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Freedom of expression
In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the public display of fuck is protected under the First and Fourteenth amendments and cannot be made a criminal offense. In 1968, Paul Robert Cohen had been convicted of "disturbing the peace" for wearing a jacket with "fuck the draft" on it (in reference to conscription in the Vietnam War). The conviction was upheld by the court of appeals and overturned by the supreme court. Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971).
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Bobby, I have a question for you and your partner: what do you think would happen if I built a fence along my stretch of sidewalk the same as you and Charlie have built along your stretch of sidewalk except I made the side of my fence facing the road look the same as the back of your fence separating our two properties I'm having to look at every day.
And you two did the same with the section of your fence separating your property from the rental property next door to you.
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Nancy Sokolove from Mason Mill 26 Mar
I have noticed that in the last week or so, the signs are creeping down the hill little by little, against the wood fence of the house on the corner of Vistavia and Mason Mill. Although I certainly don't know the line between the properties, I'm assuming that since it's along the fence that he has gone over that property line. I was able to take a photo yesterday to document this.
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Also I want to point out that you two only maintain the space between Mason Mill road and your fence running along the sidewalk halfway up the street. Point out that I'm the one who keeps the sidewalk blown off and the weeds under control the upper 1/3 of what is still your stretch of sidewalk.
Like I said during our court hearing before Judge Polk your failed attempt at a restraining issued against me, you two have your own ways of egging me on.
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Ron Mihelic from Mason Mill 6d ago
Since we all believe in rule of law , let's look at the Code..Code states verbatim.. " However, left completely unregulated, the number, size, design charecteristics, and locations of signs in the county can become a threat to public safety as a traffic hazard and a detriment to property values and to the county's general public welfare as well as create an aesthetic nuisance. The county, further, finds that signs have become excessive and that many signs are distracting and dangerous to motorists and pedestrians, are confusing to the public and substantially detract from the beauty and appearance of the county. The county finds there is a substantial need directly related the public health, safety and welfare to comprehensively address these concerns through the following regulations.." So we do have grounds to bring this in front of a judge. Without neighborhood involvement any judge presiding over this case will not understand the scope of the problem. This is a person who is a known and self admitted meth addict. He has been arrested several times (once for exposing himself to traffic). Has been institutionalized more than once. Has several restraining orders against him. Has been videotaped taking his neighbors trash from the curb. The reason why he has a large fence next to his property is because he was caught trespassing in his neighbor's backyard. Surely someone who has all these things happen is not just a misunderstood law abiding citizen who is angry about some trees from 10 years ago.
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And while on the subject of restraining orders, one of you should have corrected your friend, Ronald Mihelic the Nathan Deal supporter ( and maybe even a "TRUMP!" "TRUMP!" "TRUMP!" supporter), when he posted onNEXTDOOR.COM that I have multiple restraining orders against me when in fact, none, as the Gary's restraining order (which I did not get the opportunity contesting) had expired and your attempt failed.
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Bobby Rasulnia from Mason Mill 26 Mar
One night a few years ago, he pointed a red laser light on our chests while we were sitting in our back yard from his bedroom window. Another time he came to our house banging on the front door holding three rubber ducks asking us to help him join the trinity with the elderly neighbors across the street. That elderly couple obtained a restraining order and eventually moved away due to his stalking behavior. The next time our neighbors defend his insanity with freedom of speech, we want them to talk with those who are most affected by it. This is not a freedom of speech issue people. It's a safety issue, an aesthetic nuisance, and a detriment to property values. U can not infringe upon another persons rights by exercising your rights. The explicit tone of his "message" and the use of profanity is obviously and clearly hate speech. As a society and a neighborhood we cannot tolerate his hate speech and asthetic nuisance any longer.
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And while on the subject of the red laser light, Bobby...AGAIN! We've already went through this during our court hearing before Judge Polk your...FAILED...attempt at a restraining order!
MY GOD!
Give it a rest!
In the BBC documentary The Most Hated Family in America, filmmaker Louis Theroux questioned Shirley Phelps-Roper as to whether she had considered that Westboro's technique of protests were more likely to "put people off the Word of Jesus Christ and the Bible". In response, Phelps-Roper said, "You think our job is to win souls to Christ. All we do, by getting in their face and putting these signs in front of them and these plain words, is make what's already in their heart come out of their mouth."
I do believe my signs are doing a pretty good job showing exactly what this neighborhood is made of...
And it's not pretty!
"Dr. Rivellese is Catholic. He's told us (two female technicians) to tell you, he's not going to discuss religion with you. If you talk religion, then he's not going to see you."
As I sat, fuming, waiting to be seen by Dr. Rivellese at Georgia Retina because of an acute (as well as permanent) vision loss my right eye, me and an older black lady started talking politics.
"It's all about the money," she summarized the Republican Party.
To which I replied, "The question is: Would you be any different if the shoe were on the other foot?"
Although this startled her somewhat, she continued talking politics with me. Eventually I volunteered to her, as well as all the others (also waiting to be seen) who were listening if for no other reason than they had been given no other choice, that I was gay.
Suddenly, this older black lady becomes irate.
"Why did you tell me that? I didn't need to know that! Why did you tell me that!"
Reminded of an incident having happened at work, toward the end not long before eventually coming to the conclusion that my unhappiness with the direction my veterinary medicine career was heading probably a major if not the major reason for my crystal meths addiction; couldn't help but laugh.
"YOU DON'T THINK GAY RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ARE THE SAME THING DO YOU?!"
~(The People's Pets)~
And this young black male technician defends his position using the logic that they can't go anywhere, as opposed to gays and lesbians, without others knowing they are black.
"Alright! I''m getting close to using that "N" word!"
