BS: Poll: harmless idiot or serious threat?

Subject: RE: BS: Poll: harmless idiot or serious threat?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 03:17 PM

I didn't mean to do that. I smote the submit button by accident. These things happen.

Subject: RE: BS: Poll: harmless idiot or serious threat?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 03:15 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Poll: harmless idiot or serious threat?
From: Gareth
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 02:58 PM

Mmmm ! any survivors fron Sodom and Gommorrah (Sp) wish to comment on the effectivness of Gods Wrath ?

Come to think of it, the wrath of which God ?

If it is the God of (Deleted took keep the peace) will God's wrath involve a slap over th wrist and two weeks probation ?

Gareth

Subject: RE: BS: Poll: harmless idiot or serious threat?
From: Rapparee
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 02:14 PM

Why not report him to the World Council of Churches instead?

Subject: RE: BS: Poll: harmless idiot or serious threat?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 02:05 PM

"Homeland Security" - that's straight out of some clone of 1984 isn't it?

What's it got to do with them? If God is planning to smite America, not much Homeland Security can do about it, and if he isn't, what's to worry about?

In fact, in a God-fearing country, even to try to interfere with what God might be proposing to do would be highly irregular and even blasphemous.

Mind you when Jonah tried this on Nineveh (after his whale episode) the Nivevans went and repented, and God changed his mind, and didn't smite them after all. Jonah was very pissed off about this, it is reported, since he felt that it wasn't fair on a prophet to have that kind of last minute reprieve.

So maybe something like that might happen. And after all, repenting never did anyone any harm. Sackcloth and Ashes are the new Black...

Subject: RE: BS: Poll: harmless idiot or serious threat?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 02:01 PM

he's,dangerous,shoot,him.

Subject: BS: Poll: harmless idiot or serious threat?
From: GUEST,in San Diego
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 01:22 PM

My friend works in downtown San Diego. There's this guy who's been standing outside her building for the last week with a sign that says: "In 31 days, God will smite America for invading Iraq." (Tuesday it said 33 days. Monday it said 34 days. Sunday it--well, you get the idea.) He also shouts at passersby about this and says really convincing things like "Mark my words!" and told a guy in her office yesterday he should move to Canada to escape the smiting.

Not lacking a sense of humor about this, she's tempted to stand next to the guy with a countdown sign of her own that says: "In 32 days, this guy will get a clue." Probably not a wise idea, just because the sanity of the original sign holder is in question - not to mention the presence or absence of a sense of humor.

I told another friend about the sign guy, and his response was, "And she hasn't reported him to Homeland Security yet??!!?"

Hence, this poll: is the guy with the sign a potential threat who Should Be Reported, or just a harmless nutcase?