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   Leaders of an insular religious commune are under investigation by authorities for extensive child abuse... in Waco. This is not a repeat from 1993

28 Apr 2012 09:24 PM   |   8309 clicks   |   WFAA Fort Worth
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namegoeshere     
This should end well.

28 Apr 2012 04:26 PM
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Fark It    [TotalFark]  
I thought the child abuse allegations were all innuendo and propaganda, and the real reason for the raid was because someone's sister's boyfriend who saw a guy she knew at 31 flavors said that the Branch Davidians were sawing shotguns down to below 18" OAL.

And the comparison would only be valid if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

28 Apr 2012 06:00 PM
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2wolves    [TotalFark]  
Fark It: if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

Nice troll attempt.

4.5/10

28 Apr 2012 08:51 PM
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rebelyell2006     
And the comparison would only be valid if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

I hope they let everybody know beforehand, I'll be in town all summer and would love to bring a lawnchair and some beer.

28 Apr 2012 09:26 PM
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Bucky Katt    [TotalFark]  
Wacko, TX?

28 Apr 2012 09:27 PM
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rebelyell2006     
rebelyell2006: And the comparison would only be valid if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

I hope they let everybody know beforehand, I'll be in town all summer and would love to bring a lawnchair and some beer.


Crap, I used 'q' instead of 'i'. Damn cross-forum activities.

28 Apr 2012 09:27 PM
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Mr. Shabooboo     
The last time this happened it was a real gas..And it left a lot of people like Fark It burned up.

[firestarter girl with Branch Davidian compound on fire in background.jpg]

28 Apr 2012 09:29 PM
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Jon H    [TotalFark]  
Once lived in Waco. It's gods country, you know.

/ hotter than h*ll when I was there.
// way before the inferno
///never, ever going back there

28 Apr 2012 09:30 PM
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jaytkay     
Just givin' some fundamentalists a little lesson in natural selection

www.coverups.com

28 Apr 2012 09:30 PM
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pueblonative     
Oldie but goodie:

What's the best way to pick up a Branch Davidian Chick?

A dustbuster.

28 Apr 2012 09:31 PM
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Jon H    [TotalFark]  
jaytkay: Just givin' some fundamentalists a little lesson in natural selection

[www.coverups.com image 375x239]


tanks for that

28 Apr 2012 09:31 PM
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J. Frank Parnell    [TotalFark]  
2wolves: Fark It: if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

Nice troll attempt.

4.5/10


Maybe you didn't know it was later proven they used incendiary grenades which caused the blaze that killed everyone? Or are you saying it's a troll because you don't like to hear truths that interfere with your world view?

28 Apr 2012 09:34 PM
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spentmiles     
I lived at the Waco compound and survived the siege. I can tell you first hand that there were nothing at all like child abuse going on. We loved those children and loved each other like family. It makes me sick how we were portrayed in the media. You will all have hell to pay when David comes back and makes you atone for your sins.

28 Apr 2012 09:34 PM
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ongbok     
What is it with warm weather and nutcases?

28 Apr 2012 09:36 PM
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To The Escape Zeppelin!     
"She said no one from the church came to her and tried to comfort or counsel with her. She said nobody from the church said anything to her after the abuse was revealed."

What's her point? Would she have been ok with it if they'd tried to comfort her? If her story is true then they're terrible people she shouldn't be talking to anyway.

28 Apr 2012 09:36 PM
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2wolves    [TotalFark]  
J. Frank Parnell: they used incendiary grenades

Citation please.

28 Apr 2012 09:36 PM
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IXI Jim IXI     
on a related note, the date of the Texas Fark barbeque has been moved up...

28 Apr 2012 09:38 PM
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ariseatex     
J. Frank Parnell: 2wolves: Fark It: if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

Nice troll attempt.

4.5/10

Maybe you didn't know it was later proven they used incendiary grenades which caused the blaze that killed everyone? Or are you saying it's a troll because you don't like to hear truths that interfere with your world view?


meiobit.com

28 Apr 2012 09:44 PM
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ongbok     
2wolves: J. Frank Parnell: they used incendiary grenades

Citation please.


In other words they used flash bangs and smoke grenades, which is usually done to disorientate people before you try to breach a fortified compound. Those grenades inadvertently ignited stuff in the compound causing the fire. They didn't throw some type of fire grenades into the compound to purposely burn it down like some people want to believe.

