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Abortion Quotes Update

From: Sarah [sarah5775@optonline.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:27 PM
To: editor@impiousdigest.com
Subject: Abortion Quotes

Anne Rice Expressionism

Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:46:07 -0800 (PST)
From: jessica johnson <iczerfae@yahoo.com>
Subject: Anne Rice Expressionalism
To: editor@impiousdigest.com
 

Although I have not read all of her books, I feel that Anne Rice has a genius creative streak. Her vampire series as you know have made tons of money and people continue to buy her books every day. As for the German art, I'm not sure that this is every Germans' outlook on her books. I admit they they are off the wall sometimes. But what it really comes down to is preference. I think the idea of a vampire searching for God is int

riguing, the idea that vampires were created when a malevolent spirit enter a human body, that they have emotions and a conscience appeals to some and not others. if you have read a book where a vampire goes down on a menstruating women please let me know so I can stay away from it. It is tasteless but other than that I love her books. Her writing style allows you to almost feel the joy or sorrow or anger of the character.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Jessica Johnson

Dear Jessica,

I guess Rice is an acquired taste (pardon the pun). It's hard reading any writer who can devote two pages just describing what kind of suit a character is wearing. As for the horrific art featured in that article, it's anyone's guess where it came from.  It was on some German site, and somehow, that didn't surprise me. Anyway, it was all tongue in cheek.

The Ed

Dear Theodore,

I don't see the quotation from Christian and Jewish Genocide above as implying Karl May is Hitler. It does imply Hitler liked to emulate his characters, but also says he liked to misquote the bible. In fact, if we were to accept Hitler's reading of the Bible, Jesus blessed his gassing of the Jews and was delighted to reincarnate as Hitler himself.

In other words, the quotation is pointing out Hitler's knack for completely misreading or perverting books and scriptures for his own ends.

Personally, have I read Karl May's books? No. But I would love to and if indeed they are online I want to read them. You raise a good point and I don't think the author's intention was to imply Karl May could be compared to Hitler. What is true, however, is that killing for racist reasons, and the practice of genocide, did exist in the Old West in America- not the Old West in Germany. The genocide of the Native American may not exist in the books of Karl May, as you say, but in the cold reality of American history, it is denied by no one; not even the most shameless apologist. The concentration camps built in the 19th century to segregate the Native American still exist, and are still populated today; they are called Indian reservations.

Dear Amanda,

More here...

i am not sure what triggered your reaction to vincente fox's support of the new stamps to be released. what is portrayed by the images on these stamps is an extremely popular cartoon in latin america that in no way is made to portray black people. with my mom being from ecuador, growing up with these cartoons and while being in ecuador myself, the clothing that is worn by the monkeys is regular attire in latin america. the elderly woman is in fact dressed like an elderly mexican woman who is going about her chores, or at least how they typically dressed in the past. how do i know? because my grandmother dressed in clothing almost identical to the woman in the stamp, and the boy is dressed in clothing that is worn in just about any country on earth. what DOES make these stamps look racist towards black people is the black stigma produced by american culture. if you want to bash someone over this whole ordeal, it should be the history of our fine country that was formed on the backs of the countless oppressed people whom are still being held down by society. when you look at the stamp with the elderly lady, and their distorted faces, you know what comes to mind? blackface. why? no, not because the stamps were made out of blackface images. because blackface is part of american culture. the cartoon characters are innocent portrayals of latin americans in the form of monkeys.

if you dont agree, thats fine. just giving you another view from someone who seems a little more certain about the history than a person who is so quick to call vicente fox a son of a bitch.

mohammad

Dear Mo,

So you assume this perspective came from someone who wasn't of Mexican heritage? Wrong. I am, and that's why I was furious. It's an ass-backward and racist portrayal of blacks- period. When I was a child, my mother often took me to Mexico to get in touch with my roots, and the first thing that struck me as I read the comic books in the waiting areas was the racism I saw in certain comic books like Mermin. It is an ignorant portrayal, because the black population Mexico is virtually nil, and only someone unfamiliar with black culture would appeal to it. Like here in America, such racism takes root most deeply in areas where no blacks exist.

I remember one image in one comic book, a mock ad, of a sleeping black man leaning against a trash can. The caption read something along the line of "Trash belongs in its place." At the time, I couldn't have been more than five. But it sickened me. The Mexican broadcast media is little better. Indigenous people are generally portrayed as simpletons, whilst soap operas and news broadcasts feature light skinned people almost exclusively. Check out a Mexican soap opera. All the characters look like Anglo kids, you will be hard pressed to find one female protagonist that even resembles the typical brown-skinned people representative of 90% of Mexico. Now, Mexico does have areas where light-skinned people dominate, like Zacatecas, but this isn't representative of the nation.

