CNN reported Three Birmingham college students were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a string of Alabama church fires that is described in court papers as a joke that 'got out of hand,' authorities said.
A joke? What is funny about a burning church? Maybe you should draw us a cartoon so we will understand.
"We don't think that there is any type of conspiracy against organized religion or against the Baptists or against religious beliefs in particular," Riley said. "I think that, today, Alabama and all of the faith-based community in this state can rest a little easier."
That might be believable if they had burned down one or two churches, plus a number of secular buildings, but nine or 10 churches, and it wasn't related to religion?
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Church fires started as 'joke'
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If it looks like a hate crime, acts like a hate crime...it is!
The first two were supposed to be a joke and the others were meant to throw off the investigators. I think that makes it an "idiot crime."
The first two were supposed to be a joke and the others were meant to throw off the investigators. I think that makes it an "idiot crime."
I believe that Silke has it right.
It wasn't about race, because both black and white churches were burned, and that is about the only thing they prosecute as hate crimes.
But if the perps think it was just a joke, and not about religion, then they are idiots.
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