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'Pornographic' Recordings Disrupt Mass (Santa Fe, NM)
The Albuquerque Journal ^ | February 22, 2007 | Kate Wilson

Posted on 02/22/2007 6:58:16 AM PST by CedarDave

Worshipers were interrupted during an Ash Wednesday service at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis by a trio of hidden CD players spewing "pornographic" messages from beneath pews.

Three CD players had been duct-taped beneath the pews and rigged to go off at 12:20 p.m., Santa Fe Police Capt. Gary Johnson said. An Ash Wednesday service was being conducted at the time, and Johnson said responding officers described the messages to him as pornographic, although he wouldn't go into detail about their content.

The cathedral staff found and removed the three CD players, then called police while church-goers evacuated the cathedral.

The bomb squad arrived at 1 p.m. and destroyed two of the devices, Johnson said. Realizing the devices didn't contain explosives, officers saved the third CD player for evidence.

"We take this very seriously," Johnson said. "We'll be analyzing the piece of equipment for DNA and fingerprints. We'll also be reaching out to the federal authorities. We're going to use whatever resources we can possibly use to solve this case."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: antichristian; ashwednesday; cathedral; catholics; cd; cdplayer; cdplayers; cds; church; pew; pews; porn; pornographic; religion
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To: CedarDave

APB for Amanda Marcotte /s


41 posted on 02/22/2007 8:43:50 AM PST by SargeK
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To: ishabibble

I vote for the recent converts from the YouTube video blog about hating God."


What is this?


42 posted on 02/22/2007 8:45:48 AM PST by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Hannity was talking about a pro-terrorist he had on his show recently, may I ask who exactly he was talking about?


43 posted on 02/22/2007 8:47:41 AM PST by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: diamond6

Probably some nutball Imam he's been locking horns with recently.


44 posted on 02/22/2007 8:49:01 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: CedarDave

I have always wondered why they host so many musical performances.


45 posted on 02/22/2007 9:36:15 AM PST by Cooter
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To: AU72
If they had any stones they would have done it in a mosque.

Can't. Mosques don't have pews.

Just bad smells from all the farting at God while bowing to Satan.


46 posted on 02/22/2007 9:47:11 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: kalee

New keyboard, same old fingers.


47 posted on 02/22/2007 10:09:13 AM PST by Excellence (Vote Dhimmocrat; Submit for Peace! (Bacon bits make great confetti.))
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To: CedarDave

Were the recordings in English or Spanish or both?

I just heard today that the number one radio station in Lee County is Spanish.


48 posted on 02/22/2007 12:21:28 PM PST by razorback-bert (Posted by Time's Man of the Year)
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To: FormerACLUmember
The usual democrat party mass-media-produced hate crime against Christians.

I must have missed this part of the article...
49 posted on 02/22/2007 12:23:07 PM PST by Stone Mountain
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To: Puddleglum

"I doubt high school kids. More likely someone whose lifestyle and/or behavior is at odds with the Church."

I might agree if the CDs depicted homosexual sex. Hetero sex dilutes the message too much. High school kids is a better fit.


50 posted on 02/22/2007 1:10:38 PM PST by gcruse (http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
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To: Excellence

Yep, my fingers knew where the letters were on the old keyboard. This one I keep getting ; instead of ' and o instead of i. Hope my fingers sort it out quickly. lol


51 posted on 02/22/2007 1:17:48 PM PST by kalee
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To: razorback-bert

Possibly, don't listen to it so don't know.


52 posted on 02/22/2007 4:14:51 PM PST by CedarDave (VietNam Vet Remembers -- This Time ... SUPPORT the Troops, COMPLETE the Mission)
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To: Minutemen
I don't think it's kids. That goes quite a bit further than a school kid prank. They got some real sick-o's there.

It's three CD players, some duct tape, and timers of some kind. I don't think you give high school kids much credit. We're talking about the only people in the room who can figure out how to program a VCR or get an X-Box hooked up in the mass of cords behind the entertainment center.

When I was in high school some 'kids' stole a bunch of cows, painted them green and put them on the football field. Some other kids landscaped the faculty room, with shrubs and dirt and beauty bark. Simpler and more juvenile pranksters put pipe bombs in garbage cans.

In this one... no one got hurt, they just shocked people. Not a hate crime, not sick, just petty juvenile crime stuff.

53 posted on 02/22/2007 4:28:53 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

How many high school kids do you know that have enough money to purchase 3 CD players to sacrifice for a prank like that?


54 posted on 02/22/2007 5:13:53 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Minutemen

CD players can be cheap... we don't know that they were good ones. You can buy news ones that are $20 - and used ones at Goodwill for a couple bucks.


55 posted on 02/22/2007 5:20:26 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: massgopguy

Well, to read some of the lame excuses/ responses posted to the story, it was probably just some young tykes hyped up on Cocoa Puffs.


56 posted on 02/22/2007 5:20:33 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yeah they can be cheap, but with a timer set to go off at the right time?


57 posted on 02/22/2007 5:24:18 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Minutemen

Kids aren't broke. Just look at their toys.


58 posted on 02/22/2007 5:34:00 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I have noticed their toys- usually gotten by weak-willed parents. Peace!


59 posted on 02/22/2007 5:37:08 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: layreacherman
"would it have been any better if done at a town meeting?"

Better if not done. I agree it does not rise to the "hate crime/terrorism B.S. level"

"as far as I can see everybody should be happy." The parishioners of this church and the parents (if they are indeed juvies) surely are not happy. If they were my kids I GUARANTY you they would not be happy, or sitting much.
60 posted on 02/22/2007 5:55:17 PM PST by ExpatGator (Extending logic since 1961.)
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