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Old 03-16-2011, 07:10 AM
 
Location: texas
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I hope he gets plenty of prison time.....
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Old 03-16-2011, 07:13 AM
 
Location: Land of Thought and Flow
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Oh look. A reasonable exception to the whole Freedom of Speech mantra.
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Old 03-16-2011, 07:18 AM
 
Location: Texas
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The whole point of free speech is that there are going to be people who say things that you don't agree with or even find totally reprehensible.

It's not 'free speech as long as it's all about puppies and rainbows.'

This dude was just a sick bastard.
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Old 03-16-2011, 07:25 AM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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The whole point of free speech is that there are going to be people who say things that you don't agree with or even find totally reprehensible.

It's not 'free speech as long as it's all about puppies and rainbows.'

This dude was just a sick bastard.
truth.

i can't get my head around there being people that would do something like this.
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Old 03-16-2011, 07:40 AM
 
Location: texas
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Originally Posted by uggabugga View Post
truth.

i can't get my head around there being people that would do something like this.

Me neither....a very sick man
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