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Offline Chris_

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2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« on: October 31, 2008, 07:56:03 AM »
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2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A University of Kentucky student and another man were arrested Thursday, accused of hanging a life-sized likeness of Barack Obama from a tree on the campus.

The incident was one of several in recent weeks involving effigies of the presidential candidates or their running mates. No charges have been filed in four other cases that have made national headlines.

UK Interim Police Chief Joe Monroe said the men "expressed remorse for a stunt that had gotten out of hand."

Arrested were Joe Fischer, 22, a UK student, and Hunter Bush, 21, both of Lexington. Both were being held at Fayette County Detention Center on charges of disorderly conduct related to the hanging of the effigy. They were also charged with burglary and theft at a fraternity house where police said the materials came from.

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"As outrageous and offensive an act as the effigy was, I truly believe it has mobilized our campus, the community and the state in an effort to battle racism," Todd said Thursday

Yup.  Hanging an effigy of a white Christain woman is okay, but hang a black (possibly muslim) man, and you're a racist.   :argh: :maddernhell:

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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2008, 07:58:51 AM »
Okay now, how about those other four cases?

Are they going to be prosecuted?

Like that gay couple out in Hollywood, with their depiction of Sarah Palin being lynched?

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Fair play, even-handed distribution of justice.

Or am I hoping for too much?
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2008, 08:01:48 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on October 31, 2008, 07:58:51 AM
Okay now, how about those other four cases?

Are they going to be prosecuted?

Like that gay couple out in Hollywood, with their depiction of Sarah Palin being lynched?

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Fair play, even-handed distribution of justice.

Or am I hoping for too much?

I think your last question is actually the answer to it.
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2008, 08:17:54 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on October 31, 2008, 07:58:51 AM
Or am I hoping for too much?

Yep.  I'd say they are in a lot more trouble on the burglary charge (as serious felony) than on the disorderly conduct charge (a misdemeanor, in most places a minor one), though.
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2008, 08:34:12 AM »
I'll go with the burglary charge. That's acceptable. However, the police are walking ALL over those student's 1st Amendment rights with the disorderly conduct charge. We won't even get into the "fairness" of the other four. If a person(s) can hang Palin in effigy and depict McCain as a "satan" ( or whatever their intention was), then why can't a person hang Obama or Biden in effigy ?? After all, that's what the 1st Amendment is all about, isn't it?? There's nothing about political correctness or taste in the 1st Amendment.
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2008, 09:30:14 AM »
Quote from: Thor on October 31, 2008, 08:34:12 AM
I'll go with the burglary charge. That's acceptable. However, the police are walking ALL over those student's 1st Amendment rights with the disorderly conduct charge. We won't even get into the "fairness" of the other four. If a person(s) can hang Palin in effigy and depict McCain as a "satan" ( or whatever their intention was), then why can't a person hang Obama or Biden in effigy ?? After all, that's what the 1st Amendment is all about, isn't it?? There's nothing about political correctness or taste in the 1st Amendment.

If it's legal to burn the American Flag, then damnit it out to be legal to do what they did.  Maybe a visit from the Secret Service to ensure that there is nothing going on beyond an act of speech, but criminal prosecution is just a clear violation of their rights.
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2008, 09:43:20 AM »
Frank, I don't know if you've seen this or not, but watch the entire series (Indoctrinate U, I hope it's CC'd) It explains quite well why the other cases won't raise an eyebrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJuQQcXKLWM
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2008, 11:31:25 AM »
I can understand the burglary and theft charges at a frat house, but why the Obama effigy. There is the Palin hanging effigy in LA and that person will likely have Secret Service at the door.
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2008, 01:42:54 PM »
I have more of a problem with the way he's been elected in effigy.
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2008, 01:47:00 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on October 31, 2008, 07:58:51 AM
Okay now, how about those other four cases?


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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2008, 01:56:12 PM »
Quote from: Thor on October 31, 2008, 08:34:12 AM
I'll go with the burglary charge. That's acceptable. However, the police are walking ALL over those student's 1st Amendment rights with the disorderly conduct charge. We won't even get into the "fairness" of the other four. If a person(s) can hang Palin in effigy and depict McCain as a "satan" ( or whatever their intention was), then why can't a person hang Obama or Biden in effigy ?? After all, that's what the 1st Amendment is all about, isn't it?? There's nothing about political correctness or taste in the 1st Amendment.

It's Halloween. Those students should say they were putting together a Halloween display. Worked for those Palin hanging people in LA.
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2008, 02:48:08 PM »
Selective enforcement of the law basd on race = racism
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Re: 2 arrested for hanging Obama effigy on Ky. campus
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2008, 11:44:19 AM »
Not surprised at all.   :censored:

Folks, just wait to see what will be tolerated and what will not be if the Obamessiah gets elected.  Racist blacks will try their all to see those days of slavery be reversed and "whitey's" will be riding in the back of the bus.....Okay,that's a stretch...but so was this case.
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