Mexico can never hope to retain first world status while embracing racist ideology like that promulgated by the stamps, which sanctions bigotry with state approval. The movers and shakers of the world now include more black people than Mexicans.  Vicente Fox shouldn't have allowed the stamps to print. He did, and now he has to face the music. He is a stupid fucking prick. The Secretary of State, Condaleeza Rice, is black. How can he possibly hope to have good relations with America when he insults our highest representative, this by implying he knows what is offensive to blacks, and she doesn't?

Jag

Lee Paquit in happier times with Joe McCarthy.

Joe McCarthy Can Have My Babies

Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 19:38:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lee Paquet <32Circl@xxxx.xxx
To: joe_mahma@impiousdigest.com
Subject: Open mind? Joe McCarthy......

Hello. I just read your bitter diatribe against Ann Coulter and Joe McCarthy. Why do you continue the lies against them? The evidence Ann cites in her book is there for all to see. Your satirical renditions of Limbaugh and Coulter were NOT funny. I excerpted the following from a speech, including publications backing McCarthy's efforts to publicize Communists infiltrating our government. Sorry your guys were wrong back in the 40's and 50's.

Joe McCarthy Was Right
Submitted by Don Capron

Joe McCarthy was right. Now that I've grabbed your attention, let me tell you why. For fifty years I trust there isn't an educator in either the academy or high schools who hasn't failed to castigate Joe McCarthy as a hate-monger, liar, destroyer of careers, and someone who routinely accused innocent people of wrong doing. McCarthy's detractors, Communists, and Soviet sympathizers never anticipated two things: One, the Venona intercepts and their subsequent release; Two, the collapse of Communism and the opening of Soviet files.

From 1943 until 1980, unbeknownst to virtually everyone, the National Security Agency intercepted every Soviet message going from or to the United States. It was not until 1994 that their existence was even acknowledged, and 1995 when the first 1,400 of 240,000 intercepts were released to the public. Their content was damning and supportive of the contentions of not only McCarthy but Whittaker Chambers, Elizabeth Bentley, Hoover, and others. The collapse of Communism opened files of not only internal Soviet spy documents but also gave the FBI, CIA, and American scholars access to the files of the American Communist Party that had been hidden in a Russian warehouse since 1950. The cat was out of the clichéd bag.

Was Robert Oppenheimer, the Director of the Atom Bomb Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico, a member of the Communist Party? Quite emphatically, no! His wife was. His brother was. His mistress was. As were many of his closest associates at the University of California. In addition, Oppenheimer was one of those scientists in the 40's who thought that all scientific information should be shared universally for the good of mankind. Were any of the aforementioned exposed by McCarthy? Not one. He'd been too late at the spy discovery game. After all, Alger Hiss got Richard Nixon the Vice-Presidency. White had been shifted to that historical ashbin where failures are allowed to "resign" to, the International Monetary Fund. Hiss, unquestionably the most brilliant of the rising stars at State at the age of 43, in 1947 became the head of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace; a position usually held by a senior citizen with insufficient retirement funds.

Hiss had gone to Johns Hopkins, Harvard Law, and had clerked at the Supreme Court for Felix Frankfurter. They all had impeccable credentials. It was one thing to catch a handful of Communists outside of government, as in the case of the Rosenbergs. It was quite another to expose the dirty secrets of the 1930's and 40's. That was McCarthy's sin.

Was he a pillar of virtue? Hardly! He was a dreadful alcoholic and eventually died from cirrhosis of the liver. He was a bully, unkempt, crude, and a lout. He once unmercifully pummeled Drew Pearson, his antagonist in the press, after a dinner party, in the coat room of a Washington doyenne. He had many physical and character shortcomings. But he was right.

For all those rushing to put pen to paper to denounce any of the above, you'd be best advised to first do your "homework". Read "Venona" (Yale University Press); "The Secret World Of American Communism" (Yale University Press); "The Haunted Wood" (Random House); "The Venona Secrets" (Regnery); "The Secret History Of the KGB" (Basic Books); "Whittaker Chambers: A Biography" (Modern Library); and "Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the life and legacy of America's most hated Senator" (Free Press). If at first you haven't read the above, then you are coming unarmed for a battle of wits.
I am an educator who will continue to expose the lies of the left.

Lee A. Paquet.

Shakespeare sayeth unto Lee...

"Feminist? Burn not thine  bra unless thou still be in it."

Joe Mahma Replies

Dear Lee,

Like scatology, Ann Coulter is somewhat of an acquired taste. I take offense at your assumption I'm a leftist. How many leftists do you know who are pro-life? You say I am continuing the lies against McCarthy and Coulter. What lies? Consider the latter. She has said things, publicly and on video, that would make Ghandi bitch slap the hate-mongering imbecile. For example, when it comes to the genocide of the Native American, she refers to them as peyote smoking "savages" that "went around scalping people" and then refers to Arabs as "camel-riding nomads." If anyone would toss a Koran in the toilet, it would be her.

