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evilkumquat (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:03 PM Original message |
Why Exactly is it Bad to Speak Ill of the Dead? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because they will rise from the grave and eat your brains. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. ... |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. OMG |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
71. LOL |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
85. They want a meal, not a snack. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
111. Very true. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
193. It's not a joke -- it's the actual reason |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. What's the point? They're dead and can't hear you. Best to do it |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. People like Tony Snow don't listen to us dead or alive. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
122. What's the point? Uh, how about not letting the truth die with them? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #122 |
156. Then you go ahead and speak ill of anyone you want; I think it's |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
154. Maybe if more people knew they'd be remembered for the damage they did, |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Hell, we do it all the time. Smirk." - Commander AWOL |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. The best thing to remember about dancing on a grave |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I believe that's what's known as a "grave mistake" |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's not really the dead who are honored, but their survivors. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. That's a good observation |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
191. And you won't be alone either! |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. for the same reason I'm against the death penalty |
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World Citizen (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. and the main tragedy is... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
123. Well-said. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. You've hit the nail on the head |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Amen. |
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evilkumquat (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. I am Against the Death Penalty... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
77. When my youngest sister died it was not a tragedy |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
93. No need to apologize to me. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #93 |
108. I haven't seen anyone here feeling glee |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
116. The "glee at someone's pain"? Whose pain? |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's not about the deceased, |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
124. Even Hitler had relatives. You want to not bring up the Holocaust to avoid hurting their feelings? |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have decided that about a week is enough time to remain respectfully silent. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. We do it for the living |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. Is it fair to be one-sided though? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
127. Fanfuckingtastic point. You absolutely NAILED it. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
144. Thank you. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Define Evil |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. The dead don't get a free pass, but... |
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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. It seems speaking the truth is also confused with speaking ill of the dead. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. That is exactly correct |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because DU mods will delete your posts |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. And there it is. The OP's question has been answered. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
102. And have been! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. because we the living are supposed to eat any kind of shit apparently |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't know, but I hated that fucker Reagan. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. it makes no sense to give the recently dead a free pass |
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nancyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Death does not change what a person was. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. There are several reasons |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Thank you, Jack. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Well said |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. nothing counts or matters |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:10 PM Original message |
No, it has to do with a little something called "nuance." |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
109. I know all about it. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #109 |
166. How is "nuance" your "stock in trade?" |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #166 |
172. I'm a professional songwriter |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #172 |
174. LOL! And that makes nuance your "stock in trade"....how? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #174 |
176. In every important way. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
79. I don't think you understood a word I said |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #79 |
100. Nicely done |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #79 |
110. Hitler? Okay. Hitler died way too late. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #110 |
120. thank you leftofthedial |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #120 |
146. my pleasure. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #110 |
129. Great post! |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #110 |
141. Response |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #141 |
147. what acts did snow or russert or any of these wads do |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #147 |
150. "they were bad guys." |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #150 |
175. I'm "reviewing" reality. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #175 |
195. I'm going to let this drop after this |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #195 |
197. I never said I want to reduce anyone or anything to "pure evil." |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #110 |
145. Standing ovation! |
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evilkumquat (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Using Your Argument, No One is Ever Truly "Evil" |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
80. pure black and white still exists in this world from time to time |
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evilkumquat (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #80 |
115. Would a Better Question Be: Is the World Better or Worse Off? |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #115 |
143. That's more llike it |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
61. (shrug) Some are less ambiguous than others. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. True. |
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architect359 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
171. Awesome post in this thread |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. I think that the wrong wing has lost a lot |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. In part because one measure of a person's character is how they treat |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Ugh, I think it is a defense issue. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Does anyone here actually think that some rethugs widow is reading anything |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Interesting post, considering your online name. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I never said that, maybe you should read my post again. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I read it the first time. Do you really think referring to Snow's bereaved wife |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. I really don't give |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I was asking what YOU thought. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
