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| July 14, 2006
Posted on 07/14/2006 8:18:56 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
Pfff.
The ACLU didn't enter into this case, at least according to this article.
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posted on
07/14/2006 8:51:38 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
It was probably a white Presbyterian judge and a black Pentecostal defendant. Cultural disconnect...
Attorney: "Psst... your Honor, he is being reverent."
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posted on
07/14/2006 8:57:43 PM PDT
by
streetpreacher
(What if you're wrong?)
To: Izzy Dunne
"Oh, spare us the "victim" crap, this time."
I think he was a victim. He did nothing worthy of jail and in my book, that makes him a victim.
FRegards, DocRock
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posted on
07/14/2006 8:59:02 PM PDT
by
DocRock
To: DocRock
He did nothing worthy of jail and in my book, that makes him a victim. Indeed. He's a victim of poor judgement by the judge.
But the family is blaming it all on anti-Christianism, when a simpler explanation is claimed, and possible.
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:03:14 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
Then what's your complaint? Why the Oh, spare us the "victim" crap, this time.? It wasn't the mans fault. He can't comply with what he isn't told.
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:05:40 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: Izzy Dunne
...Pfff...Again!?!
I'll just open a window, Izzy.
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:06:47 PM PDT
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(http://www.iwo.com/heroes.htm)
To: Mount Athos
the judge had ordered both sides not to show emotion when the verdict was announced.And in the next case, His Honor told the parties to tapdance while he read the verdict. And after that, he ordered the parties to stand on their hands and say "moolah moolah" when he read the verdict. He closed the day by ordering the parties jointly sing "Nearer My God to Thee" as he walked out of the courtroom.
To: DJ MacWoW
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:10:19 PM PDT
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(http://www.iwo.com/heroes.htm)
To: Byron_the_Aussie
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:11:31 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: DJ MacWoW
Then what's your complaint? Why the Oh, spare us the "victim" crap, this time.? That his family and pastor and some posters here are all rushing to claim victimhood because of religion, when there is a simpler explanation.
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:12:07 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
The judge gave an order,...
The judge is a pompous ass that has no tolerance or common sense.
To: Mount Athos
He made a mistake in thanking Jesus. He should of thanked the judge who thinks he's god.
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:20:29 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(I Support Research using the Ethical, Effective and Moral use of stem cells: non-embryonic "adult")
To: Izzy Dunne
Quite frankly, I think anyone in this judges courtroom is a victim. The guy sounds like a control freak. Jailing someone for a spontaneous show of human emotion is ridiculous. Ordering that you'll do so means the guy's a common variety, run-of-the-mill j**k a**.
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:23:06 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: Izzy Dunne
Christians have it so soft in America. What passes for persecution these days is appalling . . .
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:29:38 PM PDT
by
BraveMan
(Great,a TAGLINE virus. Curses Izzy Dunne!)
To: Izzy Dunne
>
He's a victim of poor judgement by the judge. But the family is blaming it all on anti-Christianism, when a simpler explanation is claimed, and possible. The judge didn't say "no show of emotion" for nothing. I infer that there had been warnings about previous "non-verbal gestures and outbursts" throughout the trial. I'll bet the judge was very tired of disruptions.
I don't think it has a thing to do with "thanking Jesus". It has everything to do with maintaining order in a court of law. Judges maintain order by restricting sound and motion; nothing prohibited the defendent from closing his eyes and saying a silent prayer of thanks, for example. It was disobedience, not the particular words, that got him in trouble.
Think about it -- defendents get in trouble for disruptive outbursts all the time, typically having nothing to do with Jesus. If this were a leftist claiming victimhood, we'd be jumping up and down on him. If it was a Muslim who shouted "allahu akabar", we'd want to string him up for disrespect. This time the defendent happens to "Thank Jesus", and we're all sympathetic? Sheesh, must be a slow news day.
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posted on
07/14/2006 9:58:26 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: TheCrusader
"So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven." (Mathew 10: 32-33)."Judge" Border elevated Junior Stowers' standing in God's eyes while judging himself into hell.
Worth repeating.
To: Mount Athos
Separation of Jesus from the Court! It's in the Constitution.
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:02:05 PM PDT
by
Jorge
To: Izzy Dunne
did not have time to tell Stowers the judge had ordered both sides not to show emotion when the verdict was announced How is that possibly legitimate? Since when were judges dictators? Can they tell you not to blink during a hearing?
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:05:08 PM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Izzy Dunne
"Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus."
I'll agree with that.
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posted on
07/14/2006 10:16:49 PM PDT
by
jwh_Denver
(Largest oil reserves in the world found in Colorado and Utah. Oil shale.)
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