Which reminds me. Was it a couple of hijacked camels that hit the World Trade Center on 9-11?

She also suggests that dissidents should be put in "administrative detention under John Ashcroft."  At the same time, she writes about the liberals who supported concentration camps for Japanese-Americans in WWII. Liberals this, liberals that. Liberals is the term she uses for anyone who disagrees with her. She's pathetic. (see Hate is Not Pretty for Ann Coulter C-SPAN video excerpts ) 

You know who else was infiltrating high office during the Red Scare? According to a 1964 House Investigative Committee report on Un-American Activities, the KKK. In fact, they made it to places the Commies never dreamed of: the Supreme Court. And they certainly killed more Americans than any domestic Commie ever did, and not just during the Civil  Rights era. In fact, they haven't stopped. While you spank your tiny pud to this Aryan meth whore, just remember the stand she has taken against institutional racism and the Klan in particular. Oh wait. She hasn't taken one. They are her patrons too.

Joe Mahma

Shakespeare sayeth unto Phil...

"Mark Twain put it best:  'There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. And also, your mother is a whore.'"

Typos and Crappy Stats!

From:Maguire, Phil [mailto:Phil.Maguire@Takata.com]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:35 PM
To: editor@impiousdigest.com
Subject: ON your statistics...
 

You may want to have someone with a basic high school level grasp of math check over your statistics.  Your second set of statistics state that 16% of abortions take place at less than or equal to 6 weeks, 17% at 7 weeks, 21% eight weeks 64% Beyond 9 weeks.  That adds up to 118% plus 4% error.  Plus those numbers do not match the 58% of abortions that take place in the first eight weeks... way to look credible.

Dear Phil,

You imply that one typo in  dozens of cited statistics discredits the whole argument in question. I will, for the sake of argument, agree you are correct that the stats are in error. Fine.

From this paltry concession, however, you conclude the entire pro-life argument has no credibility. For this to be accurate, however, you must also discredit the rest of the stats and the survivors, witnesses, medical literature, doctors, et al, that were also cited in the articles. This you did not do. Why?

Could it be the only thing you bring to the table is a evidence of a typo and nothing else? Is this your idea of bringing the entire pro-life movement to a halt? Way to look credible, butt goblin.

Thou fool! thou pestilent pile of duh! Try again!

The Ed

From: XXXXXXXX [mailto:coconutXXX@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:54 PM
To: editor@impiousdigest.com

Quothe Coconut "...most women get abortions in the 1st or 2nd trimester... and it's not even a baby yet when it doesn't have a brain, fingers, or toes." Wrong. Pictured here is a baby at  10 weeks, first trimester. It has fingers, toes, and unlike Jessica, a brain. (Click image to enlarge) Source here. Not Fake One of the genuine photos which cost abortion providers a libel case: another baby at 10 weeks. Other pictures here. For a similar letter, see below. (Click image to enlarge)

Coconut rides home from the abortion clinic, about to give us a piece of her mind.

To whom it may concern,

I am very concerned on what you are trying to get across and promote in your article Roe vs. Wade. The pictures you are showing are not valid pictures of

all abortions. [sic]  In fact there are different kinds. The pictures you are showing [are the] the illegal  kind which is 7th and 8th trimester [sic] when in all reality most women get abortions in the 1st or 2nd  trimester for valid reasons and it's not even a baby yet when it doesn't  have a brain, fingers, or toes. Do you think jacking off is killing a millions of babies or a women having her period is killing a baby?

I think your sending a false message to women of all ages. There are different types of abortions and the ones you are showing is not even legal. [sic]  It is the women's choice to decide and that can be for numerous of reasons it is not a case of not wanting a child (It is not even a life until a certain trimester) It's a case of rape, incest, being a drug addict and not wanting to bring a child up as a drug addict, a child being born with AIDS, having children in some case could harm the women's life. Many of these women eventually choose to adopt or have children with the right person and the right time. You are sending a very bad message you need to be open minded and look at both sides.

Baby at 7th to 8th trimester. Kool-Aid Man Says you're a Tard, and We Agree

Here, Kool-Aid Man explains how he came to be, using sperm as an analogy to water, and the egg as an analogy to the flavored Kool-Aid powder. He notes that water and and powder are not the same thing. He is a product of both, to be sure, but is now "a unique, new and delicious chemical reaction" which we know and love as Kool-Aid.

Dear Coconut,

7th and 8th trimesters? Are you saying, perchance, that the average pregnancy lasts 21-24 months rather than 9? How neat!

So yes, in one respect you are correct. Killing a fetus at the 7th or 8th trimester is illegal, because we're now talking birthed children over a year old.

For someone concerned about getting the facts straight and looking at both sides, you start off your argument with a series of falsehoods.

