Hey Canada, you better repent, those Westboro looneys are headed your way

[trekgeezer]

It's a shame they're coming to protest at the funeral of that poor kid who was decapitated on the Greyhound.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2008/08/07/6372186-sun.html

[Patient7]

Yes, I'm sure God just told that guy to ruthlessy murder a young man, then taunt everyone around him, that sounds a lot like what Jesus preached.

[indianasmith]

That particular bunch of loonies drives me nuts.  Sadly, too many people see them and think all Christians are like that, when every Christian I know (myself included) thinks they need to be locked in a rubber room!

[Newt]

What a bunch of sad, nasty, twisted people.  I hope they find a better path to peace, since the one they are on now seems less than effective.  The shame of it as it stands is that they are inflicting their own torment on other people.

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[Patient7]

the are inflicting their own torment on other people.

Exactly what Jesus preached.

[Newt]

the are inflicting their own torment on other people.

Exactly what Jesus preached.

Really Patient7?  That was not my understanding: but it is possible that my education falls short in that area.

[AndyC]

Actually, I think Jesus' thing was taking other people's torment onto himself, so they've almost got it right. 

Seriously, God is punishing the Canadian Supreme Court by having a nut on a bus kill and defile a stranger sitting next to him? I guess the lord really does move in mysterious ways, because I can't make any sense of that.

Besides, I thought decapitating people in public was more of a Muslim fundamentalist thing. Unless he was the first born in his family, then it would be more of a Jewish thing. I'm not sure what a suitable wrath of God would be for Christian extremists. I didn't see seven heads on the killer. Maybe he was trying to add more, I don't know. Did anybody hear if the victim had feet of clay?

[Patient7]

the are inflicting their own torment on other people.

Exactly what Jesus preached.

Really Patient7?  That was not my understanding: but it is possible that my education falls short in that area.

Whoops, I forgot to add: 

[Newt]

Whoops, I forgot to add: 

=WHEW= - that's a relief!  Thought for a moment we had hit a sore spot with you.
Of course, the scary thing now is that your humour seems to resemble my own.

[Patient7]

Whoops, I forgot to add: 

=WHEW= - that's a relief!  Thought for a moment we had hit a sore spot with you.
Of course, the scary thing now is that your humour seems to resemble my own.

(in Buddhist Monk voice) Yes, it is the easily misread sarcasm that binds us all.

[Jack]

Let's hope these folks don't realize they need a passport to get back into the US until after they're out of the country 

[Newt]

Let's hope these folks don't realize they need a passport to get back into the US until after they're out of the country 

Well thanks loads, eh?
(Hmmm...could be the start of a whole new 'service' industry in Canada: unclaimed looney storage.)

[Raffine]

Phelps' daughter, Shirley Phelps-Roper, said ". . . your filthy ways have brought wrath upon your head".

As B.C. cartoonist Johnny Hart would say: Westboro Baptist Church members got senses of humor! 

[sprite75]

Maybe the Canadians will arrest them.  One can only hope...

[AndyC]

Maybe the Canadians will arrest them.  One can only hope...

Well, the RCMP have been known to break out the pepper spray at demonstrations. I wouldn't fault them for it in this case.