At the same time...REFUSING....allowing me the opportunity explaining just how they were the same. Not even going to bother telling the rest of this story.
After the camps were liberated at the end of the Second World War, many of the pink triangle prisoners were often simply re-imprisoned by the Allied-established Federal Republic of Germany. An openly gay man named Heinz Dörmer, for instance, served 20 years total, first in a Nazi concentration camp and then in the jails of the new Republic. In fact, the Nazi amendments to Paragraph 175, which turned homosexuality from a minor offense into a felony, remained intact in both East and West Germany after the war for a further 24 years. While suits seeking monetary compensation have failed, in 2002 the German government issued an official apology to the gay community.
Anyway, long story short, I plan on wearing a "PINK TRIANGLE" my next court date August 9, 2016 and ask that Bobby and Charlie join in with me. And if we are lucky, maybe Mary Hinkel will humor us by demonstrating for us what a "LITTLE BLACK DRESS" might look like on it's "EIGHTH" day?
I'M INCREASING YOUR PROPERTY'S VALUE!" "I'M INCREASING YOUR PROPERTY'S VALUE!" "I'M INCREASING YOUR PROPERTY'S VALUE!" "TREES ARE DANGEROUS; ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF ONE!" "I'M INCREASING YOUR PROPERTY'S VALUE!"
~(Mr. Bliss: Bobby B. Rasulnia's Domestic Partner)~
"Well it's Charlie's money and he can spend it however he wants."
~(Bobby B. Rasulnia: Mr. Bliss's I.U.E.C.)~
I suppose Bobby and Mr. Bliss's Iranian kinfolks and In-Laws could say the same thing about their Uranium Enrichment Program: It's their money and they can spend it however they want.
Subject: Recorder's Court Hearing February 2013
From: James Avery (jeaverydvm87@att.net)
To: John Bugge (emoryedu)
Date: Friday, July 29, 2016 12:25 AM
Hello John,
This is James Avery.
I was hoping I would be able getting you to either verify or deny something I'm remembering Judge Nelly F. Withers saying during my court hearing regarding the signs I had nailed to my trees at the time.
When Bobby Rasulnia volunteered that I was angry with them over the trees, I jump in saying:
"Yeah. I jokingly like referring to myself as The Lorax Of Dekalb County."
Then I went right into quoting a line from the movie, The Lorax:
"Beware the intruder and their violent way. Shame on them. For shame."
I'm definitely remembering Chief Judge Nelly F. Withers saying,
"FUCK THE LORAX!"
Do you remember her saying this?
Sincerely yours,
James E. Avery, DVM
FYI
Nellie or Nelly
noun
1.
a female given name, form of Helen.
2.
(often lowercase) Slang.
Offensive. a fussily effeminate male.
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
with·er
ˈwiT͟HÉ™r/
verb
1.
(of a plant) become dry and shriveled.
"the grass had withered to an unappealing brown"
synonyms: shrivel (up), dry up; More
2.
cause harm or damage to.
"a business that can wither the hardiest ego"
(END OF EMAIL TO JOHN BUGGE)
Personally, I DO consider our trees to be "F*G ENABLERS".
Except for the one having missed one.
I agree with this petition. - Brooke Goodwin, Decatur, GA 2 days ago
The yard is offensive and can not be avoided. It deteriorates any quality of any neighborhood. Concern the owner is not of sound mind. - Amy Leiter, Decatur, GA 2 days ago
The F*** sign in the front by the driveway! There are a lot of families in this area and frankly.... He is scary to the children - Trisha Hedden, Decatur, GA 2 days ago
Make him stop! Not appropriate for children to read the "f" word as we ride by - Valorie Kozi, Decatur, GA2 days ago
Wikipedia - The free encyclopedia
Fuck is an obscene English-language word, which refers to the act of sexual intercourse and is also commonly used as an intensifier or to denote disdain. Its origin is obscure but is usually considered to be first attested to around 1475, although it may be considerably older. In modern usage, the term fuck and its derivatives (such as fucker and fucking) can be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an interjection, or an adverb. There are many common phrases that employ the word, as well as compounds that incorporate it, such as motherfucker, fuckwit and fucknut.
The word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situations. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hostile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentionally offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usages in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries censor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the attitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most severe profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the most severe. Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and more publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace. However, lawyer and linguist professor Pamela Hobbs, has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing public use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexual meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' for whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual intercourse than a ten-year-old’s ‘My mom’ll kill me if she finds out’ evokes images of murder," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing." Because of its increasing usage in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling guide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it sparingly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.
Fuck has a very flexible role in English grammar, including use as both a transitive and intransitive verb, and as an adjective, adverb, and noun. It can also be used as an interjection and a grammatical ejaculation. Linguist Geoffrey Hughes found eight distinct usages for English curse words, and fuck can apply to each. For example, it fits in the "curse" sense ("fuck you!") as well as the "personal" sense ("You fucker"). Its vulgarity also contributes to its mostly figurative sense, though the word itself is used in its literal sense to refer to sexual intercourse, its most common usage is figurative- to indicate the speaker's strong sentiment and to offend or shock the listener.
Though it appeared in English lexicographer John Ash's 1775 A New and Complete Dictionary, listed as "low" and "vulgar," and appearing with several definitions, fuck did not appear in any widely consulted dictionary of the English language from 1795 to 1965. Its first appearance in the Oxford English Dictionary (along with the word cunt) was in 1972.
In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the public display of fuck is protected under the First and Fourteenth amendments and cannot be made a criminal offense. In 1968, Paul Robert Cohen had been convicted of "disturbing the peace" for wearing a jacket with "fuck the draft" on it (in reference to conscription in the Vietnam War). The conviction was upheld by the court of appeals and overturned by the supreme court. Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971).
M. Thomas