1. You say late-term abortions are illegal. They are not. Late-term abortion is not illegal in any state. Though laws were passed prohibiting some forms of them, the federal courts have struck them down, including the last attempt to control late-term abortions which was signed into law by President Bush in 2004. This was struck down by a federal judge in New York City circa last summer.

2. You compare the unfertilized egg to the fertilized one. No doctor would ever do such a thing, and your doing it shows an appallingly poor understanding of basic biology. You also compare sperm to the fertilized egg, again, the kind of idiocy even Planned Parenthood avoids. You assert, therefore, that the egg alone can create life, and that the sperm alone can create life. You may as well equate a glass of water and a pack of  Kool-Aid powder to the grape drink it produces, or a seed to a plant.

3. You say the pictures are false.  However, the doctors who signed the papers asserting the examined fetal remains and fetal photos are real did so under oath. They had no problem repeating these assertions when the libel case was tried and abortion providers lost a case in which they wrongly claimed the pictures were fakes.

4. You cite rape and the possibility of birth defects as the usual reason women abort, as opposed to career, convenience and financial considerations; which is the real reason most women abort, according to the Allen Guttamacher Institute (the abortion industry's favored statisticians). Let us keep in mind that the Nazis also had a policy of killing the handicapped and mentally retarded. (Since they killed the retarded, this could have put you in the cross-hairs, so your excusing such behavior betrays a disturbing, albeit understandable self-hatred.) Why did the Nazis kill the mentally handicapped? They did it for "economic considerations" because they were "useless eaters". Pretty much the same reason women abort children with or suspected of having birth defects: for "economic considerations."

A visit at an Auschwitz memorial site notes:

"By 1945 two out of every three European Jews had been killed by the Nazis. 1.5 million children were murdered. This figure includes more than 1.2 million Jewish children, tens of thousands of Gypsy children and thousands of handicapped children."  Click here for source site.

P.S. According to the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, or CBR, those photos not signed and examined by doctors themselves  come from several other sources: "'The first source is the authoritative, William's Obstetrics, 20th Edition, Gary Cunningham, MD, Paul C. MacDonald, MD, Norman F. Gant, MD, Kenneth J. Leveno, MD, Larry C. Gilstrap III, MD, Gary D. V. Hankins, MD & Steven L. Clark, MD (Copyright 1997 by Appleton and Lange, A Simon & Schuster Company) beginning at page1026, Table 44-4, "Predicted Menstrual Age (MA) in Weeks From Crown-Rump Length (CRL) Measurements (in Centimeters)"

CBR's physicians also rely on a highly regarded book called The Color Atlas of Clinical Embryology, 2nd Edition, Keith L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud & Kohei Shiota (Copyright 2000 by W. B. Saunders Company) at page 49, Table 2–1,

"Criteria for Estimating Developmental Stages in Human Embryos." This reference contains age to crown/rump length relationships, etc. from 19-21 days post-conception through 56 days (the end of the embryonic period). At page 52, Table 3-1, you will find criteria for establishing age through the fetal period, including age-crown/rump length relationships from 9 weeks through 38. '"

Apron Boys: Hi! I'm a tool! Sara Lee, eat your heart out. Masons prepare for a ritual bake off in Sweden. The judge is a mason too, so the girl scouts don't stand a chance. The guy in the middle is a new initiate.    Monty Python Masonic Spoof: A Classic

From: Colin Mayer [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:21 PM
To: editor@impiousdigest.com
Subject: More Anti-Masons

I Googled more stuff on Ex-Masons...I thought you might find this link interesting...

• Ex-Masons for Jesus
• Death, Burial and Resurrection in the Masonic Lodge
• Unearthing the Mysteries of the Freemasons  (N.B.-this website is also a great resource...it outlines their pagan practices of annexing American cities which date back to Egyptian ones).

Many secrets of the Masons are revealed... It becomes apparent to the reader that the subjects are drawn in by intrigue and curiosity and then unknowingly brainwashed-The ones who actually thought about was going on, and were decent Christians, renounced the paganism; I guess the others who realize it renounce their faith, which probably allows them to obtain higher levels in the order.

Furthermore:

"King Solomon himself lost favor with the Lord because his wives led him astray, and he followed other gods, including Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and others. He also built a temple for Moloch, pictured here, a god worshipped with the mass incineration of children.* (1 Kings 11:4-13) For such rebelliousness the glory of the Lord would depart from Solomon's Temple, never to return." (Quoted from your own website.)

"The candidate is caused to represent a character named Hiram Abif. Even though there is no historical evidence to back up any part of the "drama" that is about to unfold, it is explained to the candidate, or initiate, that Grand Master Hiram Abif was the Grand Architect at the building of King Solomon's Temple. Supposedly, Hiram knows some sort of a secret which, by its mere possession, a person would be allowed to pass himself off as a Master Mason, or journeyman builder, if you will, thus allowing him to travel and work in foreign countries, and to receive Masters' wages.

