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I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit

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I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
October 4, 2017 at 7:09 pm
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 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
October 4, 2017 at 7:21 pm
(October 4, 2017 at 7:09 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: [Image: riven_by_lust_incest_and_schism_in_india...ihj012.jpg]

That is twice this week you have won the internet!
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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
October 4, 2017 at 7:23 pm
(October 4, 2017 at 10:58 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: You can do both: offer words of solidarity (such as thoughts/prayers) and do what you can to help.

In my experience when I hear "I'll pray for (insert objective)" from someone, that's typically the most they are willing to do. 

If they were doing more, they'd be telling me about it.
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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
October 4, 2017 at 7:52 pm
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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
October 4, 2017 at 8:39 pm (This post was last modified: October 4, 2017 at 8:44 pm by Minimalist.)
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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
October 4, 2017 at 9:01 pm
(October 4, 2017 at 8:39 pm)Minimalist Wrote: [Image: chokingorprayer.jpg]
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"I'll pray for you" is Christianese for "Fuck you!"

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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
October 5, 2017 at 12:12 am (This post was last modified: October 5, 2017 at 12:13 am by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
(October 4, 2017 at 2:43 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:
(October 4, 2017 at 1:39 pm)pool the matey Wrote: Hmm. So apparently gun sales go up when mass shootings take place.

Of course they do.

The #1 thing the NRA relies on is fear. Fear that the government is going to take away your right to have certain weapons, like assault rifles. So, the people drinking the Kool-Aid hurry up and buy more firearms and ammo before that happens (even though it hardly ever happens).

Again, these are people who genuinely believe that an armed populace is a polite populace, and that firearms are the only thing keeping the government from sliding headlong into abject tyranny.

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Fear is the driving factor but the rationalization is when mass shootings take place there is a chance that guns will be banned so people buy and stock weapons while it is still easy to get their hands on them.
When Trump came into presidency people knew the anti gun laws won't hold much water and were much more relaxed and guess what happened..the share value of companies that make guns went down.
Just after this recent mass shooting the share values went...up.
Seems kind of convenient.
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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
October 5, 2017 at 12:20 am (This post was last modified: October 5, 2017 at 12:22 am by vorlon13.)
I note when the True Believers© are tucked away in their prayer bunkers fervently beseeching The Lord God Almighty for various and sundry ameliorations of all manner of perils and inconveniences, both real and anticipated, they aren't out and about bothering the rest of us.

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RE: I'm Sick of this Thoughts And Prayers, Horseshit
October 5, 2017 at 5:09 am (This post was last modified: October 5, 2017 at 5:09 am by ignoramus.)
The prayer...

Please God, help the victims of the Las Vegas shootings get better because I so cannot give a fuck to help or volunteer myself so I'm just delegating to someone else who probably doesn't exist...whatever...
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