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Pregnant woman shot over cigarette (The Hate has GOT to STOP)
The Times-Picayune ^
| 5 October 2002
| Michael Perlstein
Posted on 10/06/2002 7:48:41 AM PDT by SheLion
Edited on 07/14/2004 12:59:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Most people cringe at the sight of a pregnant woman smoking. Some people feel strongly enough to say something in protest. But one local man took matters into his own hands early Friday when, according to police, he shot an expectant mother who refused to put out her cigarette.
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TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Culture/Society; Government; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: antismokers; butts; cigarettes; individualliberty; michaeldobbs; niconazis; prohibitionists; pufflist; smokingbans; taxes; tobacco
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How about it "Pro Lifers?" This guy not only could have killed HER but he could have killed the BABY as well!
This hate toward the smokers has got to stop!
courtesy of metesky.
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posted on
10/06/2002 7:48:41 AM PDT
by
SheLion
To: SheLion
I can see children's services getting involved now...
To: SheLion
That said, I am going to take a smoke break.
To: *puff_list; Just another Joe; Great Dane; Max McGarrity; Tumbleweed_Connection; maxwell; ...
And 13 year old Shane was shot to death recently also over cigarettes:
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posted on
10/06/2002 7:51:31 AM PDT
by
SheLion
To: chance33_98
I can see children's services getting involved now... Isn't this a nightmare? My God, I smoked before, during and AFTER my pregnancy! My daughter is a grown woman now, and healthy as can be. What is WRONG with this world!
All over cigarettes. It's not MUSTARD GAS for heaven's sake!
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posted on
10/06/2002 7:54:20 AM PDT
by
SheLion
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To: SheLion
Now, if instead of smoking a cigarette, she had an abortion on the sidewalk, nothing would have happened.
To: SheLion
...the man pulled out a handgun and aimed it toward the sky. He tried to fire a shot, but the gun jammed, Barnes said. That prompted the man -- ...-- to examine his weapon to figure out what went wrong. Suddenly, the gun went off, striking the woman in the left shoulder, Barnes said....To heck with the guy who pulled the gun, I'd recommend the woman get to a church, get right with God, and make sure His plan doesn't have something else as devestating in store for her. Next thing you know, when she crosses the street, some guy approaching an intersection will press on the brakes and they won't work. The as he coasts the accelerator will actuate instead.
By any chance, did she name the little tyke, 'Damien'?
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posted on
10/06/2002 8:02:33 AM PDT
by
Cvengr
To: *all
Boy, 13, dies in beating on street 21 Sept 2002
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 13-year-old New Smyrna Beach boy was beaten to death Friday by a 15-year-old boy who thought the victim had given cigarettes to the older boy's little brother, authorities said.
(The hate against smokers and smoking has got to stop!)
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posted on
10/06/2002 8:03:04 AM PDT
by
SheLion
To: Pinche Naco
What a country. Sad, isn't it. No one is safe on the streets anymore.
And to think this idiot could have killed an unborn child......well, he deserves the death penalty, IMHO!!!
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posted on
10/06/2002 8:04:43 AM PDT
by
SheLion
To: Cvengr
By any chance, did she name the little tyke, 'Damien'? Excuse me???
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posted on
10/06/2002 8:06:34 AM PDT
by
SheLion
To: SheLion
This guy had problems before this it looks like. Kinda like the fellow in town around here that walks around just shooting birds (middle finger type) to people driving by. There is just some people that are way off (what was he doing with a gun anyway).
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posted on
10/06/2002 8:10:46 AM PDT
by
LowOiL
To: Cvengr
You think it's a good thing that she was shot?
To: SheLion
I am almost surprised child care services didn't have "her" arrested for endangering a child.
Oh' I forgot, it's not a child yet.............just a fetus.
Never mind.
I do agree with you about these anti-smoking Nazi's. Most are extremely intolerant and fascist in their thinking...............and they call themselves liberals.
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posted on
10/06/2002 8:12:24 AM PDT
by
JZoback
To: SheLion
Why anyone would choose to breath foul air has always puzzled me. But that is your right. Just don't make me breath it.
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posted on
10/06/2002 8:16:18 AM PDT
by
SuzanneC
To: SheLion
It may be disgusting for a pregnant woman to smoke, but this guy took matters a bit too far. Obviously, he was the neighborhood nutcase. He was probably a ticking bomb ready to blow up about anything, and she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
To: chance33_98
I can see children's services getting involved now...Yeah, the criminal will get a small fine, but mom will have the baby taken away..... any bets.
To: JZoback
I do agree with you about these anti-smoking Nazi's Tobacco was good enough for the settlers of this land, good enough for me. Our forefathers would be shocked and dismayed at America today, we are ruled by a group of kings instead of one king. Instead of the church handing down edicts, it is the liberal elite pushing their agendas down our throats. They will take my cigarettes when they take my gun - and that won't be until I have emptied it several times.
I have a god given right to be an idiot. I damn well aim to exercise it.... ;)
To: Pinche Naco
I am sure the pro-gun lobby was more concerned with the caliber of the weapon, the condition of the bullet, and if the guy would be exercising his 2nd amendment right to buy more weapons while Phillip Morris just wants to make sure she was smoking one of their brands. What a country. Are you nuts?
This pro-gun individual like the 'pro-gun lobby' is concerned with the child's health, the women's well being, and the criminal use of a handgun. Pretty much in that order.
To suggest otherwise is libelous.
If you really want irresponsible rhetoric, wait for the gun grabbers response to this story. As usual, I'm sure they will 'deplore' the incident. Then call for the licensing and registration of responsible owners and their weapons. Further, they will say this adds to the 15 children killed daily by handguns (a lie).
I bet you've been making lots of friends here since joining last month.
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posted on
10/06/2002 8:23:50 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
To: SheLion
That boy who was beat to death... did we ever find out if that was one of those interracial hate crimes that the newspapers deftly avoid exposing?
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