Supposedly this "Hiram Abif" built Solomon's Temple.

"Masonic scholar Albert Mackey, in his Manual of the Lodge, taught that the legend of Hiram Abif was borrowed from the ancient mysteries of early Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece. Hiram represents the gods Osiris, Baal and Bacchus.

The compass and square, an emblem often seen in Masonic art and engraving, represents ancient pagan solar deities. Men initiated into Freemasonry's 32nd degree are not told that the symbol depicts Osiris the sun-god and Isis, the 'goddess of a thousand names.'"

Anyway Hiram Abif=Baal=the god jeezebel and her false prophets worshiped in the Old Testament, causing Solomon to lose favor with God, thus God leaving his temple. There is no doubt in my mind that the name Baal is synonymous with Satan. Hiram Abif is believed to have constructed the temple of Solomon, this may perhaps include more than one temple---the temples that were built for false gods. One must look at this in an allegorical sense: Solomon's literal temple was the one built, supposedly, by Hiram Abif-now, freemasons (as the ex-mason highlights later in his explanations) are ("Some of the most sublime symbolisms of Freemasonry relate to the building of this spiritual temple under the principles and tenets of Freemasonry, based upon the building of Solomon's Temple by Operative Masons.

These Operative Masons constructed the material temple of stones, cedars, with ornamentations of gold and precious stones, while Freemasons are constructing the spiritual temple of moral, ethical and spiritual virtues.") masons that construct temples of "morals." It is butchery of the word "morals" to use it in context with masons, but the main meaning of the ritual comes through-the subject being initiated takes on the role of Abif (satan) and symbolically "dies" and is "resurrected." The Masons' allegorical symbol becomes apparent-the Masons place Satan under the role of Christ, mocking the mere essence of Christianity and "baptizing" their subjects. Abif also may symbolize more than just Satan, but also literally the initiate...many new age religions embrace the worship of "self"...aka the worship of bullshit. The idea of Satanism is that man becomes his own god, this is synonymous with the beliefs of freemasonry and "new agers." No, this isn't the new age, just recycled shit from prehistoric times.

Self worship pretty much says that you should only care about yourself and no one else. The worship of self has led to such wonderful world events such as the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution (starting communism in Russia), and Nazism. (The first two were examples of effete upper classes more concerned with fucking and eating than their own people, and the second addressing the fact that Nazis believed that the Aryan race was superior to all others, as though they were gods.)

Keep up the good work and know that you're not alone.

Dear Colin,

Thomas Paine, the author of "Common Sense" and a major catalyst of the American Revolution, wrote an interesting and authoritative piece on the origin of Freemasonry, and does parallel some of what you just mentioned regarding ancient pagan religions. You can download the PDF and see the web version here.

According to Paine,  "From these reports and declarations of Masons of the highest order in the institution, we see that Masonry, without publicly declaring so, lays claim to some divine communication from the creator, in a manner different from, and unconnected with, the book which the Christians call the bible; and the natural result from this is, that Masonry is derived from some very ancient religion, wholly independent of and unconnected with that book. To come then at once to the point, Masonry (as I shall show from the customs, ceremonies, hieroglyphics, and chronology of Masonry) is derived and is the remains of the religion of the ancient Druids; who, like the Magi of Persia and the Priests of Heliopolis in Egypt, were Priests of the Sun."

The Ed

Shakespeare sayeth unto the Readers

"Mason, behold thyself, and be not proud. Black & Decker never made a better tool."

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:49:54 -0500
From: Colin Mayer <colinmayer@gmail.com>
To: editor@impiousdigest.com
Subject: The Counter-Masonic Order

To all the authors, editors and anyone else involved with this website:

Thank you for your insight in everything that you have written about; so far it's flawless, connected, and makes sense to the highest degree. Your thesis on the Book of Revelation is brilliant, fortified in stone, while other ones (such as the seventh day Adventist theory) are no better than a house built on sand. Let it be known that I have learned more from your website in two days than all the watered down shit I've heard on the news for the past years. It all makes sense; to atheists, faltering Christians and "new agers" this site would seem like "just a vast conspiracy." To those who are intelligent, and view the world skeptically, however, realize that it is a giant plot, but there's one mastermind behind it. He's the entity that no one believes exists anymore. Satan. To most it would seem like madness, but what you propose is no different than Cassandra prophesying the fate of Troy to its people; man no longer believes that evil exists in the world.

However:

The control that evil has gained over society has deeply disturbed me.I was wondering if you (or any other of the journalists working for your website) have ever discovered any evidence of a secret order to counter the growing evil of the masonic, satanic and evil orders? The church, of course, would be the most obvious balance to the debauchery of the masons and Satanists, but have you come across anything else in your research?

