When I posted this I was thinking the same thing, but after a while I thought about the effects of repetition on someone's mind. If you repeat the same answers over and over again on a variety of shows it can be like hypnotic suggestion.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Bosco Bosco <ironpi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics. > Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make > them put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen > suicide or hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's rampant > stupidity and wrecklessness but at some point people make choices. > > Bosco > > --- On *Thu, 4/8/10, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:59 AM > > > > > Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and > deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. > > Bastiches. > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf <HelloMahogany@ > gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=hellomahog...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> >> >> http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ story?section= >> news/iteam&id=7374140<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteam&id=7374140> >> Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior >> Wednesday, April 07, 2010 >> [image: Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior] >> Related Video >> All Live Video <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live> : All >> Video<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video> >> ยป >> [image: Greg Giusti was arrested for making threatening phone calls to >> Nancy Pelosi.] [image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during >> a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington] >> >> - Accused man's mom blames Fox News for >> behavior<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374223> >> - FBI arrests man for threatening >> Pelosi<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374228> >> >> Tags: >> nancy pelosi <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=nancy-pelosi>, health >> care <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-care>, health >> insurance <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-insurance>, >> i-team <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?section=kgo/news/iteam>, dan >> noyes <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?columnist=dan-noyes> >> >> - Comment >> Now<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteam&id=7374140#comments> >> - >> Email<http://webapp.abclocal.go.com/formmailer/emailFriend?station=kgo&headline=Accused%20man%27s%20mom%20blames%20Fox%20News%20for%20behavior&URL=/kgo/story%3Fsection%3Dnews%2Fiteam%26id%3D7374140&contentId=7374140&contentType=Article> >> - >> Print<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteam&id=7374140&pt=print> >> - Report a >> typo<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=news&id=7112889> >> - >> - >> - >> - >> - >> - [image: ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking >> sites, etc.] >> >> <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteam&id=5771710> >> Dan >> Noyes<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteam&id=5771710>, >> Chief >> Investigative Reporter >> More: >> Bio<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteam&id=5771710>, >> E-mail <http://mc/compose?to=%20dan.no...@abc.com>, >> Blog<http://iteamblog.abc7news.com/>, >> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=567930426>, >> Twitter <http://twitter.com/dannoyes>, News >> Team<http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/newsteam> >> >> SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard >> that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental >> problems. 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The San Mateo District >> Attorney's office says he was trying to evade the fare on a Caltrain, and >> when the conductor tried to kick him off, Giusti started yelling and >> threatening the conductor's life. As a result, Giusti was sentenced to one >> year in county jail and three years supervised probation. He was also >> ordered to undergo mental health counseling. >> >> There is also a lawsuit filed in February by Hamilton Square Baptist >> Church in San Francisco. It says, "Giusti has engaged in and continues to >> engage in a campaign of harassment" against people at the church. >> >> Giusti also has a record of skipping out on his BART fares and causing >> disruptions. BART sued him in 1996. >> >> He also has two convictions in San Francisco for welfare fraud and petty >> theft from 1992. >> >> According to ABC7 legal analyst Dean Johnson, there is a point at which >> free speech ends and a threat begins. >> >> "Communicating a threat with the intent that it be taken seriously is one >> of those types of speech that is simply not protected," Johnson said. "Even >> under state law, as well as the federal law that applies here, there are >> crimes that are based on threatening another individual, you simply cannot >> do that." >> >> Eleanor Giusti also told ABC7 she talked to her son earlier in the day -- >> apparently before the arrest. He asked about his niece and nephew and acted >> as though nothing was going on. >> >> The FBI told ABC7 Giusti will be booked into San Francisco County Jail to >> spend the night, before appearing in federal court Thursday morning. >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ >> of_darkness/<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/> >> >> > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
