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$11 million verdict brings scrutiny of Phelps finances
Kansas City Star ^ | 11/24/07 | David Klepper

Posted on 11/24/2007 7:44:20 AM PST by Non-Sequitur

TOPEKA | Countless flights across the country. Car rentals, gas money, food and lodging. All those cardboard signs. For the 71 members of Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church, the costs of doing business must add up.

And those costs could soon grow a lot higher. A Maryland jury recently ordered Westboro to pay nearly $11 million to the father of a fallen soldier whose funeral was the subject of one of Westboro’s protests.

Many hope the lawsuit, and future ones like it, will put the notorious church out of business for good. It’s something that new funeral picketing bans, now passed in 43 states, have proved unable to do.

(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: billofrights; churchofhate; fredphelps; kansasphelps; westboro
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To: CRBDeuce

Please feel free to do so!


181 posted on 11/26/2007 2:22:28 PM PST by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: Non-Sequitur

bump


182 posted on 11/26/2007 2:24:18 PM PST by VOA
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To: CitizenUSA

Still waiting ...............


183 posted on 11/26/2007 5:28:18 PM PST by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: Eaker

And.............we’ve beaten this thread to death.


184 posted on 11/27/2007 2:04:53 AM PST by CitizenUSA
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To: EDINVA
They don’t have the right to defame.

Does this include theological statements? A precedent like that could come back and bite mainstream fundamentalist Christians, or even mushies who still believe there is a hell and that some people go there.

185 posted on 11/27/2007 2:11:58 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: CitizenUSA
It’s almost as if Phelps is doing this for ulterior reasons as others have posited. For example, you didn’t see them protesting at the premiere of Brokeback Mountain, did you?

I think he knows the gays are far less scrupulous than the military families. Phelps would likely find his church gone up in smoke about a week after he started doing things like that.

186 posted on 11/27/2007 2:25:00 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: CitizenUSA

At least you have admitted that you could not answer it.

Better a quiter than a never ran I guess.


187 posted on 11/27/2007 4:25:07 AM PST by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: Eaker

Actually, I don’t remember your question and don’t intend to search through a dead thread to find it. If you feel it’s so important, restate yourself (the question), and I’ll reply hopefully to your satisfaction. Otherwise, let’s move on. There are plenty of other topics out there to discuss.


188 posted on 11/27/2007 10:08:38 AM PST by CitizenUSA
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To: CitizenUSA

Can’t even back through a few posts that are linked to each other?

So you are lazy too?

There might be a “junior” size forum out there better suited to your ability.


189 posted on 11/27/2007 10:53:29 AM PST by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: Eaker

So, you aren’t really interested in answers. Look, you and I may not agree, but I’m not going to resort to personal attacks even though you continually use them. I tried to engage in a civil discussion over an obviously emotional issue for some people. My apologies if you, your friends, or your family were harmed by Fred Phelps and his church. I suppose that would justify your antagonism towards me for appearing to defend them. Why don’t we call it quits here and move onto other topics, FRiend? Have a good day.


190 posted on 11/27/2007 1:45:48 PM PST by CitizenUSA
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To: CitizenUSA
but I’m not going to resort to personal attacks even though you continually use them.

Once and for all there is a difference between a personal attack and an observation based on facts.

Observation based on a fact: You will not back track a few posts proving you are lazy. See, this is an observation that is quite apparent.

Personal attack: You are ugly and your mother dresses you funny.

I do not know what you look like and have no idea how your mother dresses you so this would be a personal attack.

There will be fewer tears and hurt feelings if you can understand the difference.

If this is your best then I have no further use for you.

Good day.

191 posted on 11/27/2007 4:18:10 PM PST by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: Eaker; EDINVA; Polybius

From: http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/fallacies_list.html

Personal Attack (Argumentum Ad Hominem, literally, “argument toward the man.” Also called “Poisoning the Well”): Attacking or praising the people who make an argument, rather than discussing the argument itself. This practice is fallacious because the personal character of an individual is logically irrelevant to the truth or falseness of the argument itself. The statement “2+2=4” is true regardless if is stated by criminals, congressmen, or pastors.

