<p>“mind still racing” insomnia etc. --Classic manic bi-polar symptoms. The poor guy may have been self-medicating.</p>
<p>or from stress- breaking up with his girfriend and mother of his daughter last fall, would be enough to deal with for most people.
Maybe he didn’t eat good?</p>
<p>It makes me nauseous to think of Phelps- spewing hate- why isn’t stuff like that illegal?</p>
<p>^ To quote Voltaire,
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<p>The First Amendment isn’t always pretty. Whether he’s legally allowed to picket at a funeral is a more specific issue with its own legalities, of course (private property, etc.).</p>
<p>I see Phelps as a very twisted individual…what I cannot fathom is why he has any followers. Most nutcases don’t have people that blindly follow them like that.</p>
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<p>As I recall, there are about 70 members of his church, and 60ish of them are from his extended family. It’s not exactly a megachurch. ;)</p>
<p>I think people should just start following the lead of Matthew Snyder’s parents and sue Phelps and his church into the ground <a href=“Westboro Baptist Church - Wikipedia”>Westboro Baptist Church - Wikipedia;
<p>Maybe some of the more respectable churches could even put up some money to pay legal fees to sue this despicable excuse for a church into the ground, and end the embarrassment to all the good Christians in America.</p>
<p>I realize that there is freedom of speech, but isn’t there freedom from harassment- or verbal assault?
From what I hear he has harassed returning Iraqi veterans as well as funerals of anyone who has ever been kind to one of those homo-sec-uals</p>
<p>Where is the NRA when you need them?</p>
<p>ek4 - if you click on 1of42’s link, it explains the lawsuit and what was argued with/against the 1st ammendment for this case.</p>
<p>Don’t you mean the ACLU, emeraldkity4?</p>
<p>On topic: Heath Ledger was a fantastic actor. I loved him in Cazenova especially. Maybe, because it was $5 at the drugstore. Still, it’s incredibly sad to lose such a promising, handsome and talented actor.</p>
<p>actually I mean the NRA- if you get my drift- but thanks for the link
I didn’t see Casanova- but I did really enjoy A Knights tale- it is 100% better than you’d think- I also liked Brokeback mountain & I respect the way he considered roles.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter to me if it was an accident or not, but Im sure it does to his family-
Not that I think this was suicide- but I do want to state- that I do not think those who do commit suicide are selfish/thoughtless as they are sometimes described.
Those who are so depressed & in so much pain, that the only way they can imagine to stop the pain, is to end their life- well, they deserve our compassion , not our scorn.</p>
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<p>I got it, but didn’t want to respond that I did if, in error, you had meant the ACLU.</p>
<p>well wouldn’t the ACLU be advocating for Phelps right to express himself?
I thought they have before</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/22/AR2006072200643.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/22/AR2006072200643.html</a></p>
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<p>There are few people out there (comparatively speaking) who can practice delayed gratification with regards to landing movie roles. He obviously had a knack for selecting the ones that showcased his talents, which, I, too respect.</p>
<p>How sad. I also saw him recently in the current Bob Dylan movie, and he was very good. He should be remembered for more than BBM.</p>