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45. Accept the national Xmas tree as a substitute.

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 10:35 AM

Jun 2017

It's just a thing. At least the plinth with the 10 words carved on it said things like "don't kill" and doesn't consume energy or require cutting down a tree.

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Ooops winetourdriver01 Jun 2017 #1

Violence is not the answer Roy Rolling Jun 2017 #43

It may turn out to be a great attention getter though. docgee Jun 2017 #49

Violins ARE the answer. Demonaut Jun 2017 #55

+1 progressoid Jun 2017 #68

I disagree with several points. toddwv Jun 2017 #57

Hear, hear! Missn-Hitch Jun 2017 #76

It is vandalism, not violence. yellowcanine Jun 2017 #58

Bingo Doug the Dem Jun 2017 #80

The Fifteen.... The TEN Commandments Orrex Jun 2017 #2

Best ever! LOL! CurtEastPoint Jun 2017 #11

...... mountain grammy Jun 2017 #56

Yaaaaaay! Judi Lynn Jun 2017 #78

Worth the jail time... Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #3

I hope people help with his defense. appal_jack Jun 2017 #6

He will plead insanity Bradical79 Jun 2017 #51

Perhaps this is an example of Divine Will? Orrex Jun 2017 #4

I was thinking the same thing... SkyDaddy7 Jun 2017 #48

Divine Notice - What was that #2 commandment supposed to be again? haele Jun 2017 #64

Well it was a graven image! logosoco Jun 2017 #5

Would totally be my defense "A voice in my head that I believe to be god told me to do it." PaulRevere08 Jun 2017 #9

Oh that is great. I prayed and the Lord told me to remove it. LOL Maraya1969 Jun 2017 #12

I Wonder if the drivers name is Thomas Jefferson? Or maybe just a distant relative. Augiedog Jun 2017 #7

No irony here with crime scene tape around the Ten Commandments. Augiedog Jun 2017 #8

Good point Perseus Jun 2017 #10

Considering that several commandment are broken every day by the critters in DC! Kleveland Jun 2017 #35

You shall not make any graven images shenmue Jun 2017 #13

I thought Charlton Heston took care of that back in the 1950's? Achilleaze Jun 2017 #14

It's too bad the Satanic Temple didn't have a statue of Baphomet there. Girard442 Jun 2017 #15

Just the threat of a Baphomet statue in OK Cryptoad Jun 2017 #44

Accept the national Xmas tree as a substitute. Igel Jun 2017 #45

Its funny how a simple story like this can really make my day rgbecker Jun 2017 #16

Much as I consider this to be a really stupid "monument..." Archae Jun 2017 #17

Apparently, No. 1 applies here . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Jun 2017 #37

Sounds perfectly normal to me.... pangaia Jun 2017 #42

Well... politicat Jun 2017 #50

Well if somebody is going to do it, he sounds like the perfect candidate. HopeAgain Jun 2017 #53

Dumb if you ask me... WhoWoodaKnew Jun 2017 #18

Hard core. Broke all ten commandments at once. Nash Teeth Jun 2017 #19

DUzy! spooky3 Jun 2017 #24

+1. n/t rzemanfl Jun 2017 #25

Totally stealing this joke. Noodleboy13 Jun 2017 #69

Absolutely right! That doesn't happen often, does it? That's food for thought..... Judi Lynn Jun 2017 #79

Obviously the work of SATAN HAB911 Jun 2017 #20

The driving or the Ten? keithbvadu2 Jun 2017 #27

Good point! HAB911 Jun 2017 #29

He tried to drive on the 10. Got into a crash. Igel Jun 2017 #47

I'm not sure the big deal is . . . Gamecock Lefty Jun 2017 #21

Facebook video of the incident Juliusseizure Jun 2017 #22

Ha! BruceWane Jun 2017 #31

God damn William Wallace it was paleotn Jun 2017 #40

I hope the heck it never comes back Progressive dog Jun 2017 #23

Excellent! I'll have to read the local news for more info. sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #26

There are different versions of the TC... Which religion were they promoting? keithbvadu2 Jun 2017 #28

I do believe, by looking at the facts... jmowreader Jul 2017 #84

Unbelievably stupid, counterproductive and just wrong karynnj Jun 2017 #30

+1 onenote Jun 2017 #67

I sympathize with the people who made the golden calf jmowreader Jul 2017 #85

The next one, and you all know there will be a next one, MuseRider Jun 2017 #32

What's the big deal? Bayard Jun 2017 #33

Hahahaha RussBLib Jun 2017 #34

I propose a replacement, the Eight I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts: tclambert Jun 2017 #36

ohhhh, LOVE this!! would you please post this as its own OP? so we can rec--and we NEED niyad Jun 2017 #66

Just when I thought I would never smile again - Loryn Jun 2017 #38

Maybe Moses got mad again, now that the followers have a new golden calf njhoneybadger Jun 2017 #39

Hahaha excellent! AtheistCrusader Jun 2017 #41

Sounds like one of those Fundamentalist Christians who have it in for graven images Vogon_Glory Jun 2017 #46

By the end of the day...... Thunderbeast Jun 2017 #52

Hallelujah - the Lord works in mysterious ways! left-of-center2012 Jun 2017 #54

There's nothing to worry about folks Snake Plissken Jun 2017 #59

Maybe he thought he was Moses! yellowcanine Jun 2017 #60

As a secular humanist, jamesatemple Jun 2017 #61

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Does he have a gofundme yet? Flaleftist Jun 2017 #63

So Hilarious oswaldactedalone Jun 2017 #65

It absolutely amazes me qwlauren35 Jun 2017 #70

I am not clear from the news stories TomSlick Jun 2017 #71

I see a lot of people... qwlauren35 Jun 2017 #72

You misunderstand the meaning of "establish." TomSlick Jun 2017 #73

Here's the thing. qwlauren35 Jul 2017 #81

It is offensive. TomSlick Jul 2017 #82

Clearly you are not gay and in their crosshairs. 6000eliot Jul 2017 #83

If you grant one, on what grounds do you deny another? Missn-Hitch Jun 2017 #77

That is how I feel, too. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2017 #86

Wasn't some dickwad lawmaker threatening to shoot people if the touched it? RhodeIslandOne Jun 2017 #74

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