Ground Zero Mosque - Tolerance, Racism or Comedy?

I believe we call that island "earth." I am sorry, sir, but that account is taken.

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Dost thou prate, rogue?
-Cassio

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Real things always push back.
-William James

Do you mean it will seem hypocritical because you are using ridiculous absolutes and overly broad generalizations to condemn ridiculous absolutes and overly broad generalizations?Hmm...All I can say is, for me there is only one true way to take the moral high ground. If you find a certain behavior deplorable, don't do it.

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Dost thou prate, rogue?
-Cassio

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Real things always push back.
-William James

Zoning ordinances do not violate the free exercise of religion.

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Dost thou prate, rogue?
-Cassio

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Real things always push back.
-William James

I've had a fat share of trips to trauma centers: I always start looking for the humor, because it helps.While being wheeled from the ER to a burn ward 40 years ago, I looked around at my sobbing mother, my solemn father, my appalled siblings trying not to gag at the smell of burnt flesh, and said, "I suppose you wonder why I called you all here."Of course, I was high as a kite on morphine--but my brother laughed, so I could, too.Later, when the black nurse came to change my sheets (they used plastic hoops to keep the top sheet off of me), she asked if I could get out of bed: "For you, sweet lips, anything," I replied.She rolled her eyes: "You white boys just love to parade around nekkid in front of a black woman!" It hurt like hell to get out of that bed and stretch my burns, but I managed it smiling.I loved that nurse. Amidst all the gloomy pusses, she was the best part of every day.

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Dost thou prate, rogue?
-Cassio

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Real things always push back.
-William James

Yeah, I'm way past that--it was 40 years ago I wasn't pretty to begin with, so no real harm done. Besides, the fantastic thing about morphine is that later you only remember the highs, not the miseries. I read about that: black ladies are an international treasure. The most formidable are black church ladies, and they are not to be trifled with.And anybody would tire of crispy white boys all the time.

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Dost thou prate, rogue?
-Cassio

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Real things always push back.
-William James

I used to frequent a club where the entertainment--bands, comics, strippers--appeared behind a chain link enclosure with a dedicated exit.It's hard to imagine a bullying comic there.Lesbian comics were always a hit--the female barflies would climb the fence and pump 'n grind at them; male barflies would expose themselves.The only lines were white, chopped, and not long on the table.Ah, those were the days, my friend Ever play that kind of venue?

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Dost thou prate, rogue?
-Cassio

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Real things always push back.
-William James

I had to google Road House...I'm more a book and music kind of guy: I have an eternal debate with my wife's colleagues (liberal arts professors) about movies. To me, they're an entertainment excluded from high art by their ensemble/committee character; to them, they are the expression of the director's towering artistic vision.Meh. Give me a good book and Bach (or a graphic novel and rock), every time.

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Dost thou prate, rogue?
-Cassio

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Real things always push back.
-William James

My understanding of the facts in the current SCOTUS case is that, 1) they were restricted to demonstrating 1000 feet from the funeral, and, 2) the father bringing the suit only learned about the "protest" after the service, when viewing media coverage.I think surrounding them with laughing people might be one good way to counter their hateful speech.Completely ignoring them would be another; instead, the media keep them going by providing all the attention their little shriveled hearts could desire.

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Dost thou prate, rogue?
-Cassio

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Real things always push back.
-William James