I think the ATF should have tried more to talk people out, especially the children, instead trying to breach so soon, but in no way do I think they were purposely trying to burn the place down and kill everybody like some people want to believe.

28 Apr 2012 09:45 PM
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AcneVulgaris     
www.daily-design-news.de

28 Apr 2012 09:45 PM
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Sudlow     
2wolves
Citation please.

Link

It's not a perfect cite, but it's what 30 seconds on Google turned up.

28 Apr 2012 09:46 PM
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Ass Exploder     
jmason.org

My kind of cult.

28 Apr 2012 09:47 PM
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Now I Is!     

28 Apr 2012 09:47 PM
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MAIBRAINSISBIG     
Here Waco again

28 Apr 2012 09:49 PM
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loonatic112358     
ongbok: What is it with warm weather and nutcases?

the heat makes the skin crawl and itch with the sweat of their badly chosen convictions.

28 Apr 2012 09:51 PM
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Sudlow     
ongbok

"Those grenades inadvertently ignited stuff in the compound causing the fire."

It's no secret that they get very, very hot. Hot enough that they can easily start a fire. Hot enough that they need to be used very carefully. Which the Feds definitely did not do.

The Feds did just about everything possible to bring about an armed confrontation. It's not a conspiracy, just incredibly inept ATF/FBI agents who screwed up and lied every step of the way.

28 Apr 2012 09:52 PM
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Amos Quito     
A lot of Farkers are too young to remember the Waco siege.

Here's a nice documentary for your edification.

28 Apr 2012 09:53 PM
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capilot     
This is not a repeat from 1993

Yet.

:(

28 Apr 2012 09:54 PM
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jaytkay     
Sudlow: The Feds did just about everything possible to bring about an armed confrontation

Like when those ATF agents blatantly got machine-gunned by the Davidians.Inflammatory!!

28 Apr 2012 09:54 PM
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optional     
This '90s nostalgia craze HAS to stop NOW!

28 Apr 2012 09:56 PM
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Amos Quito     
AcneVulgaris: [www.daily-design-news.de image 450x450]


Those three did more for the promotion of celibacy than anyone.

28 Apr 2012 09:56 PM
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mgshamster     
J. Frank Parnell: 2wolves: Fark It: if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

Nice troll attempt.

4.5/10

Maybe you didn't know it was later proven they used incendiary grenades which caused the blaze that killed everyone? Or are you saying it's a troll because you don't like to hear truths that interfere with your world view?


More likely the fire was caused by gasoline spread across the compound, as punctured gasoline cans and evidence of gasoline was found all over the place on the inside of the compound afterwards.

28 Apr 2012 09:58 PM
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capilot     
Fark It: And the comparison would only be valid if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

Actually, IIRC, it was BATF. FBI knew better than to wade into that mess.

28 Apr 2012 09:58 PM
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ronaprhys     
ongbok: What is it with warm weather and nutcases?

People with lowered chances of economic success tend to prefer the warmth. If you lose everything, it's much easier to be homeless in San Diego, Key West, or south Texas than it is in Bangor, ME or Minot, ND.

28 Apr 2012 09:59 PM
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willfullyobscure     
RELIGION OF PEACE

28 Apr 2012 09:59 PM
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nrdgrl    [TotalFark]  

28 Apr 2012 10:01 PM
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ongbok     
mgshamster: J. Frank Parnell: 2wolves: Fark It: if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

Nice troll attempt.

4.5/10

Maybe you didn't know it was later proven they used incendiary grenades which caused the blaze that killed everyone? Or are you saying it's a troll because you don't like to hear truths that interfere with your world view?

More likely the fire was caused by gasoline spread across the compound, as punctured gasoline cans and evidence of gasoline was found all over the place on the inside of the compound afterwards.


I've heard this said before, but never saw any documentation of it. But I always did think that Koresh did set this up to be a mass suicide by cop type of deal.

28 Apr 2012 10:01 PM
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jso2897     
Funny. None of the people who are all poutraged about what happened to the wackos at Waco seem to get similarly poutraged over what happened to the Move On people in Philly.
But then, they weren't goodnicewhite "Christians", so who cares, amirite?

