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OnlinePoker

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9. No need to stay silent.

Reply to Nostradammit (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 4, 2012, 06:25 PM

Aug 2012

Just PM the poster and leave it up to them to edit the post if they want. A lot of people take offense to their grammar/spelling being criticized in public.

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Quote that hits the nail on the head like few others [View all] NobodyInParticular Aug 2012 OP

*taking* Nostradammit Aug 2012 #1

(sigh) DainBramaged Aug 2012 #2

That was unnecessarily mean. Nostradammit Aug 2012 #3

Style sometimes trumps grammar, depending upon the context. McCamy Taylor Aug 2012 #4

Agreed. Nostradammit Aug 2012 #5

No need to stay silent. OnlinePoker Aug 2012 #9

Understood. Nostradammit Aug 2012 #11

You thought the rest of us Control-Z Aug 2012 #12

I thought maybe the original poster could change one word Nostradammit Aug 2012 #13

No it wasn't DainBramaged Aug 2012 #6

Especially When the Contributor was Quoting Someone Else mckara Aug 2012 #10

The original quote has "taking" NobodyInParticular Aug 2012 #18

Excellent find! FailureToCommunicate Aug 2012 #7

Good one! MissMarple Aug 2012 #8

+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #14

Makes me sick NJCher Aug 2012 #15

I wonder who said it. morningfog Aug 2012 #16

Ed Shultz was pushing the patriotic angle.... chknltl Aug 2012 #17

I think this quote from 1952 says it all BrooklynBoy Aug 2012 #19

It must be the hiding of the profits that makes it unpatriotic. raouldukelives Aug 2012 #20