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It is fitting, that in my last post I spoke about freedom of speech, only today to find this story. Although the article is (unsurprisingly for new.com.au) lite on facts, it would appear that the Westboro Baptist Church is planning to protest the national day of morning for the victims of the 2009 Victorian bushfires.



This is the same group that has completed other classy acts like protesting at soldier's funerals in America and thanking god for "dead miners" after an accident at a coal mine in 2006.


Just recently the "church" has decided to take this "act" international and have said they would protest at a children's play in the UK. While the article about the Australian protests does not actually say they will be coming here, I think they are planning to...


With all the people wanting to burn Brendan Sokaluk at the stake over his roles in the fires, I can only imagine that people will be none too amused with the Westboros stirring up crap.


If you hadn't guessed the real reason why the Westboros do this sort of thing, it is so that if their free speech rights are violated at all, or if they are assaulted, they can sue the other parties. Even Michael Moore (no not that one) has had a go at them.

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  1. JohnJanuary 11, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    wow. the gray on beige is horrible to read, otherwise, awesome blog.

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  2. VictorJanuary 12, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    the gray on beige is horrible to read, otherwise, awesome blog
    "DITTO"

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  3. FosnezJanuary 12, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    The theme I was using allowed Hotlinking of images... and then didn't... So I've moved the images here. Try pressing F5 (There should be gray text on dark brown background)

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