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How "intimidating" would you be if you knew "sniper weapons" were aimed at you?
This sounds like a smoke screen. Let's get the attention off the sect by accusing people of wronging us.
Just leave the children innocent and untouched. Is that too much to ask?
Uh-huh. Well if the Utah AG office passed on "reliable information" to the Texas authorities, they sure didn't use it.
And that's not just my opinon; their own Supreme Court said the same thing.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Paul Murphy.
Despite having been glorified by some people as a defender of people from persecution, Parker is willing to start his own persecutions to help his clients, trying to blame people for things they had no part in.
Are you referring to the state of Texas? Or the FLDS?. If it is the state of Texas, I agree whole heartedly, if you are referring to the FLDS, from all I've seen and heard, these are just parents loving their children and teaching them from the way they perceive the world to be. They same way, I presume, that your parents did. If that perception differs from the way you see things, so what?
Re: yeeah. What the...?
Re: Utah started this mess. I very much doubt Texas proceeded on good faith, intentions or anything else. Their own statements bear this out. Oh by the way, the phrase is the proof is in the putting..think about it for a moment, you'll get it.
I live in Utah and I thought it was almost commical the paranoia that was evident in our law enforcement community at the beginning of the Warren Jeffs trial. Every time he was moved there were heavily armed convoys of vehicles with unusually heavy police presence, even air support. The first few days of the trial there were snippers stationed on the court building and helecopters circleing, and agents watching these FLDS "enforcers" they have dosseirs on. It was a joke and eventually they figured out they were over-reacting and it settled into a little more normal atmosphere for a high visibility case.
Similarly, FLDS leaders have taught their people to be paranoid of outsiders and especially judges and politicians. Teaching children to stay in the compound or with FLDS protectors because someday people will try to take you away from your family.
Think about it... The violent armed resistence Utah officials predicted in their paranoia never happend. But-The-FLDS-kids-who-were-taught-to-hide-from-outsiders-WERE-kidnapped-just-as-their-paranoid-leaders-taught-them-would-someday-happen.
Who's-paranoia-was-more-justified?
Looks like possibly Warren Jeffs could be the father to many of those FLDS children running all over the compound. I understand that Jeffs had approximately 180 wives.
Today on Oprah, Lisa Ling took viewers on tours of two communities. One consisted of former FLDS members who live in a beautiful and typical suburban community. Except for the polygamy and the 30,000 square foot homes, everything else was normal. The residents were friendly and appeared normal in personality and dress.
Then she and Carolyn Jessop drove down to Short Creek. Lisa Ling, who has reported from various battlegrounds was, like Texas CPS, very sensitive to the fact that they may not be safe. The FLDS acted extremely bizarrely. The FLDS appeared to be calling each other to report the intrusion of strangers. The FLDS let Lisa, Carolyn and the TV crew know that they were not welcome by blaring their horns. It was very similar to Texas in that very tall walls had been built to separate the streets from the homes. There were clearly people who assumed a spying role and immediately alerted the residents to the strangers. It seemed to be a paranoid society that does a disservice to polygamy.
a citizens name,can that person appeal to the U.S Attorney General, for justice,directly?
Re:Creepy; I heard he had 280 wives, and 4 sets of rocket powered underwear. :-)
Re:zxcvbnm; I would bet that old HappyHips Hildebrand
wishes he had rocket powered underwear.
and true. Now if all you peons would do as Oprah says
you to can find perfection.
P.S. Now Texas attacks peaceful people, and they barely escape with their children, And the High Priest of Oprah, "Gal50", states that the Flds
people are "paranoid"! Gal50 go back to your false
God Oprah, and grovel properly.