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Old 01-16-2015, 07:43 AM   #320 (permalink)
Chula Vista
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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth View Post
chula was saying that you 'shouldn't poke the bear' which does basically mean the magazine should have thought twice about posting that offensive material. at least that's how i interpreted it. his only caveat was that if they were going to post the offensive material they should have soldiered up first and got armed and bunkered down. while it might have been smart for them to have done so, i don't think they were obligated to do so.
Tell it to the relatives that they left behind who had to bury them because of their supposed "heroics".

I'll lay my life on the line for a number of things. Being able to wantonly publish vile and vulgar cartoons ain't one of them.
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