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[quote name="TrickyNicky" post="1126452" timestamp="1395165702"]Oh yeah, it's a thing. Bronies they call them and they take all kinds. Brother in law is a veteran, works on an oil field, eats raw meat and drinks beer and lives boobies. Also loves MLP.[/quote] Like I said, it's a great show!

[quote name="JPS" post="1126407" timestamp="1395161628"]OK. I stand corrected... Kinda.[/quote] Screw y'all! It's a good show. :lol:

[quote name="TMF" post="1126392" timestamp="1395160262"]I have a daughter and read the My Little Pony books to her. I've also been known to be decorated with Sofia the First stickers and sing the song from Frozen to her when we FaceTime, and I'm not afraid of being made fun of by anyone who sees that. But I'm not a 9 year old. Anyone who doesn't try to empathize with the world a 9 year old boy must brave as he receives his position in the pecking order of a barely evolved troop of chimpanzees is allowing their own personal issues with societal norms and gender roles get in the way of common sense.Perhaps we'll live in a society soon where little boys can act like little girls and not be made fun of and be picked on by their peers, but until then it is doing great harm to your kid to use them as a social experiment to prove how progressive a parent you are.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk[/quote] I wasn't addressing that part of it. I pretty much agree with what you said. I just don't think 9 is too young to stop protecting the kid from the harsh reality that the world is full of assholes and sometimes our actions will attract them. The lesson I was taught when I was growing up was that I have two choices. I could alter by behavior to avoid drawing bullies it I could toughen up and learn how to deal with them. The second option is the better one as sometimes no matter what you do, the assholes will find you.

[quote name="Capbyrd" post="1126380" timestamp="1395158757"] 3. And most importantly...WHO CARES that he likes MLP. Tons of grown men do. All you dad's that want your little boys to grow up and be manly men...do y'all get upset when a girl is a bit of tomboy? Its a double standard and really only exists because you are afraid that your son might have the gay.[/quote] :wave: I ain't skurred. I live watching My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic with my little girl. It is a great show that is full of a lot of good lessons. I'd go as far as to say that some folks here would be well served by watching and learning from it.

[quote name="tnguy" post="1126293" timestamp="1395151762"]Hey BATF, Matthew Bracken writes fiction, not manuals.[/quote] I know, right?!

Agree to disagree.   The point isn't aimed at him, or even necessarily at those few members of his family that were part of his church. The point is aimed at everyone else. The point is to provide an example of what the Church really is. The point is to show what Christ's love is really capable of in our broken selves.

The plot thickens, and gets murkier. http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/03/foghorn/ares-armor-search-warrant-sheds-light-reason-atf-raid/

[quote name="RobertNashville" post="1125840" timestamp="1395073481"]I don't know but a large crowed gathering to jeer at and disrupt his funeral would certainly be a little poetic justice I would think. Then again; I find disrespecting a funeral to be a pretty disgusting thing to do regardless of who is being buried so I don't plan to do so.[/quote] I think the best, most poetic and Christian response would be to have folks gather with signs proclaiming forgiveness for him as we are called to love all and most especially our enemies. The correct answer to his hatred isn't more of the same in return, but love in abundance.

[quote name="TankerHC" post="1125839" timestamp="1395073436"]If I'm wrong i will be the first to admit it. I was wrong. Thought you were insulting me personally. My apologies. I was completely wrong. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2[/quote] I'm sorry as well. Reading back through it I could have been more clear exactly what I was taking issue with.

[quote name="TankerHC" post="1125818" timestamp="1395071141"]Seems you have already risen to that "hubris" with "[color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][size=3][background=rgb(247,247,247)]I only pray that he can find the peace in the Father's arms"[/background][/size][/font][/color] [size=4][color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)]That would also show some certainty. Fact is, I honestly do not care a whole lot about Fred Phelps except for the fact that he has done things that no one will know wheth[/background][/font][/color][/size][color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)]er or not he will ever pay for.[/background][/font][/color][color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)] [/background][/font][/color] [color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)]I heard a Priest say "All animosity ends in death, even for Despots. When they are gone, it was and no longer is. It doesnt matter what you, I, or anyone else think's or say's, they can no longer do anything and neither can you, or I, or anyone else. [/background][/font][/color] [color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(247,247,247)]His family and followers who continue to carry out his douchbaggery are a different story altogether. [/background][/font][/color][/quote] I think you read too much into and misinterpret my words. I do pray he finds peace in the Father's arms, I pray all people do. That doesn't make it so. I don't get to decide who does and doesn't, I'm not God and thank God for that. I'm far too mean and spiteful to be a just and good one. That was my whole point from the beginning. None of us are qualified to state with any certainty who is going to be given eternal life or death. The only person whose salvation I have any input on is my own and even that is questionable how much input I really have.