Respectively,

Colin N. Mayer

Dear Colin,

Historically, such an opposition has occurred here in America. In fact, in the 1830s it became a political party that offered a presidential candidate. As Christian opposition to slavery grew, abolitionists realized that the fiercest supporters of expanding slavery were freemasons, particularly in the south. This, among other factors which included a crisis in the judicial integrity of the nation, helped create the Anti-Masonic Party.

It's inevitable that any society of men who lives to undermine the rights of those less fortunate than themselves will reap what they sow. It's also inevitable that the more intelligent elements of the wronged class, upon understanding the structure and discipline of a given order, will emulate and and improve the tactics of the same when attacking it in kind. Therein lies the risk of becoming what you hate most. Can one counter evil with evil? Hate with hate?

Awareness is the answer. There really is no need for a secret order; those who seek justice and the preservation of rights have nothing to be ashamed of, their fight is a noble one. Those, however, who seek to undermine the judiciary system, or law enforcement, their quest for secrecy is rooted in the fact that their deeds are illegal and odious.

Is it odious to do good, and be your brother's keeper? to love your fellow American as yourself? Knowledge is power, so be good to your neighbor: empower him. Share what you find with them.

At bottom, most masons join their order because they seek status, rank. They want to be admired or respected by peers. But if peers think less of you because you're a grown man and still play childish games; still wear an apron and silly one-legged slacks, robes or hoods, learn secret handshakes, earnestly seek the company of bigots and racists; if this is how  the world eventually perceives you... then the incentive to join the company of such men will diminish. And it is for this reason the mason begins to hate those outside the order: it's not that most outside the order are necessarily clueless, it's that they know exactly what's going on. They just chose a better way, one that didn't yoke them to an unknown master, and still allowed them to excel without favoritism.

As silly as this sounds, even dangerous, the mason should be more pitied than feared.  Involuntary slavery is bad enough, but voluntary slavery cannot be achieved without total absence of human dignity. And in freemasonry, there can be no Masters without Slaves, and the latter make up 99% of the orders, whether Klan or York rite masons.

What secrets can any order hold today, in this age of information? Right now, we have the technology to prove definitively whether or not a man is lying. I don't mean a standard lie detector test either. It's a device that measures the brain activity in certain areas of the brain which are lit up when a person attempts to lie. Lies force the brain to think more as opposed to a person whom is simply telling the truth: it's common sense but now the technology exists to actually see it as it happens. Undoubtedly, this type of lie detector is used in interrogating enemy combatants, and you can't cheat on it. So eventually the time will come when this device will be admissible in court.

Who do you think fears that most of all?

The Ed

From: John Cooper [xxxxxx@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 5:08 PM
To: editor@impiousdigest.com
Subject: KKK Robe

Hey man,

Love the site. Kicks ass.

Anyway; was bumming around a few websites when I came across this old-time postcard of an original KKK Robe. You'll notice that the robe is red, not white, and has an Islamic cresent-moon and star over the right side of the chest. The postcard was originally published in 1912, and the robe is currently in the possession of the Giles County Historical Society; or so says the website, which you can find at:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/postcard/kkk01.htm#robe

Take care, man. And keep up the good work.

John.

 

Shakespeare sayeth unto Robert...
"Quoth  Othello: 'Expired NASCAR tickets in hand, Robert's sister didst drop her panties in trade, and in one stroke was his kin and his wife deflowered. Verily, I ruleth.'"

A Klansman/Vampire Hunter Writes...

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:47:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Robert H <vampire8hunter@yahoo.com>
Subject: A Klansman
To: editor@impiousdigest.com

You can bad mouth the Ku Klux Klan all you want but I know for a fact Non-Whites make up a good 90% of the problems in The White Mans World!

Dear Robert,

With a screen name like vampire8hunter@yahoo.com, how can anyone question your grasp of reality?

Hmm. You hunt vampires. What else do you hunt? werewolves? zombies? Bigfoot?  may I offer a suggestion?

Why not hunt for what you really and truly want? Something, like say... some enormous Aryan cock to keep your otherwise pointless yapper occupied? (Don some kneepads and hang around the Green Room at the Jerry Springer Show, you might get lucky.)

Better yet, why not hunt for a clue, you inbred Dixie Prick?

I won't dignify your email with a serious response- it might imply your opinion matters and that you don't, as a race terrorist, embarrass every white man on earth by association.

Eat me, sheet head.

Shakespeare sayeth unto Steve...

"Behold, most impious imbecile, this gesture is not copyright protected either; I offer it freely."

Falsely Asserting Copyright Infringement to Censor Online Content

Some background on the last two letters: these are posted to illustrate the abuse of copyright law to censor our online content (i.e., knocking an entire site offline). The issues herein have since been resolved and Simhauser has apologized.

