# SSM opponents threaten SF mayor's life **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137 "2004-03-02T18:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/41 "2004-03-03T21:12:57Z")
> [@coffeecam](#): > > why don’t we have a wink smilie? We’ve never needed one. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/42 "2004-03-03T21:14:31Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > you icky twat, Now, now, we all know you’re not into twats, but that’s no reason to go around insulting them. “Icky” is one thing, but “SnoopyFan”? Them’s fightin’ words, buddy. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@coffeecam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecam)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/43 "2004-03-03T21:38:00Z")
> [@Bambi Hassenpfeffer](#): > > We’ve never needed one. 😉 Well crap… there it is. :smack: sitting between wally and h.o.j.m. I’d swear under oath it wasn’t there before. c ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/44 "2004-03-03T22:20:24Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > I absolutely guarantee you there was something in his morning news briefing. And if someone screwed up and it wasn’t there then Karl Rove told him during his political briefing. > > I 100% guarantee it. He doesn’t have to read the newspapers. He has people to do that for him. All Presidents do. I have to ask, how are you so sure he is informed to this level? I guess he might be, but it wouldn’t surprise me either way. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/45 "2004-03-03T22:34:41Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Now, now, we all know you’re not into twats, but that’s no reason to go around insulting them. “Icky” is one thing, but “SnoopyFan”? Them’s fightin’ words, buddy. You’re right, and I apologize for defaming all the icky twats out there by comparing them to **SnoopyFan**. This of course raises the question as to what she can be compared to which won’t reflect unfavorably on the compared. Tree slime? The reeking bits of rot that get caught under the edges of untrimmed toenails? What is so wretched and horrible that it would not be insulted by being compared to **SnoopyFan**? Frankly, I’m stumped. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/46 "2004-03-03T22:45:32Z")
Perhaps, **Otto** , instead of finding a suitable comparison, one could merely arrive at the personal conclusion that she is icky in general and move on to more worthwhile things, like the memorization of the names of precambrian protozoa. One never knows when such is likely to be bar-room trivia;) ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/47 "2004-03-05T04:49:10Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Right, here’s a scenario for you: > > Let’s imagine Christians are persecuted, legally targeted, denigrated, castigated and made to feel unwelcome by more than a few in this country and many others. They aren’t allowed to worship in private or in public, crosses are illegal, etc. > > \ I think a more comparable argument might be: **Imagine** some protesters threatened G. W. Bush’s life and most liberals apologized for it. A lot of conservatives would still be all over liberals like the hounds of hell. I suspect they might use an argument of how those liberals are only _saying_ that, but really wouldn’t mind. Plus, some Christians, especially those of Snoopyfan’s ilk (judging by previous posts), claim persecution anyway. > [@SnoopyFan](#): > > It wouldn’t matter if every conservative in the country denounced the threats, you’ll still piss and moan about it. Billy Graham on a corndog stick, this kind of ignorance is astounding. Willful ignorance, it appears. Shame on you. ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/48 "2004-03-05T04:51:11Z")
> [@presidebt](#): > > I suspect they might use an argument of how those liberals are only _saying_ that, but really wouldn’t mind. Ha! Imagine Ann Coulter saying that liberals wanted it because it evened the score for JFK. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/49 "2004-03-05T08:00:01Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > And of course, Bush seems to pride himself on not reading newspapers… He can read??? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137/50 "2004-03-05T15:02:22Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > He can read??? He sure can! He’s found Waldo on every page! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssm-opponents-threaten-sf-mayors-life/232137.md?page=2)