By: troy mcclure

Sat, 24 May 2008 22:47:11 +0000

Seeing as the FLDSers don't have a full fledged public relations campaign funded by theocratic oligarchs; I'd say there's not much difference.

By: Spies, Brigands, and Pirates - UMBA

Sat, 24 May 2008 14:25:22 +0000

Both on the Gulf of Mexico. Both subject to hurricanes. Funny hats are popular in both places (cowboy hats and berets, respectively).

By: Spies, Brigands, and Pirates - UMBA

Sat, 24 May 2008 14:22:20 +0000

Texas and Cuba are both in the middle latitudes of the Northern and Western hemispheres. Both places were colonized by Spain The flags of both are red, white, and blue with a single star. Striking, indeed.

By: Cowboy

Sat, 24 May 2008 14:08:25 +0000

The parallels are striking. They both involve people. And, uh, um, they're alive people.

By: Pablo

Sat, 24 May 2008 11:57:12 +0000

Bigamy laws only relates to legal marriages. "Spiritual" marriages don't count.

By: m kasper

Sat, 24 May 2008 11:37:52 +0000

Oops. Should have said.... " Isn't polygamy illegal in Texas? Isn't that still an issue?"

By: m kasper

Sat, 24 May 2008 11:34:42 +0000

Sounds like Texas really messed up from the legal side. However, to me, this is pretty creepy. Religion that locks people away from free will deeming it sinful seems like it sucks the essence of life out of living. Even though they appear to be happy living as they do, it seems just at "brainwashy" as with any cult. But, I guess it is satisfying to feel special in your special world. I don't much care what the adults do, but I do feel sympathy for the children. There is a potential (true, for good or bad) that most of them will never know in their lives. And .... isn't polygamy illegal in Texas? Is that still not an issue?

By: B Moe

Sat, 24 May 2008 03:54:58 +0000

I am always game for some complaining and pearl-clutching about Guantanamo. These people are not dogs rounded up by the pound. Don't know if I have said it out loud yet, but I do enjoy having you around, Lisa.

By: Big Bang Hunter (pumping you up)

Sat, 24 May 2008 02:33:33 +0000

- To a group that merrily described Saddams pre-war Iraq as all butterflies and kite flying children frolicking next to rivers flowing with chocolate in order to bolster their pacifist/cowardice screeds, I do not expect logical acuity at anything higher than Kindergarten level, and I'm never disappointed.

By: happyfeet

Sat, 24 May 2008 02:06:41 +0000

Oh. My point is that sex and all that in the normal real world can be every bit as tawdry and cheap and icky if you look for it, and a lot even if you don't.