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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:34 PM Original message |
Veganism's new martyr... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sound like cool art works to me. n/t |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here at our Progressive web site, we demonize vegans. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I saw an ad in a hunting magazine. It showed an open mouth with arrows |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
66. As someone who was a vegetarian for five years, through most of |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
105. i think some people get a lot of twisted emotional support from their 'superiority' over animals, an |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #105 |
115. I think people of all opinions like to prove their superiority |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
67. Do hunters still use their vestigial claws, too? |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
68. that is funny |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
87. I agree with that... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. demonize vegans? |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Seriously |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Like it takes some form of conspiratorial organization to laugh them off as easy as we do... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:42 PM Original message |
It's amazing that they're able to be annoying enough for people to toss out all those good points... |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:44 PM Original message |
I have nothing against vegans - I was vegan for a while |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Even though some of the vegans on this board are as judgmental and zealotlike as the RW fundies. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
154. YOU ARE RUINING THE EARTH. NO WAIT AL GORE IS RUINING THE EARTH~ |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. We like to make broad statements about ourselves, don't we? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
99. With people like this, they're doing a pretty good job on their own. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
145. How's this for reactionary propaganda: YOU are in charge of what is on YOUR OWN plate. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #145 |
169. Have you ever noticed |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. Agreed. Absolutely. And the funny thing is, I rarely eat meat myself. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
153. no we dont. |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
172. Humans are not designed to be purely vegatarian, whatever vegans claim. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. I want to be known as an "ardent meateater" |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Hey that sandwitch has feelings! |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. It's also sayin' somethin' |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Nope. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Heh...heh! |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Did you really just write "it looks like pussy on rye"? |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I can't believe I did, either |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. My favorite! |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I thought you took yours on pumperknickel? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. +snarf+ pumpernickel... |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. she's worth more like a dime |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. He'll be here all week--try the veal... |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. ! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Congratulations, sir, you win one free internet. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. i like it on a onion roll with some pickles, maybe some salt and vinegar chips on the side. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Still tasty |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. after all these years |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sounds like a religious fanatic, to me. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Zealots are zealots regardless of what fanaticism they propagate. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. separation of Food and State. |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
108. maybe, but all 'fanaticisms' are not equal. surely you can recognize that. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #108 |
137. Why should I? What makes one fanaticism acceptable and another one not? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Uh, he doesn't have strong convictions, he's gone off the deep end |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I gotta agree with you there. He's clearly "lost the thread of his narrative". |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. Humans are omnivores. It's a fact. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Uh, it's a diet. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. I mean the ones who deny the facts |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Facts have nothing to do with whether or not it's "immoral" |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. We could debate the meaning of "morality", of course |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Saying it's not immoral is an opinion. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Good point |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Ensures the propagation of the genes. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
122. Or immoral, for that matter |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Meh - vegans live long and healthy lives |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
125. I'd like to know how many did before modern nutritional analysis and supplements. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. good question |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Short intestines are designed for meat eating... |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:15 PM Original message |
There is no being right about it. It is a personal choice people make. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
114. Well said. The main reason I gave up meat is the history of colon cancer in my family |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
128. I agree. But when someone starts screaming "meat is unnatural" it's fair to smack them with biology. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. Loonies make it hard for all of us one way or another. Someone posted a tread today about |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
95. We all have assholes too. |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
110. well, if it's nature it can't be wrong. i guess murder and theft aren't wrong either, cuz humans cl |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #28 |
144. So...I'm not human? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
156. That we are omnivores speaks primarily to |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is precisely why I've never donated to DU. n/t |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Because of vegan teachers? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That's why I don't donate blood. |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. No, because of OPs like these, and the unthinking replies they garner. n/t |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I think people are thinking very hard about this |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. The OP's about a vegan teacher. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
104. The OP is about a rather nutty teacher who happens to be Vegan |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Well, your reply certainly will advance the comedy--er, I mean, DISCUSSION! |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
138. The OP is simply a news story |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Because of the vagina/pastrami comparison??? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
96. I can't figure out where mustard fits into that. nt. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Why because it isn't a vegan themed website? |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. No, because it's anti-vegan, and often anti-gay, among other wonderful things. n/t |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:10 PM Original message |
You'll get that in any large community. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. You could start your own site--and I'll logon wnd publicly refuse to doante because |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Don't forget the asparagus. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #46 |
