Comments on: I'm willing to try again, however

I'm willing to try again, however

jonson — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:23:55 -0800

I can't believe I missed a National Day of Prayer. And to think, this one involved a demonstration just blocks from my house. Damn it, I'm usually so devout when it comes to these things, and now that the day is nearly over, it looks like the prayer didn't even come true...

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:30:16 -0800

jonson, your thoughtful link rekindled my dormant religious streak - I am praying now, these things sometime take time. Amen, and bless you my son.

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:47:41 -0800

I think Larry Flynt has a few things to work out with God before he grants him any wishes.

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:50:25 -0800

See, Steve, that's why I'm kicking myself. While God might have been reticent to grant Larry's wishes, I just know if I had added my voice to the chorus in time, I just might have been the straw that broke Bill O'Reilly's back. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm no saint, but I'm far enough from Larry that God might have looked down & decided "Gee, if two people as different as Larry & my good man Jonson are both in favor of Bill O'Reilly's painful death, maybe I should look into it further". Aw well, no use crying over missed opportunities, I suppose.

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:54:05 -0800

Would it be acceptable if I submitted that both men make me kinda sick? (Though I wouldn't wish death on either)

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:54:25 -0800

Well, really all I want to know is: Jonson, why do you hate Bill O'Reilly so much?

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:01:16 -0800

Damn you, Steve!! I walked right into it. I can blame only myself...

By: skallas

skallas — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:23:05 -0800

> I think Larry Flynt has a few things to work out with God before he grants him any wishes. If he believed in gods I would think he deserves at least something after been shot by a right-wing segregationist just because Flynt published magazines showing sex acts and unions this cowerdly sniper did not approve. From

None of this exactly endeared Flynt to prominent politicians, feminists, clergymen, and moral crusaders of every stripe. They denounced him with fervor. It shouldn't surprise anybody if it ever comes out that the Christian censors had been praying for Flynt's death all along. In March 1978, one antagonist opted to take matters into his own hands. Using a high-powered rifle, Joseph Paul Franklin shot Flynt and his lawyer outside a Georgia courthouse. Apparently, the sniper was incensed over HUSTLER's depictions of interracial couples. Franklin, an avowed white supremacist and former Klansman, was finally apprehended in 1980. Following the incident, Flynt took stock of his life and rethought his priorities: "When I was gunned down in the streets of Georgia and paralyzed, I saw that pretty much as my life being over. And I made a calculated decision to spend the rest of my life devoted to expanding the parameters of free speech." From that point on, Flynt would be spending a lot more time in courtrooms.

The pray for death thing is a playbook out of the religious handbook, they've been trying it for a long time now. Their communal hate did help get him shot. God works in mysterious ways, eh Steve?

By: Bixby23

Bixby23 — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:31:24 -0800

Faugh. We've become a nation of pansies. Pray for his death, indeed. Charles Bukowski would've shoved a beer bottle up O'Reilly's wazoo, then gone home and written about it. Something like, hmmm.... "I have more faith in my plumber than I do the eternal being. Plumbers do a good job. They keep the shit flowing." CB

By: carfilhiot

carfilhiot — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:37:00 -0800

Their communal hate did help get him shot Perhaps, but not an act of God. Yeah, ba wa whatever. Why not just ignore him? I had never even heard of Bill O Reilly before this thread.

By: PrinceValium

PrinceValium — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:39:39 -0800

Almost on par with "Yay, Pat Robertson has cancer."

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 23:22:35 -0800

People say I don't pray for my enemies. But they're wrong. I do pray. I pray they go to hell. --- the Punisher I'm just sayin'...

By: dg

dg — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 23:32:39 -0800

You guys are slipping:

HUSLTER Magazine invites you to join us in prayer.

By: emelenjr

emelenjr — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 23:37:19 -0800

I think Larry Flynt has a few things to work out with his copyeditor before God grants him any wishes. 2:31 a.m. ET, the text on the page refers to "Huslter" magazine. Also the address has an errant space in "Ave." I need a job/some sleep.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 23:45:38 -0800

I love the drawings of the praying family at the bottom of the linked picture: the artistic style is lifted straight from right wing evangelical Christian tracts.

By: alethe

alethe — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 00:05:58 -0800

liberalism - because tolerance means praying for the deaths of those who disagree with you.

By: 2sheets

2sheets — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 00:10:50 -0800

I'm praying that O'Reilly is crushed by the falling body of Larry Flynt. About a 20 story drop should do the trick.

By: konolia

konolia — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 03:46:12 -0800

In 1977, a 60 Minutes producer introduced Flynt to Ruth Carter Stapleton, the evangelist sister of President Jimmy Carter. The two formed a fast friendship, which resulted in Flynt's surprising and publicized conversion to Christianity. Under the guidance of Stapleton, Flynt altered his mindset about Hustler's objective, vowing to no longer portray women in such a vulgar manner.

By: dg

dg — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 04:52:40 -0800

Look! A flying pig!

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 05:00:28 -0800

a brain aneurysm that will lead to his slow and painful death. Saw a sign yesterday: Don't let the bitterness get to you. When someone makes you mad; they've won because you're stuck with their bitterness. Not having FOX News channel this place reminds me that O'Riley exists. Yesterday was also National Night Out. Larry Flint missed a great opportunity in his quest for governor...especially being a crime victim in a wheelchair?

By: MrBaliHai

MrBaliHai — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 05:27:21 -0800

I pray that mathowie would smite this thread and all who post in it. For lo, it sucketh like unto the bowels of Fark.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 06:30:34 -0800

I'm with you, MrBaliHai. Worst thread I've ever seen.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 06:58:15 -0800

you whiners all owe the crippled pornographer more than know.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 08:39:57 -0800

liberalism - because tolerance means praying for the deaths of those who disagree with you. Yup -- just like Pat Robertson's veiled death threat to the Supreme Court a few weeks back...

By: mcsweetie

mcsweetie — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 08:52:51 -0800

liberalism - because tolerance means praying for the deaths of those who disagree with you. took you guys long enough!

By: namespan

namespan — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:15:35 -0800

lifted straight from right wing evangelical Christian tracts. as opposed to left wing evangelical Christian tracts?

By: inpHilltr8r

inpHilltr8r — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:56:35 -0800

I think Larry Flynt has a few things to work out with God before he grants him any wishes. Check the log in your eye.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 17:53:48 -0800

liberalism - because tolerance means praying for the deaths of those who disagree with you. did you read the small print at the bottom? do you understand the concept of parody? i thought the disclaimer at the bottom was lame, but i guess some people need a little more explanation than others ... great line: "O, God, may he reach for the phone to call 911 and accidentally dial 411." ha.