Oh, bollocks.

[misscam]

Remember Fred Phelps, that asshat? (If you don't, see here & here.)

Well, his various remarks about the Swedish Royal family has made The King of Sweden call in the lawyers.

And how does Phelps respond, you ask? Phelps is coming to Sweden

"We'll hunt down your king," he said ominously to Expressen. "It doesn't make any difference where he tries to hide."

The minister and twenty members of his congregation from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, are planning to come to Sweden at the beginning of September. They are bringing plenty of placards in order to spread their message that Sweden is the cradle of all evil and that the king rules a nation of sodomites.

Sweden, you have my deepest, deepest sympathy. I feel a dark, deep shudder just knowing that hate-spewer is going to be on the same continet as me, let alone the the neighbouring country. Shudder. Am also very tempted to go to Sweden and tell him to sod off and be gay for a day in his honour. Asshat.

Though I wonder if he's aware Swedish laws differ from American laws when it comes to freedom of speech... Maybe he'll actually get himself arrested while there. Or maybe Odin will smite him in rightful fury.

I live in hope.

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[dt_maxwell.livejournal.com]

*shaking her head* That man and his so called "church" makes me feel incredibly ill. I find it repulsive that he disrespects the Swedish royal family; hell, I know a bunch of people who are similarly disgusted. Fred Phelps and his followers degrade too many people; about two months ago some of his churchgoers showed up at the funeral of a solider in Marblehead (it's a relatively small town about twenty to thirty minutes north of Boston), and shouted all about soldiers dying because "God hated fags" and blahblahblah. It was incredibly insulting to both the solider and the entire town.

I'm all for freedom of speech, but there are times when I really think there should be at least some restrictions to it in America. Such utter disrespect for the dead and foreign powers (who in Hell is actually stupid enough to call the Swedish royal children "slutty and gay?") is intolerable, I believe.

Here's hoping Odin does do some righteous smiting, and I wish the Swedish lawyers good hunting.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Re: Odin--not to be blasphemous or anything, but I'm imagining this scene:

Odin (to God): Hey, this guy claims to be one of yours, but he's annoying me. Mind if I smite him? Professional courtesy and all.
God: I don't know that dude. Smite away. He's annoying me, too.
Odin: *smites*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*Every deity in existence cheers*

[krazykat.livejournal.com]

Some of them might even resurrect him in order to smite him again.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

There enternal debate about the lines of free speech... Though in thise case, I somewhat agree. We have a bunch of neo-Nazis about in my country and what they're saying is in many cases very much calling for hate crimes, which is harmful to society.

*cheers on Odin*