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To: VRWC_minion
Lets assume you invited your future mother-in-law to your apartment and you had a naked picture of her daughter on the wall. Its your right to hang the photo and not consider that it might be offensive to others.

That's not at all what you suggested ... unless you expect your mother-in-law to open up on you with her "nine" because of the pic. Not to mention that in order to keep the analogy working you ought to expect her to drive a rented Geo Metro through your living room for having the audacity to marry her daughter in the first place.

What it comes down to for me is this; I'm not in the mood to do anything in deference to what sheet-headed murderers think of me. That is what you were suggesting.

175 posted on 12/31/2003 9:46:24 AM PST by TigersEye ("Where there is life there is hope!" - Terri Schiavo)
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To: TigersEye
That is what you were suggesting.

My original post that contained the comments was that the statute was a distracting background. You may not be aware but the curtain is only put up when the are going to use the area for public annoucements and interviews. When that happens a curtian is drawn accross for the backdrop instead of the statute.

The context of my comments is that for some the statute is merely a distraction, for others it might be a source of anger. When the purpose of having the press gather and film is to convey information, having a background that is at least distracting and at most offensive to some is not the best background and a curtain is a rational remedy.

177 posted on 12/31/2003 9:54:56 AM PST by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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