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"Carol Lee Smith" |
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17 Jun 2004 11:25:25 AM |
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Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
Via Larry Darby's Atheist Daily Briefing*, I learned of the murder of
Robert Lees, an atheist, apparently by a bible-toting ex-marine.
http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/la-me-slayings15jun15,0,4868044.story?coll=ktla-news-1
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=32242
http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/june04obituaries.php
I hope they are able to put the perpetrator away for life. What allows
human beings to perform such grisly deeds?
*If you are interested in Larry Darby's briefings, you can sign up at
www.atheistlaw.org
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy."
-- Robert Anton Wilson
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| User: "Nivlem" |
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| Title: Re: Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
17 Jun 2004 08:12:18 PM |
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Carol Lee Smith wrote:
Via Larry Darby's Atheist Daily Briefing*, I learned of the murder of
Robert Lees, an atheist, apparently by a bible-toting ex-marine.
Yes, but I don't think it was about Mr. Lee's religious beliefs or lack
thereof. Just his unlucky day to cross paths with some loser with a bad
case of methamphetamine induced psychosis.
http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/la-me-slayings15jun15,0,4868044.story?coll=ktla-news-1
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=32242
http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/june04obituaries.php
I hope they are able to put the perpetrator away for life. What allows
human beings to perform such grisly deeds?
Methamphetamine, apparently, according to one of the links you put up.
The guy definitely has that "been wired for 17 straight days" look to
him in the accompanying photo. Having seen people trying to pull
imaginary transmitters out of their ears with tweezers, insist that
they were being followed by UFOs, or that they were under surveillance
by little green men in the bushes, this one isn't all that unbelievable.
Speed has the power to send some people completely off the deep end.
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| User: "Lord Calvert" |
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| Title: Re: Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
18 Jun 2004 08:57:09 AM |
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Methamphetamine, apparently, according to one of the links you put up.
The guy definitely has that "been wired for 17 straight days" look to
him in the accompanying photo. Having seen people trying to pull
imaginary transmitters out of their ears with tweezers, insist that
they were being followed by UFOs, or that they were under surveillance
by little green men in the bushes, this one isn't all that unbelievable.
Speed has the power to send some people completely off the deep end.
As does religion.
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking, which
leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson
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| User: "Alex" |
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| Title: Re: Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
18 Jun 2004 07:08:22 AM |
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On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:12:18 -0700, Nivlem <mlml@svn.net> wrote:
Carol Lee Smith wrote:
Via Larry Darby's Atheist Daily Briefing*, I learned of the murder of
Robert Lees, an atheist, apparently by a bible-toting ex-marine.
Yes, but I don't think it was about Mr. Lee's religious beliefs or lack
thereof. Just his unlucky day to cross paths with some loser with a bad
case of methamphetamine induced psychosis.
Is meth use considered biblically correct?
--
Alex
atheist #2007
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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| Title: Re: Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
17 Jun 2004 09:14:23 PM |
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One day in alt.atheism, Also Sprach Nivlem:
Carol Lee Smith wrote:
Via Larry Darby's Atheist Daily Briefing*, I learned of the murder of
Robert Lees, an atheist, apparently by a bible-toting ex-marine.
Yes, but I don't think it was about Mr. Lee's religious beliefs or
lack thereof. Just his unlucky day to cross paths with some loser with
a bad case of methamphetamine induced psychosis.
Oh. That makes it OK then.
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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It's my funeral and I'll fry if I want to...
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| User: "Nivlem" |
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| Title: Re: Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
18 Jun 2004 07:23:06 PM |
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Vic Sagerquist wrote:
One day in alt.atheism, Also Sprach Nivlem:
Carol Lee Smith wrote:
Via Larry Darby's Atheist Daily Briefing*, I learned of the murder of
Robert Lees, an atheist, apparently by a bible-toting ex-marine.
Yes, but I don't think it was about Mr. Lee's religious beliefs or
lack thereof. Just his unlucky day to cross paths with some loser with
a bad case of methamphetamine induced psychosis.
Oh. That makes it OK then.
No, it just means that you don't need to become paranoid about it. Dumbshit.
