Ten Commandments have prevented |
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the guy from committing this atrocity?
I mean, there's always a big show about trying to get a ten-ton monument to the Ten Commandments on public grounds to "deter crime" ...
But the NRA psycho-nutwits always point to the signs on a door of a business saying "A sign will not deter a criminal intent on committing a crime" ... so how would posting the Ten Commandments on a place where criminals are unlikely to be hanging around ... miles away from where they live or intend to commit their crime ... stop a criminal if a sign on the targeted place of business wouldn't, either?
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Wed Apr-18-07 10:04 AM
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1. Nonsense. Of COURSE it would have prevented it. |
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Speed signs are posted on the nation's highways. That stops drivers from exceeding the speed limit, doesn't it? _________
At some point we just have to accept the sad fact that the Christian Right is comprised of mentally ill people who want to impose their private limitations onto public policy, an agenda for which they should be rejected, scorned, and hopefully institutionalized.
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Wed Apr-18-07 10:06 AM
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If the monument was there, baby Jebus would not be crying.
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Wed Apr-18-07 10:15 AM
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something for potential victims to hide behind I can't think of anything.
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The_Casual_Observer
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Wed Apr-18-07 10:19 AM
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4. Any excuse to erect an eyesore in the name of god & country. |
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Gives them the satisfaction of knowing they got one past you.
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Wed Apr-18-07 10:20 AM
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5. Only if they had dropped it on him from about 12 feet up |
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Wed Apr-18-07 10:21 AM
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6. Maybe Have FEMA Design it? |
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Nothing worse than having a ten ton monument fall over on someone
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Wed Apr-18-07 11:28 AM
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7. If the killer was not Jewish, Christian or Muslim then ... |
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... the Ten Commandments monument might have inspired someone to stone to death this heathen for disobeying the first commandment long before this.
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Wed Apr-18-07 11:51 AM
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8. maybe it could have fallen on him? nt |
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Wed Apr-18-07 12:01 PM
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9. Same way the death penalty has stopped murders |
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The monument would be hoisted up about 20 feet in the air and "alleged" criminals placed underneath. The commandments would then be dropped on the suspect. It would be easy to determine guilt or innocence from the shape of the splat.
This would have the added benefit of doing away with annoying appeals.
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Wed Apr-18-07 12:43 PM
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10. If it had a 50 caliber gun turrent on top, it would have stopped him! |
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Wed Apr-18-07 01:34 PM
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11. Because faith and religion are the answer to all problems |
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