Quakers are now a threat. I'm afraid to go out of the house.

[Cyrano]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/pbccentral/content/local_news/epaper/2005/12/15/m1a_patriot_1215.html


A 79-year old grandmother, a disabled man, five Quakers, and about a dozen other people, met in a Lake Worth, Florida meeting house last year to discuss how to keep young people from joining the military. They are now in a database of the Pentagon's "threat" list.

Well, if those mentioned above are "threats" to the country, I suppose we're in deeper crap than we thought.

Is it okay if we start using terms like Gestapo and Nazis now? And if not, how much longer are we supposed to wait before these descriptions become appropriate?

[Spinzonner]

1. It's their own fault

They oat to know better

[theHandpuppet]

12. Ooooh that was bad!

:D

[DanCa]

2. I wonder what the disabled man's disability is?

As a follow disabled persons whose vocally opposed to Iraq I am officially worried.

[Quakerfriend]

3. Yes, it's past time for the American people to stand up.

We Quakers are really scary, promoting PEACE and social justice!

I have never participated in a rally of any kind and have not attended Meeting in years. However, the DoD visits my computer several times daily!

[FearofFutility]

8. It's truly unbelievable

When I read about this for the first time a couple of days ago, I was appalled. Then I flashed back to Fahrenheit 9/11 and remembered that this is nothing new. The government has been doing this kind of police state crap since 9/11. As a UU, I know I'm on a list, too. :toast: Our kind must be stopped!

[rpannier]

9. The day you Quakers start proclaiming Truth and Justice for All

I want concentration camps built. Peace is bad enough.

[dogfacedboy]

11. Seriously?

How would I know if the DoD was watching my computer?
Scary.

[Burried News]

4. We have to wait until the Amish are put in camps and their horses

drafted for our artillery caisons. Then we can think about totalitarian metaphors. :sarcasm:

[Quakerfriend]

5. Haaaaaaa! LOL!

[sweetheart]

6. The silence is deafening!

The tyrrany of the quakers might be that we are all
silent for an hour every day... i'm afraid of what
would be unmasqued in such intimacy with maturity.!!

Oh dear, quakers are sooooooo scary!!! ahh!

[NI4NI]

7. Repuglican Paranoia

Just like Nixon

[bananas]

10. Nixon was a Quaker nt

[China_cat]

13. Didn't stop J. Edgar

from adding Quakers to the subvervise list during Vietnam.

[calico1]

21. So was Hoover.

Pres. Hoover.

Quakers are scary! :scared:

:rofl:

[Plaid Adder]

14. Oh no! Not...the QUAKERS!

I'm, uh, quaking in my boots.

Leave it to the Department of Defense to identify the pacifists as a threat. And I guess they are a threat--to the idea that war is necessary and that it has to happen always and everywhere. Which I guess is what that whole 'threat list' is about.

Yeesh,

The Plaid Adder

[Dr. Death]

15. I suppose they'll go after Quakers with a vengeance

;-)

Anyone, anyone????

[NewWaveChick1981]

16. My sister married a Quaker, and I used to...

work for a Quaker college. Yep, they're "threats" alright. :sarcasm: Among their beliefs, Quakers abhor violence and advocate peaceful protests against war and war mongers.

Excuse me, but when did it become a "threat" to advocate peace???

[hobbit709]

17. It's official

I'm going to wear my
I AM AN ENEMY OF THE STATE
button every time I go out from now on.

[lectrobyte]

18. Of course they are a "threat." See Ghandi or Rosa Parks etc. for

further examples of "threat." Never underestimate the power of an idea.

[H2O Man]

19. Even the oatmeal boxes

now seem ..... well, unAmerican. I am tempted to burn every Quaker Oats box I can get my hands on. The fact that their boxes are round should have been a clue that these darned Quakers have an unhealthy agenda. I propose the Senate call them "Freedom Oats."

[FearofFutility]

20. LOL

:rofl:

[calico1]

23. I am afraid to eat my oatmeal now.

:rofl:

[Occulus]

25. Well, you know the military uses a round tube has...

FIRE IN THE HOLE!!

:rofl:

[catnhatnh]

22. Ah SHIT!!!

I donated money through the Quakers during the Katrina mess.They probably just used it to turn the local citizens of New Orleans against the Federal Government.....I hope I'm not detained for supporting these terrorists and their insurgent dupes...

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

24. They really have you Quakering in your boots, don't they!

Calm down, take a deep breath, and have a few oatmeal cookies.

[derby378]

26. I am a Quaker...

I sent humanitarian supplies to Camp Casey. I marched against the invasion of Iraq since Day One. I am appalled on a daily basis with the reports of Iraqis being denied the peace and justice that is rightfully theirs. They never got it from Saddam - but they sure aren't getting it from the Bush administration, either.

[tuckessee]

27. Quakers are dangerous!!!!

Didja ever wonder where the "quake" in earthquake comes from?

[No Exit]

28. Lissen up, you murderous Quakers! Yer either with us or against us!

[Sequoia]

29. Quaker Oats is the enemy

So no hot oatmeal or oatmeal cookies for the children (what will we tell them!)and throw that Quaker guy in jail since he hates America and Christmas too I'll wager.

[derby378]

30. You want a "peace" of me?

I'll be the sacrificial lamb so that my fellow Quakers can escape in peace.

You and me. Let's go. Right now. :evilgrin:

[Sequoia]

33. Are you a raisin? I like raisins in my Quakers.

[Cleita]

31. I'm running to Wal-Mart now to buy myself a semi-automatic

rifle to protect myself from those mean Quakers.

[derby378]

34. "You can't win, Darth..."

"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

:hi:

[CornField]

32. Until you've smelled Quaker Oats when they burn the Capt Crunch

You don't know full-scale olfactory system assault. The odor spreads fear across Eastern Iowa quite often.