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Son of Westboro Baptist Church leader attacked on live TV by naked 500lb man who burst out of bathroom, sat on him and shouted: 'Who's your daddy now?'
This grainy grab from the clip shows Westboro Baptist Church member David Phelps (foreground) being interviewed in a mobile studio as a 35-stone man, who was wearing no clothes, suddenly burst out of a loo to confront him
Westboro Baptist Church member David Phelps was being interviewed in a mobile TV studio in Kansas when a 35-stone man, who was wearing no clothes, suddenly burst out of a loo to confront him.
this is real! omg...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300604/David-Phelps-son-Westboro-Baptist-Church-leader-attacked-naked-35-STONE-man.html
RagAss
(13,832 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)Love it.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)but I'm glad it happened anyway.
surrealAmerican
(11,340 posts)This would mean it was a little more than 14 lbs.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,340 posts)I was mistaken. I incorrectly remembered it as 24.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)I would consider it an attack. If it was a naked person, I would consider it an attack and sexual assault.
I think you might be letting your opinion about the phelps influence your opinion about the naked guy's actions.
If you are unsure of this, imagine a naked man charging at your wife/mother/daughter. Would you expect the police to take action if you found out the person's identity?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Hestia
(3,818 posts)Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)He was lured there under false pretenses, and then a giant naked guy at least attempted to attack him. That's assault and potentially battery, and perhaps even sexual assault. Might even manage some kind of kidnapping or detainment charge as well. I suspect we'll find out.
I hate those Westboro clowns. I think they are trolling for lawsuits. But that video was disturbing as hell to me.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)BTW: Fred Phelps reminds me of this guy...
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Eyewitnesses saw Phelps running down the street persued by the man.
sibelian
(7,804 posts)That's... odd.
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)They are going to crucify a guy on live tv in Beverly Hills?
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Almost always a more symbolic rope-based sort of thing, though some of the more, ah, hardcore groups will occasionally bring in actual spikes. (And substantial support otherwise, since they're obviously not actually trying to kill the person.)
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)But I didn't know they actually did it here in the States. That's some crazy shit.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Put better than three hundred million people inside the same set of borders and you'll see just about anything. Non-pointy crucifixion reenactment probably actually is something regular in the States, though I don't hear about the other kind often.
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)In a land where Prince Albert's are commonplace, all bets are off when it comes to self mutilation.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)bluedigger
(17,077 posts)That's gotta be a tough gig.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)There's an commercial for the live crucifixion at the beginning of the video. That interview just didn't seem particularly spontaneous or realistic to me...
bluedigger
(17,077 posts)Marketers are manipulating the hell out of social media these days.
DebJ
(7,699 posts)Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)idwiyo
(5,113 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,086 posts)Not quite the script for that old Randy Newman song, but sometimes real-life is even funnier.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)I tried to explain, we were both of us lazy and doin' the best we could!
Well, he faked to the left
He faked to the right
Snatched the purse from her hand
"Someone stop me!" he cried
"Won't nobody help a naked man?"
That's on of my favorite Randy Newman songs. Those lyrics...Sweet Jesus. Those lyrics are what English was meant for.
PB
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,846 posts)Strange times we are living in...
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Following the so-called Biblical schedule.
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,846 posts)Battlecam is meanwhile planning to stream live footage across the internet of a man being publically crucified in Beverly Hills on Easter Sunday.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Or the Philippines to watch an actual crucifixion.
(I got duty one year where it's done)
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)Thats so fuckin funny!
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)I need a lie down. I'm feeling like Arthur Dent.
PB
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)"Will it help?" - "Not a bit."
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Many things they do not respond to lately. For example, their new neighbors. I have yet to see anything about what they are starting to do to get rid of them. One would think that, with history to be one's guide, They would be polluting the air waves and internet with a nasty response. Then again they may be to busy handling, or trying to, what has happened in FL. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/florida-funeral-buffer-bill_n_2971459.html
BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)There are more things in Heaven and Earth.....