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Re: Danish cartoons outrage some Moslem groups and nations
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 10 Feb 2006 01:39:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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Though I hesitate to use the words “cute” and “Ann Coulter” in the same
post, I simply don’t see the distinction between her call for poisoning to
be different from the hypothetical that I mentioned. Sure, she can claim
that she’s joking, but if her only defense is that Supreme Court
Justices--unlike the President--aren’t protected against seemingly idle
verbal threats, then that’s a pretty lame defense.
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I don’t remember the exact quotation, but let’s be honest here. Scalia, to
Coulter, is one of the “good guys”. I’m sure that if she had to pick a
Justice to poison, he wouldn’t really be her first choice.
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Actually, she talked about
poisoning Justice John Paul Stevens, who is far to the Left of Scalia and
Coulter.
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Right (see, I told you:-) I was trying to find the actual column in which she
says this but it was too old for my cursory search (pun intended--ALWAYS!). But
from your link, she flat-out states, “That’s just a joke, for you in the media.”
You may think that the joke is off-color or not funny or whatever, but you
have to admit that it was a joke and unequivocably intended as one.
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Here’s a different hypothetical: If Bill Maher had said on-air that Scalia
should be poisoned, would the Conservative masses accept that he was
joking?
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Slightly different because Maher differs from Scalia politically, but in
the end, yes.
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Care to rework that, since it was Stevens instead of Scalia?
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Nope. Still say “yes”, especially with the disclaimer attached.
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No self-respecting Conservative laughs at Bill Maher’s jokes...;-)
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Well, I’ll give you that one. I don’t think he’s all that funny, either.
But neither is Coulter, for that matter.
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He can be funny, just not when he’s not skewering my sacred cows...;-) I
don’t find Coulter funny, just wicked. She’s no dumb blond, and knows her stuff
quite well (she is good at The Game™).
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(do you know why you got booted, by the way? I haven’t checked my personal
email since last night, so maybe you’ve already answered me there...)
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No. I did inquire though. My money is on lack of expletives;-)
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I posted a “what happened to him” message in-thread but got no reply...
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I saw that. Better distance yourself while you can or you could be next!
JOHN
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