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Abraham wrote:It's definitely a family owned business.

They depend on outrage and it's product to keep them going.

Rather than give them what they desire, it would be great to see them welcomed wherever they show up, i.e., humored, and not let them yank the chains they're so well practiced at yanking.

The sort of discipline required to do this is probably never going to be met, but it's a tactic that would work...

I can’t, I won’t, I never would ask that of a grieving family trying to lay there Soldier to rest.... There are many who will show they are honorable Americans and stand between WBC and the innocent. Let the WBC show up with ten,,,,, the American people will show up with a hundred and drown them out ..

What I do not understand is, how the WBC’s right to free speech negates
Texas Penal code
§ 42.01. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly:

(1) uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace;

(2) makes an offensive gesture or display in a public place, and the gesture or display tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace;

Certainly it is foreseeable that the WBC activities will be found under a common person’s concept to be offensive, and incite an immediate breach of peace.

iratollah wrote:City of Houston probably spent $10,000 - $15,000 providing protection for four of these hate mongers to spread their venom around our city on a Sunday and Monday. If they choose to go out in public to incite and be inflammatory, why should I pay for their protection? I'm subsidizing their brand of hate. Sure they have free speech, but if they want to be stupid about it and put themselves into situations where they intend to cause conflict, why should I pay for their fun?

There are few situations in life that cannot be solved with the use of overwhelming firepower and copious qualities of explosives. In the case of WBC, that is precisely what they want in a reaction from the opposing side. It makes good press. While the situation could be controlled with just one SKT, a more apparent solution is to require them to keep there demonstrations within the law, and then counter them with large numbers of opposition. Such as the Patriot Guard Riders do consistently. I have seen PGR generate a large enough turn out to literally blot out the WBC fools from view. So long as enough advance notice is given that WBC is going to be present, there are pleasantly of folks willing to step up and create a “barrier” between the families of our fallen, and WBC trash.

Vigilante justice will appease the minds and personal feeling of those opposed to WBC “gospel” for just a fleeting moment. The second and third order effects as we have recently in this court outcome will linger on for much longer and in the end, only the government and the lawyers win.