tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post5382300215110579895..comments2023-08-18T09:53:49.840-06:00Comments on robbinsdale radical: Laramie Project: Wow.cphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13163860831438587167noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-23820377289245906732009-01-29T23:54:00.000-07:002009-01-29T23:54:00.000-07:00At the risk of casting my pearls before swine I'll...At the risk of casting my pearls before swine I'll try to address your most glaring mistakes. If you deem two consenting males engaged in sexual behavior to be immoral, that's your privilege, it does not however excuse the repugnant, beyond human comprehension abuse Matthew Sheppard (sp?) was subjected to. It doesn't excuse pretending to be gay to lure Matthew into a trap and however they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-21792566595495925442008-02-25T11:31:00.000-07:002008-02-25T11:31:00.000-07:00As I said before, Bob, it's too bad you weren't ab...As I said before, Bob, it's too bad you weren't able to attend. It's easy to form opinions based on what others say to you and on the opinions you already have. But you sound rather obtuse and your comments (most of which have very little to do with the topic at hand) and accusations carry little weight when we all know you were not there to see it yourself. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps you should quit Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313183774929343716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-56444704519271205502008-02-25T07:28:00.000-07:002008-02-25T07:28:00.000-07:00No connection between the Laramie Project and "hat...No connection between the Laramie Project and "hate crime" legislation, huh?<BR/><BR/>From the Feb. 19 RCJ article: β Taking an intense look at what crime and hate can do to a small rural community.β What murder has ever involved anything other than hate?<BR/><BR/>From the same article: βThe murder and the hate-crime accusations that surrounded it soon became national news.β Again acknowledgingBob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-78355646295555574022008-02-24T22:32:00.000-07:002008-02-24T22:32:00.000-07:00Bob, A discussion with you about the play would be...Bob, <BR/><BR/>A discussion with you about the play would be a lot more productive if you had been there. Your concerns make it clear you don't know much about it.<BR/><BR/>I sure don't know where you're coming from saying the "homosexual community" were strongly pushing this performance. The Centers and EqSD did not do any promotion of the event. Are you telling me the editorial board and staff cphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163860831438587167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-82454398487292286382008-02-24T21:17:00.000-07:002008-02-24T21:17:00.000-07:00If the issue of homosexuality had nothing to do wi...If the issue of homosexuality had nothing to do with the play, then why does the homosexual community so ardently promote this play? If sympathy for a murder victim is the object of the play, why pick the murder of Matthew Shepard out of the thousands of murders each year? Are any of them less grievous, less heinous, or less wrong? And why are hate crime laws always pushed in association with Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-34439121189006505822008-02-24T20:20:00.000-07:002008-02-24T20:20:00.000-07:00Those following this thread may be interested: Jud...Those following this thread may be interested: <B>Judy Shepard is coming to Rapid City to speak at the Shrine of Democracy, Mt Rushmore on Sat. July 12.</B>cphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163860831438587167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-20807462576741488802008-02-24T17:22:00.000-07:002008-02-24T17:22:00.000-07:00I too was at last night's performance. I think it ...I too was at last night's performance. I think it is the best piece of telling an amazingly important story that I have seen or heard. It was compelling, it was passionate. The power for me was in knowing that this story is told by the people who were involved, the people whose lives were forever changed by the murder of Matthew Shepherd. I was proud to be part of that audience. I was proud of revkmlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269112744922829069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-88393548547688664282008-02-24T13:06:00.000-07:002008-02-24T13:06:00.000-07:00I have not seen the HBO version, but if I take you...I have not seen the HBO version, but if I take your word for it, Bob, that it is full of pro-homosexual propaganda (even though I have heard differently), then the production I saw last night was quite different. I didn't sense that it promoted any kind of lifestyle other than one that does not teach hate - in any form toward any one. <BR/><BR/>At the discussion after the show, I spoke up aboutBethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313183774929343716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-20021217495190149832008-02-24T08:35:00.000-07:002008-02-24T08:35:00.000-07:00Thanks for clearing that up.The HBO special must h...Thanks for clearing that up.<BR/><BR/>The HBO special must have been different...<BR/><BR/>Although Fred Phelps is portrayed (with his own words, and true to life if you've met him) as his true, spiritually destructive and ugly self, this wasn't my impression at all. As a matter of fact, all the words in the play are those of real people, real words, not "propaganda."<BR/><BR/>There was a cphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163860831438587167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036363.post-50963519328651971682008-02-24T07:00:00.000-07:002008-02-24T07:00:00.000-07:00Unfortunately your source was mistaken. I had hop...Unfortunately your source was mistaken. I had hoped to attend one of the showings, but I was swamped beyond belief this week and unable to make any of them. <BR/><BR/>So I can't provide any thoughts about the play itself, though I'm told from someone who did attend that it was very much like the HBO "Laramie Project" movie. <BR/><BR/>If that was the case, then I'm sure it was a powerful piece Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.com