157. Don't forget anti-christian... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. And yet it doesn't stop you from using DU. What convenient ethics. |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Ethics? It's not like I hacked into the web server and created an account for myself. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Right. It's so distasteful to you you can't fork over a few bucks, but it's |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Still a fun place to get into flamewars. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Wonder how h/she would feel if a donation was made in their name? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
101. Uh oh. Now you did it. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #101 |
124. Wasn't me, I swear it (I can't afford it!). |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. You look so cute when you wrinkle up your face like that! nt |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
78. I don't donate to DU.... |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #78 |
117. Just bitch about the flame-baiting trolls, and you'll magically get one. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #78 |
149. that's been, sadly, my reason for years now |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
116. But, but - how did you get that star? |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Refer to post #117, please! n/t |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. "he won't return to work unless the school cafeteria goes vegan" |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
44. Totally realistic that the cafeteria should offer vegan selections |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. Sounds like your typical holier than thou asshat. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Violent feelings? |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #60 |
86. Oh please!!!! Judgmental much? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
47. Poor persecuted vegetarian-fundamentalists. Now - where's the bacon? |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. one more question for you |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. "poor-persecuted vegetarian fundamentalists" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. heh. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:34 PM Original message |
Or reply #29. nt |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
49. This guy's an idiot. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
59. I have never met a vegan that wasn't a fanatic. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. I'm not a vegan because I like cheese pizza. Also it is hard to find food that |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
80. Soy mozzarella keeps getting better and better |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
84. how completely judgmental and prejudiced |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #84 |
97. Veganism is a choice -- gender, ethnicity and homosexuality are not. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #97 |
132. ok, so replace Christian |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Better example, but the historical context is lacking. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. historical context aside |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #140 |
142. But it's the degree of prejudice that makes the analogy relevant. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #142 |
158. so if I pick a religion that no one was killed for |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #158 |
162. You're misunderstanding me. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #162 |
164. I know and apologize |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. No apology necessary. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #97 |
146. That is entirely true. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:13 AM Response to Reply #146 |
151. For the record, I disagree with the statement about vegans. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #59 |
106. Somehow, Dennis Kucinich keeps getting elected to the House. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
139. I've met some meat-eaters who are TOTAL assholes |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #139 |
141. thank you |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #59 |
159. I've met both types. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
167. Try Steve Jobs. (nt) |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
69. I will never understand why people with fanatical principles take jobs |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Stop making sense, dammit! Think of the poor, helpless flamewars |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. Heh Heh: You said "making sense" |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #81 |
152. Noooooooooo |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. He's been there 8 years, been vegan 8 months. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #79 |
89. Oh, that's even worse! There's nothing worse than a recent convert |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. In my experience |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #91 |
143. That's a very thoughtful response. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. I strongly support your brand of non-militant diet choice. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
72. A lot of vegans/vegetarians go through a militant phase; |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
74. I'm a vegetarian and my lother-in-law is always trying to get me to |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
75. What a dork |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
82. It should be the parents' decision what to feed their children. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
83. If I had a kid in his class, I'd remove them. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #83 |
119. I salute your patience |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #83 |
160. Wow. I think we dated the same guy. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #83 |
163. Reminds me of my best Friend's Vegan ex-girlfriend |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
85. To each his own |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
90. a great example of selective reporting -- again |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. But who selected? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #93 |
100. We do need to be careful about how the media tends to sexy up a story. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #100 |
113. I agree on both counts |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
92. For some reason I picture the teacher to look like Mr. Mackey from South Park. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Not exactly Mr Mackey |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. Wow, |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #98 |
107. Or an aging hipster |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
102. Veganism, like other religious beliefs, does NOT belong in the public schools nt |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #102 |
109. religious... where do you come up with this stuff... n/t |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #109 |
147. How is veganism different from religion? |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:41 AM Response to Reply #147 |
150. Religion |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #150 |
161. That's the party line. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #161 |
165. You probably don't know that most vegans that you meet |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #165 |
171. The need to work so hard to convert others, for one. |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
103. at least he didn't hang the kids up by hooks and rip their skin off while they're still alive. nt |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
111. "3-D model featuring marshmallow Peeps confined to cages" |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
112. yet another attempt to dismiss vegetarianism/veganism because of the actions of one nut. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #112 |
120. Correction. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #112 |
121. I don't know, I somtimes think |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #121 |
127. think about that in the context of religion for a moment and see if you |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #127 |
136. Well, you have a point there. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
123. he needs to lay off the crack pipe also. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #123 |
130. Crack isn't vegan |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Sure it is. Comes from a plant. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Tested on animals. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-13-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
126. This is the perfect example of why crazy actions with good intentions don't accomplish much. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 02:09 AM Response to Reply #126 |
148. I agree |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
155. if he was anti choice, would it be ok to have art of late term abortions? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
168. I was with him until he demanded |
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