the USSCt can sometimes get it right.

By not taking the case, the 9th Circuit decision stands.

See below.

Maybe they didn't know that and just decided not to hear the case?

Not taking the case and letting the lower court stand is a kind of ruling. They were fine with the ruling. The 9th Circuit can now be used as precedence in other Circuits.

People who want to criticize atheists, the FFRF, the 9th Circuit's decision, or efforts to uphold church-state separation can do so by nitpicking headlines.

Ignorance is a poor weapon of activism.

I repeat: ignorance is a poor tool of activism, even if it's only internet activism.

you can see things. And your voyance doesn't need to be that clair for that.

Or were you giving an excuse for a yet-unnamed party who sought to criticize atheists through nitpicking?

Nice. You're good company.

And I see you once again want to make a discussion about a subject into a discussion about a person.



(That was a great find. Thanks.)

Edited to add screenshot for if rug edits.

Maybe you should link to your own image hosting account the next time you want to use an image.

You're asking why I alerted on a Romney campaign image on Democratic Underground?

You switch a photo which you posted from your photobucket account, which is "44 in this thread, http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1218&pid=33032 , which I cut and paste.

Now you use the Romney photo, from your account, and accuse me of being a Romney shill?



All the urls are from your photobucket account. You're so transparent.

I can't say the same for you.

Is there another laconicsax using photobucket?

Here's the url:

See?

How stupid do you think people are? The link is still to your photobucket account.

You should invest in one. That way you don't have to worry about broken links the next time you want to post an image.

and YOU are bitching about them changing their pictures. You might want to take a "shit-you-shouldn't-do-if-you-are-going-to-be-on-the-Internet-at-all-and-not-look-like-a-dumbass 101" class. Jesus. I teach 14-year old kids that know better than that. Was it that hard for you to just take the picture and put it in your own photobucket account?

You might want to read it before making further comments.

What admin decides to do has no relation to the fact that hotlinking to someone else's photobucket account is on the top of the list of stupid shit to do on the Internet.

Thanks for chiming in for rug, though. I'm sure he appreciates it.

rug will be here tomorrow. The other person may not be. Who then did the dumb thing?

my comment to rug was about his actions as a user of the Internet and were distinct from anything that admin may or may not do to laconicsax.

They both did a dumb thing. They have both admitted as such.

Brings to mind the routine which ends:

I didn't put the bullet in the furnace and stop talking about my mother!

The Justices would understand that (as, in fact, would most first-year law students). Furthermore, the papers from the cross's proponents, asking the Court to reverse the decision, would have made that abundantly clear.

As for precedent, the Ninth Circuit decision is not binding outside the Ninth Circuit area, even though the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal. It will certainly be cited elsewhere if a similar issue arises, but another circuit could decide to disagree with it. By contrast, if the Supreme Court had chosen to hear the appeal and had affirmed, then that decision would be binding throughout the federal system.

do you have anything of substance to add to the topic?

Just wondering if you had any comments - guess you just wanted to piss on someone again. Take care, rug.