From: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/personal-attack.html

A personal attack is committed when a person substitutes abusive remarks for evidence when attacking another person’s claim or claims. This line of “reasoning” is fallacious because the attack is directed at the person making the claim and not the claim itself. The truth value of a claim is independent of the person making the claim. After all, no matter how repugnant an individual might be, he or she can still make true claims.

Not all ad Hominems are fallacious. In some cases, an individual’s characteristics can have a bearing on the question of the veracity of her claims. For example, if someone is shown to be a pathological liar, then what he says can be considered to be unreliable. However, such attacks are weak, since even pathological liars might speak the truth on occasion.

In general, it is best to focus one’s attention on the content of the claim and not on who made the claim. It is the content that determines the truth of the claim and not the characteristics of the person making the claim.

From: http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/person.html

Argumentum ad Hominem (abusive and circumstantial): the fallacy of attacking the character or circumstances of an individual who is advancing a statement or an argument instead of trying to disprove the truth of the statement or the soundness of the argument. Often the argument is characterized simply as a personal attack.

1. The personal attack is also often termed an “ad personem argument”: the statement or argument at issue is dropped from consideration or is ignored, and the locutor’s character or circumstances are used to influence opinion.

2. The fallacy draws its appeal from the technique of “getting personal.” The assumption is that what the locutor is saying is entirely or partially dictated by his character or special circumstances and so should be disregarded.


Eaker, just do a Google search for it if you aren’t yet convinced.

Whether I’m “lazy” or not is totally irrelevant to the points I make. It doesn’t matter if the personal attacks are true or not, because they have nothing to do with the discussion.

Feel free to thank me very much for taking the extra time to try and educate you! To quote Mark Levin, “THANK ME!”


192 posted on 11/28/2007 11:24:01 AM PST by CitizenUSA
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To: CitizenUSA
You are supposed to be ALL for FREE SPEECH, which is what you supporting the PHELPS FAMILY and against the soldier's parents' judgemnt for 11 MILLION DOLLARS and you preach about what YOU don't like being said!!

How HYPOCRITICAL!!! You are whining about ad hominem attacks on YOURSELF, but you SUPPORT the Phelps ATTACK on a DEAD SOLDIER!!! Shame...shame.

193 posted on 11/28/2007 11:29:20 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: CitizenUSA

All that for nothing.

You are still lazy and excessively whiney.

Looks like Google can’t fix that. Maybe you can try the library for some self-help books.

Good luck lil’ feller.


194 posted on 11/28/2007 11:30:11 AM PST by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: Eaker

LOL. Good luck to you, too.


195 posted on 11/28/2007 11:37:36 AM PST by CitizenUSA
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To: CitizenUSA
You're probably right. It's just that the things they are saying are so reprehensible. I think the best way to fight them is the Patriot Guard, which at least keeps them at a distance.

We had a local military funeral and they showed up. Had the service at the local school, where protesting is not allowed. The closest the Phelps group could come to the funeral was to stand in the road, and then the neighbors on both sides picked that time to burn leaves. Pretty effective.

Carolyn

196 posted on 11/28/2007 11:40:56 AM PST by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: CDHart

CDHart wrote: “We had a local military funeral and they showed up. Had the service at the local school, where protesting is not allowed. The closest the Phelps group could come to the funeral was to stand in the road, and then the neighbors on both sides picked that time to burn leaves. Pretty effective.”

That’s awesome, especially the part about the burning leaves. Did Phelps give up or stand there in the smoke?


197 posted on 11/28/2007 11:44:28 AM PST by CitizenUSA
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To: CitizenUSA

You didn’t respond to my reply to you...why not?


198 posted on 11/28/2007 6:33:04 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

The one where you asked me in an email if I’m insane?


199 posted on 11/29/2007 2:04:14 AM PST by CitizenUSA
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To: CitizenUSA

NO #193.


200 posted on 11/29/2007 6:09:53 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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