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2007-10-08 Britain

UK: Vicars should remove white collars when off-duty, advisors say

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 Better solution: keep the collars but carry a .45. UK just won't think outside their box though.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-08 07:14|| 2007-10-08 07:14|| Front Page Top

#2 A new category of "dhimmiwatch" is needed.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-08 07:15|| 2007-10-08 07:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Off Duty?

Posted by Spats Elmoger1734 2007-10-08 07:56|| 2007-10-08 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-10-08 08:00|| 2007-10-08 08:00|| Front Page Top

#5 The stiff white neck pieces - nicknamed "dog collars," also can attract those bearing a "grudge against God"

Geez, whomever could they mean?

Posted by tu3031 2007-10-08 08:35|| 2007-10-08 08:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Christopher Hitchens cheers...

Posted by E. Brown 2007-10-08 10:28|| saturninretrograde.blogspot.com]">[saturninretrograde.blogspot.com] 2007-10-08 10:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Europe is lost. And on many measures Britain leads the way down.

It's painful to watch them assiduously dismantle the tattered remains of a once vibrant and worthwhile civilization.

Posted by lotp 2007-10-08 10:31|| 2007-10-08 10:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Hey "Church Safety Group": Where is your FAITH???

2 Samuel 22:2-4
"The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior from violent men you save me. I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies."

Psalm 27:1-2
"The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall."

Psalm 34:7
"The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them."

2 Thess 3:3
"The Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one."

But I guess this doesn't apply to you??? Here's an idea: Take off the collar and KEEP it off. You're obviously not men of God anyway.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-10-08 11:35|| 2007-10-08 11:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Faith versus .45? I'll take the .45 thank you.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-10-08 13:11|| 2007-10-08 13:11|| Front Page Top

#10 Faith versus .45? I'll take the .45 thank you.

Not VERSUS, RJ. Although I am a Christian, I believe in one's right to defend himself, with a gun if necessary. I have a Concealed Handgun License, and I used to be a firearms instructor.

My point was that removal of the collars was an act of cowardice that exposes the fact that the promises of scripture mean nothing to these people.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-10-08 13:21|| 2007-10-08 13:21|| Front Page Top

#11 God gave us Sam Colt et al so we could take care of ourselves most of the time rather than get Him involved.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-08 14:18|| 2007-10-08 14:18|| Front Page Top

#12 Faith ~~versus~~ in .45

Fixed.

Posted by Canukistan 2007-10-08 14:51|| 2007-10-08 14:51|| Front Page Top

#13 In Mexico, clergy are required to wear street clothes when they leave a church or seminary. But the reason isn't security; the Roman Catholic church opposed the Mexican Revolution, and got hit with payback.

As for the UK clerics, I would think their attackers would most likely be Muslims.

Posted by McZoid 2007-10-08 14:58|| 2007-10-08 14:58|| Front Page Top

#14 Faith as small as a mustard seed will move a mountain, but a .45 will stop most any jihadi.

Posted by Daffy Hupavish2995 2007-10-08 17:49|| 2007-10-08 17:49|| Front Page Top

#15 I'd like every red-blooded man or woman of faith to learn at least a minimum of self-defense techniques. Can you imagine some group of young jihadis stumbling on a couple of females with a third-degree black belt in karate? Double humiliation - getting beaten, and getting beaten by WOMEN.

A .45 is heavy, noisy, and cumbersome for some people. A .38 does well enough, and is frequently small enough to be overlooked. Remember the words of St. Robert of Heinlein: "An armed society is a polite society."

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-10-08 19:35|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-10-08 19:35|| Front Page Top

#16 Is my a .357 OK, OP? ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-10-08 20:29|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-10-08 20:29|| Front Page Top

#17 Europe is lost. And on many measures Britain leads the way down.

It's painful to watch them assiduously dismantle the tattered remains of a once vibrant and worthwhile civilization.

lotp, you are sadly close to the truth. I can only hope that we are wrong. Worst of all is how both of us will likely be disproven when Europe once again solves the problem by re-opening their too-highly-prized charnel house.

Is my a .357 OK, OP?

Dear Barbara, I could probably give you a frazzled toothpick and still be assured of the same results.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-08 22:54|| 2007-10-08 22:54|| Front Page Top

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