[quote name="TankerHC" post="1125796" timestamp="1395068078"]Apparently God can do that. Depending on what your Religion is he will either be Accepted into Heaven, Sent to Purgatory, sent to hell, get his virgins, live with the souls of Animals, and about 100 different other things. Mine says he will end up in Hell. [/quote] It wasn't God's certainty I was questioning.

[quote name="TankerHC" post="1125778" timestamp="1395065908"]He won't be in his father's arms. He will enter and judgment should take about 3 seconds then he will be where he belongs. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 2[/quote] Takes a lot of certainty to be able to declare that judgement on another. That's a level of hubris I just can't rise to.

Derek Webb (singer, former member of Cademon's Call) who once wrote a song called "Freddie Please" about Phelps, summed it up perfectly for me.       I won't take any joy or satisfaction in this news. I only pray that he can find the peace in the Father's arms that he apparently wasn't able to find in life.

[quote name="NashvilleStage" post="1124583" timestamp="1394819795"]Ever walked up to one of those trough-style urinals, with a big group of guys around? *That* will test your manhood...[/quote] "Don't cross the streams… It would be bad… Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."

Had the same thing happen to me last year. Six months later the fix gave out and broke again. At that point I just removed the switch and spliced the wires together. Other than having to remember that it won't stop spinning if I open the lid, problem solved permanently.

Since the F-Troop violated a restraining order, do you think we could get them declared "prohibited persons" under the Lautenberg amendment? :lol:

Found it! http://vietnam.craigslist.org/for/4372477162.html

[quote name="Mark@Sea" post="1125136" timestamp="1394927554"] I have yet to meet anyone with a kind word for that organization. This is possibly because I select for intelligent people as friends. They have a long and documented history of abuses, disregard of the courts, incompetence, perjury - if the House had a set (so to speak), they'd be un-funded, disbanded, and hounded into anonymity.[/quote] As much as I despise them, I still want them around for as long as the government insist on regulating what it has no right to. The reason being their culture of incompetence. If they went away tomorrow all of their functions would likely fall to the FBI. That thought completely terrifies me. Remember, when the F-Troop screws the pooch they call in the Fibbies to fix it. We all know where that leads. I'll take dealing with abusive, murderous and incompetent over abusive, murderous and competent any day. At least the first option gives you a chance of making it out alive.

[quote name="Mark@Sea" post="1125124" timestamp="1394926159"]This has become an issue with atf because they will get away with it under this administration.[/quote] They'll continue getting away with it as long as the public remains under the mistaken belief that they are a legitimate law enforcement organization.

Norris is on the CBS series "Under the Dome". The "they" he is referring to would be CBS.

[quote name="Monkeyman2500" post="1124406" timestamp="1394772269"]I feel so left out. I dont have a shotgun. :([/quote] I got rid of mine. It only collected dust. I use my AR as my primary home defense weapon.

No, they didn't Mr. Mencken.

I agree. If a few beers makes you unsafe to be around a gun, you were already unsafe to be around a gun before you drank the first one.

While being armed and under the influence is illegal and consuming in a public, alcohol serving establishment is illegal, the law is actually silent as to whether consuming while armed is illegal. It says nothing as to whether it is illegal for me to go over a buddy's place and have a beer or two while armed. As far as being under the influence goes, that is a nice gray area up to the discretion of the officer one may interact with.

[quote name="semiautots" post="1121954" timestamp="1394306232"]I guess they could invade New York City, Boston, and Washington DC.[/quote] There is a very strong case to be made that the Commies already have.