X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=4.5 tests=BAYES_00,URIBL_GREY autolearn=no version=3.2.0-r372567 Sender: -1.6 (spamval) -- NONE Return-Path: Received: from newman.eecs.umich.edu (newman.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.11]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.13.0) with ESMTP id l3OKFNPS030075 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:15:24 -0400 Received: from anniehall.mr.itd.umich.edu (mx.umich.edu [141.211.176.130]) by newman.eecs.umich.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3OKFLcm012440; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:15:21 -0400 Received: FROM newman.eecs.umich.edu (newman.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.11]) BY anniehall.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 462E6551.A2A09.21057 ; 24 Apr 2007 16:15:13 -0400 Received: from boston.eecs.umich.edu (boston.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.61]) by newman.eecs.umich.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3OKFBwD012385 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:15:11 -0400 Received: from boston.eecs.umich.edu (localhost.eecs.umich.edu [127.0.0.1]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.13.0) with ESMTP id l3OKFBPS030069 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:15:11 -0400 Received: from localhost (dreeves Æ localhost) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) with ESMTP id l3OKFAbO030066; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:15:11 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: boston.eecs.umich.edu: dreeves owned process doing -bs X-X-Sender: dreeves Æ boston.eecs.umich.edu In-Reply-To: <31F6AE24-3AD1-4C05-9CB2-979B6715C42F Æ umich.edu> Message-ID: References: <80ab53ec0704241157j5df425bchbdaa3454a0aee3ab Æ mail.gmail.com> <31F6AE24-3AD1-4C05-9CB2-979B6715C42F Æ umich.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.0-r372567 (2006-01-26) on newman.eecs.umich.edu X-Virus-Scan: : UVSCAN at UoM/EECS X-Virus-Scan: : UVSCAN at UoM/EECS Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:15:10 -0400 (EDT) To: Dave Morris cc: improvetheworld Æ umich.edu From: Daniel Reeves Subject: Re: cat-burning and godhatesfags Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 976 Oh they have Bibles, their attentions just petered out partway through Leviticus. I guess they got sidetracked by all the homosexuality they're now so fixated on. ps, more on free speech: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39182 --- \/ FROM Dave Morris AT 07.04.24 15:58 (Today) \/ --- > Wow. Someone outta buy those folks a copy of the bible someday. > > On Apr 24, 2007, at 2:57 PM, Monica Stephens wrote: > >> Have you checked the youtube link again? "This video is no longer >> available due to a copyright claim by Warner/Chappell Music, Inc." >> >> I doubt this is due to a copyright violation--look how many other >> [better] parodies of the same song are on youtube (e.g. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2kZKI7pSHs)... Or homemade parodies >> of michael jackson (also on the warner label) have not been removed >> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO_ey4v1ccA). Perhaps Warner/Chappell >> Music just doesn't share the extremest views of the church, so they >> censored it. >> >> Nevertheless, the music video is still available at >> http://www.thesignsofthetimes.net/specialav/special.html, along with >> Westboro Baptist Church's other extremist music videos. >> >> -Monica >> >> On 4/23/07, Daniel Reeves wrote: >>> We see a lot of hand-wringing over cultural and moral decay as evidenced >>> by such supposed trends as increased violence in the world. >>> >>> Westboro Babptist Church, host of godhatesfags.com, has a laughably >>> extreme take on this, to the tune of We Are the World: >>> >>> "God Hates the World": >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My8KxRj_Pwo >>> >>> I'm pretty sure they're quite serious. >>> >>> Here's the oppositive perspective from Steven Pinker, author of The >>> Language Instinct: >>> >>> "We're Getting Nicer Every Day: A History of Violence": >>> http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/2007_03_19_New%20Republic.pdf >>> >>> ----- >>> Finally, a word from our sponsor: (new rule: you're allowed to append >>> spam to the bottom of a legit post!) >>> >>> Bethany and I are about to move 75 blocks north, from times square to >>> harlem. 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