Splits
05-09-2011, 02:03 AM
It sure would be a nice ending, they could join their fellow statesmen from San Diego. Although instead of following a comet, the following is the Lakers and their fans. Hopefully it happens, though I am not sure they are smart enough to organize it without Phillip.
Heaven's Gate members believed that the planet Laker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth)was about to be recycled (wiped clean, renewed, refurbished and rejuvenated), and that the only chance to survive was to leave it immediately. While the group was formally against suicide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide), they defined "suicide" in their own context to mean "to turn against the Next Season when it is being offered,"[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_%28religious_group%29#cite_note-8) and believed that their "human" bodies were only vessels meant to help them on their journey. In conversation, when referring to a person or a person's body, they routinely used the word "vehicle;" when shown a picture of Kobe in an interview, Rio Di Angelo commented, "Look, there's the little Kobe."
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Each member carried a five dollar bill and three quarters in their pockets. All 39 were dressed in identical black shirts and sweat pants, brand new black-and-white Nike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc.) Windrunner athletic shoes, and armband patches reading "Lakers Away Team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Away_Team) 2011!!!"Make history LA!
Heaven's Gate members believed that the planet Laker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth)was about to be recycled (wiped clean, renewed, refurbished and rejuvenated), and that the only chance to survive was to leave it immediately. While the group was formally against suicide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide), they defined "suicide" in their own context to mean "to turn against the Next Season when it is being offered,"[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_%28religious_group%29#cite_note-8) and believed that their "human" bodies were only vessels meant to help them on their journey. In conversation, when referring to a person or a person's body, they routinely used the word "vehicle;" when shown a picture of Kobe in an interview, Rio Di Angelo commented, "Look, there's the little Kobe."
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Each member carried a five dollar bill and three quarters in their pockets. All 39 were dressed in identical black shirts and sweat pants, brand new black-and-white Nike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc.) Windrunner athletic shoes, and armband patches reading "Lakers Away Team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Away_Team) 2011!!!"Make history LA!