Ben,

This is not vandalism, or anti-Semitic, nor was it made to desecrate the
gravesite. It was a tribute to the deceased, made by someone placing
pennies at gravesite to spell out NYUK.

There is a Jewish custom of placing stones on the gravesite (instead of
Flowers), to indicate someone has come to visit the grave. I and most
people would look at the pennies as the same remembrance as the Jewish
custom of placing stones at the grave.


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How would you like it if the pledge read "under Buddha", instead of
"under
god"?


I don't know. I've often felt underbuddha, but it usually passes in a
day
or two.

Eisboch





Here's what I have to say about that:

http://tinyurl.com/9zgyq


Harry,
I'm not Jewish and I find your contribution to be that of a pure
unadulterated asshole.
To use the vandalism of anyone's grave as humor is outside the realm of
deceny.

For that matter, it might be stones of the same size (IE pea grave pebbles)


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Ben,

This is not vandalism, or anti-Semitic, nor was it made to desecrate the
gravesite. It was a tribute to the deceased, made by someone placing
pennies at gravesite to spell out NYUK.

There is a Jewish custom of placing stones on the gravesite (instead of
Flowers), to indicate someone has come to visit the grave. I and most
people would look at the pennies as the same remembrance as the Jewish
custom of placing stones at the grave.


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Eisboch wrote:
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How would you like it if the pledge read "under Buddha", instead of
"under
god"?


I don't know. I've often felt underbuddha, but it usually passes in a
day
or two.

Eisboch





Here's what I have to say about that:

http://tinyurl.com/9zgyq


Harry,
I'm not Jewish and I find your contribution to be that of a pure
unadulterated asshole.
To use the vandalism of anyone's grave as humor is outside the realm of
deceny.

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The nitwits are the people that seem to believe the constitution somehow
reads "freedom from religion"

It means "freedom from YOUR religion", nitwit. How would you like it if
the pledge read "under Buddha", instead of "under god"?


We've got it all wrong. Shouldn't the pledge say "... under God, Buddah,
Allah, Yaweh, etc." Then we could all get along. Whenever a new religion
comes along we can add that deity as well.




God is a collective name.

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How would you like it if the pledge read "under Buddha", instead of
"under
god"?


I don't know. I've often felt underbuddha, but it usually passes in a
day
or two.

Eisboch





Here's what I have to say about that:

http://tinyurl.com/9zgyq


Harry,
I'm not Jewish and I find your contribution to be that of a pure
unadulterated asshole.
To use the vandalism of anyone's grave as humor is outside the realm of
deceny.


Jerome Howard was Curly of the 3 stooges.

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They did not want a Federal Government religion.........the states
were
allowed to do as they choose.


No, the states could not do as they please. The states were also bound
by
the US constitution. And it is a good thing.

Nope.......the original intent of the US Constitution was to limit
federal
powers to those proscribed in the Constitution, as well as defining a few
certain rights......everything else was left to the states........it has
only been through 200 years of perversion that the country has become
federalized and thus corrupted.

Why is it perversion for a government of the people to evolve?



The government can change, but do it according to the rules. Amend the
Constitution, not shop for a judge that will rule in your favor of the rule
change. The Fed's have perverted the states rights issues, but taxing the
people of the states and then sending back their own money with strings
attached. There was not a department of Education until about 1960. Now it
is a huge bureaucracy. Stating what had to be taught in the school. Maybe
why we have such poor results from our education system.

Harry,
Please accept my apology.
I'm a little sensitive when it comes to desecration of graves, churches,
synagogues, temples, mosques, shrines, schools, well, you get my point.
With your explanation I see how wrong my interpretation was.

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How would you like it if the pledge read "under Buddha", instead of
"under
god"?
I don't know. I've often felt underbuddha, but it usually passes in a
day
or two.

Eisboch




Here's what I have to say about that:

http://tinyurl.com/9zgyq


Harry,
I'm not Jewish and I find your contribution to be that of a pure
unadulterated asshole.
To use the vandalism of anyone's grave as humor is outside the realm of
deceny.


D'oh. Do you know whose grave that is? Do you know the significance of
"Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk?" Do you know the significance of the pennies?

Probably not.

Jerome Howard was "Curly." Does that ring a bell?

The coins and other objects are left on his grave as a sign of affection
and remembrance. They indicate Curly has not been forgotten. I'll leave it
to you to figure out the "Nyuk" significance.



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The nitwits are the people that seem to believe the constitution
somehow
reads "freedom from religion"

It means "freedom from YOUR religion", nitwit. How would you like it if
the pledge read "under Buddha", instead of "under god"?


We've got it all wrong. Shouldn't the pledge say "... under God, Buddah,
Allah, Yaweh, etc." Then we could all get along. Whenever a new
religion comes along we can add that deity as well.




God is a collective name.

Didn't Eisenhower put under God in the pledge to take a Christian stand
against Communism? If that's true, then God is not a collective term. And
still,if not, it's exclusive of those who choose not to believe in a
Judaeo-Christian God.

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No problem. Howard is a most revered American. It would be hard to
imagine what sort of slime might desecrate his grave.


I did like his character 'Curley' better than the one he replaced in the
3 Stooges.

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The nitwits are the people that seem to believe the constitution
somehow
reads "freedom from religion"
It means "freedom from YOUR religion", nitwit. How would you like it
if the pledge read "under Buddha", instead of "under god"?

We've got it all wrong. Shouldn't the pledge say "... under God,
Buddah, Allah, Yaweh, etc." Then we could all get along. Whenever a
new religion comes along we can add that deity as well.



God is a collective name.

Didn't Eisenhower put under God in the pledge to take a Christian stand
against Communism? If that's true, then God is not a collective term.
And still,if not, it's exclusive of those who choose not to believe in a
Judaeo-Christian God.


This country and everyone in it would be far better off if we just kept
our religious believes to ourselves, our churches, our homes and our
families. Look around the world and see what horrors are committed by
religious zealots. Many of the fundie Christians in this country have more
in common with Islamists and with Taliban than they do with what made and
kept America great.


Seems as if most of the help in the South came from religious groups.
Salvation Army, Catholic Charities. And they did not fly in on chartered
Gulfstreams as the Red Cross honchos are want to do.

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The nitwits are the people that seem to believe the constitution
somehow
reads "freedom from religion"

It means "freedom from YOUR religion", nitwit. How would you like it if
the pledge read "under Buddha", instead of "under god"?


We've got it all wrong. Shouldn't the pledge say "... under God,
Buddah, Allah, Yaweh, etc." Then we could all get along. Whenever a
new religion comes along we can add that deity as well.




God is a collective name.

Didn't Eisenhower put under God in the pledge to take a Christian stand
against Communism? If that's true, then God is not a collective term.
And still,if not, it's exclusive of those who choose not to believe in a
Judaeo-Christian God.


Shiva is a God, All religions have a God or Gods. Is a pretty generic
term.