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:00:59 -0500
From: "S.C.Simshauser" <72567.2742@compuserve.com>
Subject: Gylarian

Greetings,

I can only presume whoever is using the pen-name "Gylarian" in your publication picked up the term from my published works. I suppose that in some ways I should be flattered. However your use of it is injurious to my work.

This is my second email regarding this. I have discussed the use of my character race name with a lawyer who deals in matters of intellectual property rights for science fiction writers and he advises I have recourse that could be pursued.  I'd prefer we settle this calmly and amicably (writer-to-writer).

It appears some work has been done - and I thank you. but, the job is not yet complete.

Please remove/change the word "Gylarian" from your publications, pages, stories, and files.
Thank-you.

Hell, changing it to "GayRyan" would satisfy me -just quit using "gylarian" and expunge the word "gylarian" from your website.
to wit:

http://impiousdigest.com/tom_of_finland.htm
http://impiousdigest.com/CNN_com -Cult leader 13th Sniper Victim
(I checked CNN, "gylarian" doesn't show up in their searches.)
http://impiousdigest.com/hospital.htm
http://impiousdigest.com/parishioners.htm
impiousdigest.com/Love_Cave_2.htm
etc.

I wish you well, just stop harming me.

Respectfully yours,
Steve Simshauser

Steve Simhauser

Dear Steve,

Not only is your IP claim asinine and insulting, you're barking up the wrong tree. If I wanted to harm your fragile ego, I would write a scathing review of your works online and really give you something to cry about. Now, the burden of proof is on you. Where is the copyright infringement specifically? If you can give me one paragraph or even one line of text that has been copied from your published works, I'll remove all references to Gylarian and post an apology on page one.

However...

Gylarian was used as a screen name, not a pen name, by the writer in question. Nor is it clear that he has ever read your work. In fact, it is not clear if anyone has. From what I can tell, you write comic books, and the writer is a grown man.

You cannot sue for infringement on the use of a character's name when it is not used for commercial purposes or used in the process of communicating it via print or broadcast media. In fact, you cannot copyright it all. According to the authority here, the US Copyright Office:

"WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT?

Several categories of material are generally not eligible for federal copyright protection. These include among others:

Works that have not been fixed in a tangible form of expression (for example, choreographic works that have not been notated or recorded, or improvisational speeches or performances that have not been written or recorded)

Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; familiar symbols or designs; mere variations of typographic ornamentation, lettering, or coloring; mere listings of ingredients or contents..."

You cannot sue an internet user who chooses a character from your works as a screen name. For example, Batman the movie is copyrighted and the name is a trademark. Yet if I want to, I can make a screen name like BatmanLovesMe@aol.com. can I be sued for it? Sure, one can be sued for breathing in America. This doesn't make a triable case. The question is whether or not the lawsuit will be tossed out of court outright, and how much you'll have to fork out in court costs for wasting everyone's time..

Gylarian, as referred to in the works cited, is the screen name of the writer. It is not his pen name.

You can register a trademark on that name, and then sue anyone who uses it FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES if you're so intent on making an ass of yourself.

Like myself, the digest's legal counselors couldn't help but chuckle when I passed this email on to them. Thanks for the shits and giggles :-)

The Ed

Shakespeare sayeth unto Steve...

"Thy fiction sucketh profoundly. Copyright thy excrement, and thou shalt sooner see a royalty."

Steve Watches "Law and Order"

Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:53:36 -0500
From: "S.C.Simshauser" <72567.2742@compuserve.com>
Subject: Gylarian - violation detailed
Sender: "S.C.Simshauser" <72567.2742@compuserve.com>
 

Note: use of the term "Gylarian" is protected under common-law trademark -which was established by its first use in commerce (i.e. first sale). Insofar as the geographic region of use, sales were throughout the US and Canada, (and some in a few in other countries). I see no choice except to file for federal registration, which would reinforce the common-law trademark and be retroactive to its first use.  Don't worry, you haven't offended my ego or sensibilities. However, as a writer who makes money selling manuscripts to publication editors, et.al., I must consider my market.

The editors I sell to are likely people who surf the web. There is a probability that they will visit your website. On your site they are likely to pick up an association between the word "gylarian" and a homosexual who stuffs bottles up his ass. Subsequently, when they are asked to review and pass judgement on a manuscript of mine, their judgement may be tainted (even if only at the sub-conscious level) by the link between my story protagonist and images of bottles getting extracted from assholes. And as a result, I contend what is on your site reduces my likelihood of a sale.

The potential reduction of future sales and dilution of value are my primary concerns and why I ask you to change the screen name (pen-name, whatever you may to call it) to something that does not overlap my work or infringe my trademark.

