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TheKentuckian

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18. Sometimes the traditional methods are best. Shame is of little to no consequence

Reply to Fight2Win (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 07:05 PM

Jan 2013

Fear on the other hand, too many have forgotten and need stark reminders.

You think Gandhi won? How is it his people are still sleeping under sewing machines in sweat shops or scrape by essentially homeless as day laborers hoping to make enough for a nightly rental and poor fare to hold back starvation generations after "winning"?

No the Brits left and the capitalists rolled in, same motherfuckers but claiming not to rule.

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Tar and Feathers are Out of Style, not to mention violent and painful- What is today's way to shame? [View all] Fight2Win Jan 2013 OP

Take thousands of photographs at every possible opportunity, and post the embarrassing ones slackmaster Jan 2013 #1

Tarring And Feathering Was Usually Fatal From The Burns Of The Hot Tar. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2013 #2

yes, I saw that too, which is why I would never suggest it Fight2Win Jan 2013 #10

+1 Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #3

A shame campaign? HappyMe Jan 2013 #4

someone tried this? Fight2Win Jan 2013 #12

It just seems like an ineffective, HappyMe Jan 2013 #13

how do you get them to stop acting like selfish hypocritical greedy sociopaths? Fight2Win Jan 2013 #14

You can do a lot as a pundit with simple passive-aggressive words. randome Jan 2013 #5

Shame? What's that? n/t malthaussen Jan 2013 #6

An appearance on Dancing With The Stars NoPasaran Jan 2013 #7

I'm not sure the nation, or the world Fight2Win Jan 2013 #9

In order for someone to feel shame, they have to have a heart and conscience. People b4 profits Jan 2013 #8

If everyone treated them as the corrupt scum that they are, perhaps they would feel shame Fight2Win Jan 2013 #11

Tumblr octoberlib Jan 2013 #15

Perp walk? Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2013 #16

Air salad and a Homer Stokes rail ride. Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #17

Sometimes the traditional methods are best. Shame is of little to no consequence TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #18