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I am playing Devils Advocate here. I do not endorse the Westboro Baptist Church. I just think that they have gotten an overly bad rap. Plus, I have a lawyer streak a mile wide. So here goes: The WBC has operated in a legal (albeit in poor taste) fashion. And for good reason: Fred Phelps was an attorney. In fact, during the 70's & 80's he used his legal skills to help blacks who faced discrimination. The legal behavior that the Phelps family has engaged in stands in stark contrast to the illegal behavior of many of those opposed to them. Their website has been hacked more times than can be counted. They have received death threats. They have been physically assaulted on the streets. In the 90's, a student from Liberty University through a homemade bomb on their property just feet from where a baby was sleeping. The WBC has done more for 1st Amenedment rights than most charitable organizations. They are keeping the freedom of speech alive in an age when it is under constant assault. They have committed the unforgiveable sin of the media age: the look bad. Their views are unpopular & they look bad publically when they share their views. But they are also a mirror. If they are guilty of preaching hate then look at the hate that has been offered to them. There's is verbal; the other side is both verbal and physical. Offering venom back is not making things better, it just makes those who do look more like the WBC. The more people engage in Ad Hominem with them it makes the WBC's message seem more right. Very few have listened to what they have to say and have given a well-though-out, calm rebuttal. If we dismiss the Phelps family as unloveable do we not then open the door for the same title being given to us (to you, to me)? Is it not in the spirit of MLP to at least try to love the members of the WBC? To my knowledge, this post is within the MLP forums rules. Please do not flame me or the WBC and get the thread locked down.

First, it is not going to happen. Second, regardless of one's feelings about gun control, a.22 pistol (especially .22 magnum) can be a formidable weapon at close range. Third, the hypocrisy of the crown in regards to gun control is astounding. Declassified documents reveal that the crown armed Protestant militias in Northern Ireland during the 1980's. So there are guns on the streets of Belfast (and probably elsewhere in the UK) that are illegal, both then and now, because the UK government put them there. But a law-abiding subject cannot own a .22.

If money and legalities are no issue then a Glock 18:

Night sky on the Hopi Indian Reservation. It is in BFN - never saw the stars like that before or since.

A couple of times. I once got ambushed in Thailand. 2 Dudes were drunk and/or high. Got the better of the 2 guys until 1 of them went back to his bike & pulled a knife. That's when I ran. So I kinda did both fight and flight in one encounter.

This @ 120:40-12:52 is a nightmare and a metaphor for life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXwlrdVaJbU

Kind of dating myself here but these chicks:

Major Old School here. I remember Tempest and Sinistar in the arcade. Heck, I remember arcades. I had a Coleco and then the 8-bit Nintendo. My friend Clint and myself beat Golden Axe @ The Disneyland arcade in the 80's Uh! My Sis was the shiznat @ Q*bert. Y'all's Soccer Moms would not let U play this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-XEINagmaU

Pretty much anything pre-Michael Eisner Disney.

Would not have been the 80's if Phil was not there.

Just an FYI . . . This topic takes on a whole other dimension when you are actually married