28 Apr 2012 10:03 PM
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Trolljegeren     
Google 'M651 tear gas canisters' and you'll get loads of Waco-related results.

/Just did.
//Too lazy to dig through them.
///Or post them.

28 Apr 2012 10:03 PM
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candiru.fish     
nrdgrl: seems legit....

Wow, that's...awe inspiring.

28 Apr 2012 10:04 PM
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ongbok     
jso2897: Funny. None of the people who are all poutraged about what happened to the wackos at Waco seem to get similarly poutraged over what happened to the Move On people in Philly.
But then, they weren't goodnicewhite "Christians", so who cares, amirite?


Or what the Chicago Police did to the Black Panther's head quarters in Chicago.

28 Apr 2012 10:05 PM
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jso2897     
ongbok: jso2897: Funny. None of the people who are all poutraged about what happened to the wackos at Waco seem to get similarly poutraged over what happened to the Move On people in Philly.
But then, they weren't goodnicewhite "Christians", so who cares, amirite?

Or what the Chicago Police did to the Black Panther's head quarters in Chicago.


Well, that sort of people have it coming to them. No poutrage for them!

28 Apr 2012 10:07 PM
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mgshamster     
ongbok: mgshamster: J. Frank Parnell: 2wolves: Fark It: if the FBI burns the women and children to death this time, too.

Nice troll attempt.

4.5/10

Maybe you didn't know it was later proven they used incendiary grenades which caused the blaze that killed everyone? Or are you saying it's a troll because you don't like to hear truths that interfere with your world view?

More likely the fire was caused by gasoline spread across the compound, as punctured gasoline cans and evidence of gasoline was found all over the place on the inside of the compound afterwards.

I've heard this said before, but never saw any documentation of it. But I always did think that Koresh did set this up to be a mass suicide by cop type of deal.


I don't know if there is any documentation on it. I heard it from one of the world's best fire investigators during a forensic seminar I attended. I presume he only told us because the information is public, and I don't recall him saying not to repeat it (otherwise, he told us against his better judgment).

28 Apr 2012 10:09 PM
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jaytkay     
ronaprhys: ongbok: What is it with warm weather and nutcases?

People with lowered chances of economic success tend to prefer the warmth. If you lose everything, it's much easier to be homeless in San Diego, Key West, or south Texas than it is in Bangor, ME or Minot, ND.


lol mopes are lazy, sleep late, and don't tolerate rain or cold.

When I have to knock on doors in bad neighborhoods in Chicago, I go at 9am. Cold days and wet days are the best. I deal with property owners. They're up and about. The assholes don't emerge before noon.;

28 Apr 2012 10:10 PM
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2wolves    [TotalFark]  
mgshamster: More likely the fire was caused by gasoline spread across the compound, as punctured gasoline cans and evidence of gasoline was found all over the place on the inside of the compound afterwards.

And the FBI's microphones picking up the nuts talking about spreading the accelerant. Also that Mr. Koresh had used fire on his own building in the past.

28 Apr 2012 10:10 PM
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noneyourbase     
namegoeshere: This should end well.

Waco inspired Oklahoma City, which in turn 'inspired' Columbine, which itself inspired all sorts of madness. Let's hope the film ends differently this time.

28 Apr 2012 10:11 PM
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BolloxReader    [TotalFark]  
I dunno, sounds like a good fundamentalist lifestyle to me. Another acceptable option would be to send the kids for military training to overthrow the secular government in the name of Jesus. Or maybe that's a gender based role, not sure about that.

/knows two guys who went through those camps
//not sure if I want to know what their sister went through at that age

28 Apr 2012 10:12 PM
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DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke     
RG3 turned state's evidence against Baylor?

28 Apr 2012 10:13 PM
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gameshowhost    [TotalFark]  
One of the most interesting reads on Waco/Koresh/Branch Davidians: The Branch Davidians of Waco: The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect

28 Apr 2012 10:15 PM
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detroitdoesntsuckthatbad     
spentmiles: I lived at the Waco compound and survived the siege. I can tell you first hand that there were nothing at all like child abuse going on. We loved those children and loved each other like family. It makes me sick how we were portrayed in the media. You will all have hell to pay when David comes back and makes you atone for your sins.

Big swing and a miss on this one, but I like how you're always aiming for the fences. Maybe next time kid.

28 Apr 2012 10:16 PM
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