Here come the torches and pitchforks

by FrightMare 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  FrightMare

  http://www.boston.com/dailynews/277/nation/Schools_and_local_governments_:.shtml

  A week after the attacks, the Hamilton County Commission in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted to post the Ten Commandments in city and county government buildings. If a court frowns on the action, commission Chairman Bill Hullander said, 'I would sure not want to be the person to walk up there and pull the nail out of it, so to speak, and take it down.'

  Emboldened by Hamilton County's vote, the nearby town of Ringgold, Ga., approved the posting of three plaques one with the Ten Commandments, one with the Lord's Prayer, and a blank one 'for those who believe in nothing,' as Councilman Bill McMillon explained it.
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  joelbear

  scared people do scary things
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  Seeker

  It's always after an emergency or crisis that the idealogues try to sneak through stuff that normally would be blocked. They should be ashamed of themselves for trying to take advantage of this situation to further their agendas.
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  funkyderek

  Here's an interesting article on the subject:
  . http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/features/2000/carrier2.html

  --
  Those who can induce you to believe absurdities can induce you to commit attrocities - Voltaire

  (edited for a typo)
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  Julie

  Funkyderek--

  Great article! Thanks for posting it.

  Seeker--

  Amen!

  Julie
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  Stephanus

  Governments always use times of crisis to grab power in ways which would normally be unpalatable to the populace:

  http://reason.com/ml/ml092001.html