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MeDeFe wrote:Let's for a moment assume the US government really does deport Piers Morgan. Would you be ok with that? Would you really want your government to deport people who voice their opinions?
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.

MeDeFe wrote:You were quite vocal about your support of the petition, though.
And you must have forgotten to answer my question. Here it is again.MeDeFe wrote:Let's for a moment assume the US government really does deport Piers Morgan. Would you be ok with that? Would you really want your government to deport people who voice their opinions?
It's a dispute involving some of our most familiar rights: The right to free speech, to bear arms, and to petition the government. This week, a group of American gun owners is taking on an imported TV personality and petitioning the White House to preserve some of these rights.
Since the mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, British-born cable news host Piers Morgan has lashed out at U.S. gun laws and pro-gun advocates. Those advocates have hit back by launching a petition, on the White House website "We the People," calling for Piers Morgan to be deported.
CBS News' Jeff Glor noted Thursday that more than 80,000 people had signed the petition, which accuses Morgan of engaging in a "hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution" by targeting their right to bear arms.
The Obama administration rolled out "We the People" in 2011, allowing anyone to directly petition the government. Petitions that garner 25,000 signatures in 30 days are promised a response from the White House. When President Obama introduced the platform, he said it would provide a forum for the "matters you care about the most." However, since the site launched requests have run the gamut from serious, to not-so-serious, to entirely absurd.
A petition that asks the federal government to "secure resources and funding" to build a Death Star by 2016 has garnered 32,000 signatures, enough to guarantee a response from the administration.
Glor also reported that multiple petitions request for states to secede from the U.S., and that a petition for Texas to withdrawal has more than 122,000 signatures.
While the movement to kick Piers Morgan out of the country may have support, the cable host is laughing it off. Morgan recently tweeted: "Merry Christmas! Even to those who want me deported."

saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.

notyou2 wrote:You're 4th option is exactly what you are guilty of.....using speech to kill freedom. So it's OK for you to do it but not others?
The depths of your hypocrisy know no limits.
notyou2 wrote:You're 4th option is exactly what you are guilty of.....using speech to kill freedom. So it's OK for you to do it but not others?
The depths of your hypocrisy know no limits.
Phatscotty wrote:notyou2 wrote:You're 4th option is exactly what you are guilty of.....using speech to kill freedom. So it's OK for you to do it but not others?
The depths of your hypocrisy know no limits.
Piers can, and will do it all he wants. Just doin it back, all you can eat. You didn't really think we would remain silent while our Consitution was being attacked, did you?
Symmetry wrote:notyou2 wrote:You're 4th option is exactly what you are guilty of.....using speech to kill freedom. So it's OK for you to do it but not others?
The depths of your hypocrisy know no limits.
There are limits- he is opposed to campaigning at the place of polling. Feel free to vote your mind, free from any influence he might try. This is now up to the people, and I'm going for the kill freedom ticket all the way.
Gillipig wrote:I hate Piers Morgan more than any other nosy network idiot, but damn, if you can kick him out for his political beliefs, where does it end? Should everyone who questions the law be deported? If you want to turn the U.S. into a communist country, that's exactly the way to go!
Phatscotty wrote:Gillipig wrote:I hate Piers Morgan more than any other nosy network idiot, but damn, if you can kick him out for his political beliefs, where does it end? Should everyone who questions the law be deported? If you want to turn the U.S. into a communist country, that's exactly the way to go!
Cmon, get in the spirit! We aren't really trying to kick him out, we are just making him not want to stay.....
Symmetry wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Gillipig wrote:I hate Piers Morgan more than any other nosy network idiot, but damn, if you can kick him out for his political beliefs, where does it end? Should everyone who questions the law be deported? If you want to turn the U.S. into a communist country, that's exactly the way to go!
Cmon, get in the spirit! We aren't really trying to kick him out, we are just making him not want to stay.....
By making him an incredibly famous and polarising media figure? He's laughing all the way to the bank.
Phatscotty wrote:Symmetry wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Gillipig wrote:I hate Piers Morgan more than any other nosy network idiot, but damn, if you can kick him out for his political beliefs, where does it end? Should everyone who questions the law be deported? If you want to turn the U.S. into a communist country, that's exactly the way to go!
Cmon, get in the spirit! We aren't really trying to kick him out, we are just making him not want to stay.....
By making him an incredibly famous and polarising media figure? He's laughing all the way to the bank.
Piers Morgan is no Glenn Beck
Piers Morgan Would Rather You Hate Him Than Ignore Him
November 11, 2012
Piers Morgan rose from Britain’s tabloid swamps to fill one of the most coveted chairs in TV news, replacing Larry King at CNN in 2011. In the U.K., he’s seen by many as a publicity hound. In the U.S., his problem is being seen at all.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/201 ... an-ignored
FunkyTerrance wrote: Ok, I've got to ask. Who is that in your avi? Johnny Carson?
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