Roll Call Thread......

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Roll Call Thread......
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Thu, 04-02-2009 - 4:49pm

There are a lot of new posters out there and some old faces, lets all introduce ourselves again...


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 03-26-2009
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:11pm

lol!!


Not sure how you can be "nosy and pushy" at a ceremony. Maybe that poster can explain :)

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:15pm
Pardon me if I do not allow your opinion on the matter to sway mine.
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Registered: 01-08-2009
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:16pm
Not surprising, really.
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Registered: 03-26-2009
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:18pm
Would you like to take
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Registered: 02-06-2009
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:20pm

No, actually, very little speech is truly free and protected by our Constitution.

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:33pm

I am not going to comment on the way that it is done in your area, because it is evidently all right with you, and the next time I am in your area, I may drop in on a wedding or two just to see if they are as over the top as I have heard.

In other areas of the country, the areas that the wedding etiquette books address, it is considered rude to bring someone to a wedding when that person hasn't been invited. In fact, many venues have limited seating, and in some cases, brides and grooms have carefully gone over lists of people whom they would like to invite, or their parents have wanted them to invite, and have found they cannot invite everyone they would like because the church or chapel will only hold so many. So Aunt Gertrude bringing along her neighbor, or Johnny from the office bringing two or three guests, or somebody just showing up because they heard there was a wedding there that day, could really upset the apple cart in terms of people who were not included on the wedding invitation list. And you don't have to search too far to find stories of people who bring children who were not invited, or who insisted on bringing along guests who were not invited, or whatnot. Most of the people who are complaining about uninvited guests seem to think that these people showing up is a breach of etiquette.

<http://weddings.about.com/b/2009/02/22/what-would-you-do-about-univited-guests.htm>

<http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Dealing-With-Unwanted-Or-Uninvited-Wedding-Guests/494444>

<http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/435326/how_to_handle_uninvited_wedding_guests.html>

<http://en.allexperts.com/q/Weddings-1546/2008/4/Uninvited-Wedding-Guests.htm>

<http://www.ehow.com/about_4793973_wedding-ceremony-etiquette.html>

<http://www.bridalwave.tv/2006/11/wedding_dilemma.html>

<http://www.aisledash.com/2007/12/06/simple-etiquette-uninvited-guests/>

<http://www.drdaveanddee.com/uninvitedrsvp.html>

<http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/302809/tips_on_how_to_be_a_rude_wedding_guest.html?cat=7>

If you want more, you know how to google, too!

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:34pm

{{shudder}}


Simple, classic, basic.

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Registered: 08-31-2008
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:34pm

Very narrowly? You're trying to be funny, again, right? How many people have been convicted of verbal obscenities or hate speech?

Any relevant examples in the past 50 years will do.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:34pm

Oh I remember hiding in a bathroom at a wedding, I was puking, totally out of nowhere a stomach bug hit. It was the last wedding I attended before my own for a frined that I've known since I was 4. I hear the food wasn't that good anyway and they paid a LOT for it.


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Registered: 01-08-2009
Fri, 04-17-2009 - 8:36pm
I hold the exact opposite opinion -- there is very little speech that is NOT protected by our constitution. The definitions of hate speech and obscenity are quite narrow. And we all know about restrictions on yelling fire in a crowded theater....we are arguably the freest society in the history of the world. But if you want to call that "narrow," go right ahead.

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