The lawyer I've talked with cited an instance for comparison: Warner Bros., who holds the trademark for "Harry Potter", a few years ago sent notice to some kid who had set up a "harrypotterguide.co.uk" fansite. The Warner notice said they were in violation of trademark and lawsuits would be filed.  A bit draconian (a request for removal or royalty/licensing would have been sufficient), but Warner was legally correct and within their rights (and the website no longer exists). [sic]

So, contrary to popular belief, violation of trademark does not require "commercial use". As I understand the legalities, the test is whether or not the use dilutes the value or confuses the link between source and product. A lot of people have similar misconceptions about copyright.

The webmaster/editor is responsible for the content of their system/site. Upon becoming aware of illegal content, regardless of its source, they are obligated to take corrective action or else risk being found guilty of complicity. Now that the email address of the original offender is known, he will also be contacted.

I do not call for all the material on IMPIOUSDIGEST.COM and its subpages be taken down, only that the instances of use of my trademark be changed throughout the site (search-and-replace/respell the one word). If there are other remedial actions you would like to suggest, I'll think about it.

I try to ask nicely -and assume I'm dealing with a reasonable intellect. If I offend, my apologies -and I can make adjustments. With that in mind, I send this letter to the initial offender, the offending site, and its ISP.

Please correct your violation.
Failure to comply will prompt me to consider further actions.

Regards,
Steve Simshauser
 

Dear Steve,

Please consider this action before any other: blow me and self-immolate.

In Warner Bros vs. 15 yr. old Clair Field...

Warner Bros. sent a legal letter, and after a media outcry, backed down after bullying the young girl. Here's an excerpt from a press article on the case:

"It was a 'clerical error' and there had been a 'terrible misunderstanding'. That what WB's head of publicity had to say anyway. In fact, so impressed is WB by Claire's site (which, frankly, is better that all the bells-and-whistles official sites) that it might give Claire a free licence to become an official Potter site. Wow! Lucky girl."
 

Warner Bros Backs down on Harry Potter Web Site The Register, 15 December 2000

Even if Warner Bros. did sue and win, this does not compare to someone's non-commercial use of a trademarked race of space dragons  for a screen name. For starters, the young webmaster in the said case actually went to the trouble of registering "Harry Potter" as a domain without authorization. Warner Bros. was perhaps within their right, but as you can see, by attacking a fan site they only bred enmity. 

Under your argument, however, Trekkies who make screen names like Klingon on their internet account would be liable for infringement. For the sake of argument, I'll pretend copyright and trademark supersedes the 1st amendment and that those who use Klingon in their screen names are guilty of infringement; but even so, simply referring to someone by their given screen name  is PERFECTLY FUCKING LEGAL.

My copyright attorney and I spoke about this over lunch today and she said it was a 1st Amendment no-brainer. After bursting into laughter because your lawyer cited a case that blew up in Warner Bros. face, she offered the following:

Let's say a woman loves your shitty ass work and names her child Gylarian, but that child grows up to be a homosexual who shoves bottles up his ass. Would you have a right to make him change his name because his fetish  "subliminally diminishes the value of your work?" I'm sorry, but no. You're not that good, no one is and no  copyright law or trademark was never meant to extend so far.

But what if this guy also makes a gay porn site with the url gylarian.sucks.com. Would you have a right to sue?  Nope. Not unless he slanders you do you have legal recourse via libel laws. And even if it is a commercial fetish site, he still had no role in the creation of his own name. Hence, you would have to sue his mom. And then, because she has nothing to do with the site or his fetish, you're screwed. And much less would you have a right to sue those who refer to this man by his given name.

You may ask him to change his name, however. And he may even do it. Legally, however, you cannot force him to do it. Nor can you sue his mother for naming him Gylarian or for refusing to pay you royalties.

Wait. Actually, you can. Again, you can sue a man for breathing but...

In this particular case, you stand to lose more money than you'd earn on royalties or sales. In US courts, the plaintiff is liable for court fees when and if the case is lost, and my lawyers are hungry for litigation, because they smell blood.

All of which is to say, you're a goddamned fool and the only reason I'm even bothering to address your claim is to illustrate the abuse of copyright law to censor online content. My ISP did take my site down completely for a few minutes, I'm not sure if you had anything to do with it. (We're still investigating this.)

You should hope it was not on your account, because if it was on account of your threat, this actually did result in a triable grievance, and if anyone has cause for legal action it certainly isn't you.. Even though impiousdigest.com was offline for just a few minutes, the legal department here is debating whether or not your false accusations to our ISP constitute a serious libel on your part, if indeed they did, as a false pretense, result in the interruption of this site's operation.

P.S.

Clair Field's Harry Potter Guide is still online.

http://www.harrypotterguide.co.uk/

Shakespeare sayeth unto Kyle...

"Thou tard. Behold thyself, and be not proud. Craftsman and Black & Decker never made a better tool."

Pissed off DeMolay MasonInsists he's No Tool

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:15:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Kyle Corwin <kj_corwin@yahoo.com>
To: editor@impiousdigest.com