Comments on: Early Morning Swim: Special Rick Freaking Warren?! Edition http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:38:37 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: sophiehunter http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763986 sophiehunter Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:28:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763986 <p>I so apologize, I was on a different blog when I started this thing and showed up in the middle of your discussion, don’t know how it happened. Must have hit a wrong button.</p> I so apologize, I was on a different blog when I started this thing and showed up in the middle of your discussion, don’t know how it happened. Must have hit a wrong button.

]]> By: sophiehunter http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763979 sophiehunter Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:16:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763979 <p>You are totally right in you awwwggggrrrhhh!</p> You are totally right in you awwwggggrrrhhh!

]]> By: Blue Texan http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763967 Blue Texan Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:50:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763967 <blockquote><p>…gay and lesbian marriage isn’t the same horror as women and children being raped and murdered.</p></blockquote> <p>Yes, the rape of children ranks higher on the moral outrage scale than equal rights for gays. We agree.</p> <p>Now my questions for you is: who is arguing otherwise and what the hell is your point?</p>

…gay and lesbian marriage isn’t the same horror as women and children being raped and murdered.

Yes, the rape of children ranks higher on the moral outrage scale than equal rights for gays. We agree.

Now my questions for you is: who is arguing otherwise and what the hell is your point?

]]> By: MrWhy http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763930 MrWhy Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:06:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763930 <p>The USA does not head the list if you look at the <a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita" rel="nofollow">per capita statistics</a>.</p> <blockquote><p>#1 South Africa: 1.19538 per 1,000 people<br /> #2 Seychelles: 0.788294 per 1,000 people<br /> #3 Australia: 0.777999 per 1,000 people<br /> #4 Montserrat: 0.749384 per 1,000 people<br /> #5 Canada: 0.733089 per 1,000 people<br /> #6 Jamaica: 0.476608 per 1,000 people<br /> #7 Zimbabwe: 0.457775 per 1,000 people<br /> #8 Dominica: 0.34768 per 1,000 people<br /> #9 United States: 0.301318 per 1,000 people<br /> #10 Iceland: 0.246009 per 1,000 people<br /> #11 Papua New Guinea: 0.233544 per 1,000 people<br /> #12 New Zealand: 0.213383 per 1,000 people<br /> #13 United Kingdom: 0.142172 per 1,000 people<br /> #14 Spain: 0.140403 per 1,000 people<br /> #15 France: 0.139442 per 1,000 people<br /> #16 Korea, South: 0.12621 per 1,000 people<br /> #17 Mexico: 0.122981 per 1,000 people<br /> #18 Norway: 0.120836 per 1,000 people<br /> #19 Costa Rica: 0.118277 per 1,000 people<br /> #20 Venezuela: 0.115507 per 1,000 people </p></blockquote> The USA does not head the list if you look at the per capita statistics.

#1 South Africa: 1.19538 per 1,000 people
#2 Seychelles: 0.788294 per 1,000 people
#3 Australia: 0.777999 per 1,000 people
#4 Montserrat: 0.749384 per 1,000 people
#5 Canada: 0.733089 per 1,000 people
#6 Jamaica: 0.476608 per 1,000 people
#7 Zimbabwe: 0.457775 per 1,000 people
#8 Dominica: 0.34768 per 1,000 people
#9 United States: 0.301318 per 1,000 people
#10 Iceland: 0.246009 per 1,000 people
#11 Papua New Guinea: 0.233544 per 1,000 people
#12 New Zealand: 0.213383 per 1,000 people
#13 United Kingdom: 0.142172 per 1,000 people
#14 Spain: 0.140403 per 1,000 people
#15 France: 0.139442 per 1,000 people
#16 Korea, South: 0.12621 per 1,000 people
#17 Mexico: 0.122981 per 1,000 people
#18 Norway: 0.120836 per 1,000 people
#19 Costa Rica: 0.118277 per 1,000 people
#20 Venezuela: 0.115507 per 1,000 people

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763889 dmac Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:42:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763889 <p>that’s not what i said at all.</p> that’s not what i said at all.

]]> By: sophiehunter http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763855 sophiehunter Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:13:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763855 <p>Quiet isn’t a personality trait of ours. Get used to it.</p> Quiet isn’t a personality trait of ours. Get used to it.

]]> By: RieszFischer http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763851 RieszFischer Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:11:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763851 <p>Listen, people, Obama peed all over the liberal base before he was nominated, and anyone who was paying attention knew he would continue to pee all over us after he was elected, so I don’t want to hear any more whining. You all “fell in love” with him and shouted down those of us who questioned him, so just be quiet.</p> Listen, people, Obama peed all over the liberal base before he was nominated, and anyone who was paying attention knew he would continue to pee all over us after he was elected, so I don’t want to hear any more whining. You all “fell in love” with him and shouted down those of us who questioned him, so just be quiet.

]]> By: sophiehunter http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763849 sophiehunter Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:10:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763849 <p>We will never be taken seriously as people who believe in progressive values when it is more important for some people to be allowed to marry than it is for some people to be allowed to live.</p> We will never be taken seriously as people who believe in progressive values when it is more important for some people to be allowed to marry than it is for some people to be allowed to live.

]]> By: sophiehunter http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763846 sophiehunter Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:07:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763846 <p>I totally respect your thoughts, but I think you are being disengenuous when you say that a gay couples right to marry is more important than other people having the right to live.</p> I totally respect your thoughts, but I think you are being disengenuous when you say that a gay couples right to marry is more important than other people having the right to live.

]]> By: sophiehunter http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763844 sophiehunter Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:01:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/18/early-morning-swim-special-rick-freaking-warren-edition/#comment-1763844 <p>You know you are supposed to be progressive people with progressive thoughts, yet is that what you really are? I ask the question as a progressive thinker. I’m not saying that anyone has to agree with me. I just ask that you ask yourselves the question, may it be right?</p> You know you are supposed to be progressive people with progressive thoughts, yet is that what you really are? I ask the question as a progressive thinker. I’m not saying that anyone has to agree with me. I just ask that you ask yourselves the question, may it be right?

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