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| User: "Daniel Kolle" |
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| Title: Re: Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
18 Jun 2004 04:48:19 PM |
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On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:25:25 -0500, Carol Lee Smith
<human@csd.uwm.edu> thought hard and said:
I hope they are able to put the perpetrator away for life. What allows
human beings to perform such grisly deeds?
Irrational behavior. Not the Bible (though it probably helped
somewhat).
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-Daniel "Mr. Brevity" Kolle; 16 A.A. #2035
Koji Kondo, Yo-Yo Ma, Gustav Mahler, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Geirr Tviett are my Gods.
Head of EAC Denial Department and Madly Insane Scientist.
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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| Title: Re: Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
17 Jun 2004 02:13:10 PM |
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One day in alt.atheism, Also Sprach Carol Lee Smith:
I hope they are able to put the perpetrator away for life. What allows
human beings to perform such grisly deeds?
The bible he was toting.
*****. I'm thinking about buying a gun.
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Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department.
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It's my funeral and I'll fry if I want to...
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| User: "Nivlem" |
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| Title: Re: Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
17 Jun 2004 08:41:02 PM |
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Vic Sagerquist wrote:
One day in alt.atheism, Also Sprach Carol Lee Smith:
I hope they are able to put the perpetrator away for life. What allows
human beings to perform such grisly deeds?
The bible he was toting.
*****. I'm thinking about buying a gun.
Okay. But the real best reason to have a gun is to make loud noises and
large flashes of light. At last count, I had 14 of them. Another one
will be arriving middle of next week.Who am I to criticise your
decision? However, the risk that you will be beheaded by a drug-addled
theist is no greater than the risk that you would find yourself on a
plane that gets hijacked and flown straight into a tall building.
Neither of these is anywhere near as likely as simply dropping dead of a
heart attack.
If you want to use a gun for self-defense, understand that shooting
people is a martial art, like Karate or Aikido or anything else. You
will need instruction, in both techniques and ethical principles, and
fairly regular practice to maintain your skills. Like power tools, you
must learn and rigorously follow safe handling and usage practices. So
must everyone in your household. Most lawsuits arising from firearm
injuries are a direct result of someone violating more than one safety
rule. I'm apalled by people who sue firearms manufacturers when, if the
individual who shot them had simply not been pointing the damned weapon
at something they would find it inconvenient to shoot, and had not had
their finger on the trigger, nothing whatsoever would have happened.
Chainsaws in the hands of morons are fairly dangerous, too, but I don't
see people trying to sue Husquevarna out of business.
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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| Title: Re: Atheist beheaded--apparently by Bible-toting ex-marine |
17 Jun 2004 09:13:21 PM |
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One day in alt.atheism, Also Sprach Nivlem:
Vic Sagerquist wrote:
One day in alt.atheism, Also Sprach Carol Lee Smith:
I hope they are able to put the perpetrator away for life. What
allows human beings to perform such grisly deeds?
The bible he was toting.
*****. I'm thinking about buying a gun.
Okay. But the real best reason to have a gun is to make loud noises
and large flashes of light. At last count, I had 14 of them. Another
one will be arriving middle of next week.Who am I to criticise your
decision? However, the risk that you will be beheaded by a drug-addled
theist is no greater than the risk that you would find yourself on a
plane that gets hijacked and flown straight into a tall building.
Neither of these is anywhere near as likely as simply dropping dead of
a heart attack.
If you want to use a gun for self-defense, understand that shooting
people is a martial art, like Karate or Aikido or anything else. You
will need instruction, in both techniques and ethical principles, and
fairly regular practice to maintain your skills. Like power tools, you
must learn and rigorously follow safe handling and usage practices. So
must everyone in your household. Most lawsuits arising from firearm
injuries are a direct result of someone violating more than one safety
rule. I'm apalled by people who sue firearms manufacturers when, if
the individual who shot them had simply not been pointing the damned
weapon at something they would find it inconvenient to shoot, and had
not had their finger on the trigger, nothing whatsoever would have
happened. Chainsaws in the hands of morons are fairly dangerous, too,
but I don't see people trying to sue Husquevarna out of business.
Did you get a license for shooting off your mouth?
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Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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It's my funeral and I'll fry if I want to...
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