131. It's a statement of fact - would this alleged Jesus guy frown on stating facts? |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #131 |
159. Yeah, and every Freeper who defends Coulter's disgusting comments |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. Because it's hurtful |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
113. No, I laughed (heartily) at the deaths of hate-filled racists like Helms & Falwell. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #113 |
130. You put too much faith |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. Okay. Here's my answer. |
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evilkumquat (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
126. Feeling Hate Toward the Hateful is Human |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #126 |
167. Ho-hum. The usual rationalizations. If I had a dime for every Freeper, |
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evilkumquat (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #167 |
181. Careful... |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #181 |
186. Can you deny my point? |
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evilkumquat (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. As Near as I Can Tell... |
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Avemedea (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
185. As usual, Pam, you nailed it |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. If St Peter hears us talking about the sins of the dead, he might not let them thru the Pearly Gates |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. I think especially after a person first dies it is a basic sense of decency and fair play. |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. i (somewhat begrudgingly) agree that the respect for the loved one's trumps... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. My grandmother told my aunt that after she dies she will claw her way |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
43. What if the family/loved ones of the deceased are living off the |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. It's still wrong. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. No I taught my kids to be themselves, but I don't understand what you are saying what is still wrong |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I'm saying that nobody deserves to die in pain. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I didn't say anything about deserving to die in pain, but he does NOT deserve my respect! |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. My apologies. I briefly confused you with someone in another discussion. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. there are, of course, various shades of 'they' |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. "This is not meant as a snarky question, or a belligerent post....." |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's the revisionist history I can't stand. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Do you understand WHY the moderators felt compelled to make an announcement |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Knowing how fair the mods are, I suspect it was really bad jokes or making fun of him having cancer. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. This thread and many others right now are related to that decision by the moderators. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. And? |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. I believe I am responding to your point. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #86 |
95. Fair enough...now let me ask you something. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. I didn't say "he battled cancer courageously, whatever your opinion, etc..." |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. I agree with your list and would defend any of those points. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Feeling relief at the death of a public figure responsible for the death of a relative is one thing. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. I don't know...I just can't make myself care. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Do you get mad when Freepers do it about liberals? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #107 |
134. False analogy. Freepers celebrate the death of decent people. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #134 |
158. LOL! A Freeper would look at some of the comments here about the deaths |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #158 |
183. Except we are right. If we didn't think so, we wouldn't be here. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #183 |
187. "Except we are right!" insist the Freepers. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #187 |
194. Your simplistic moral relatavism argument....yeah I get it. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #95 |
133. Damn, Evoman, I had no idea. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #133 |
184. You should talk to my grandparents. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
117. Good post, Evoman. I agree completely. nt |
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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
192. Cheers.......Well said. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
53. You have their whole life to bitch at them, in death you can let the issues die with them |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Ditto. n/t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
135. "let the issues die with them" - you can't be serious. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
55. I don't think it's bad to speak ill of the dead. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Hey, looks like you have a soul-buddy! |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Except that Paul Wellstone helped people... |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. In short, you LIKED Paul Wellstone and DIDN'T like Tony Snow. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. You're not going to change my mind on this issue. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Then why are you so afraid of actually looking hard at the issue? |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. So who are you to say want is and isn't ethical? |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. A human being who considers ethics important. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
89. Yes but whose ethics mine or yours? Not all people consider the same things as |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. There's something called "common decency." |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #91 |
103. This has nothing to do with what I taught my children, It has to do with whose |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. If you consider ethics so relative that you don't understand |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #105 |
112. Why does what I say about him or any one bother you or any one else, it's my opinion, I'm |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. So are you teaching your children to celebrate when someone you don't like dies? |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Why are you so hung up on what I teach my children? I'll but my ethics and morals up against most of |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. What you teach your children about ethics goes straight to the heart about what |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. My youngest is 24, I taught them to be true to themselves, where do you see that |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #125 |
160. Every person I've ever met who spews malicious and hateful garbage |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #160 |
179. So you are saying that for me to tell the truth is malicious and hateful while you |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #179 |
188. I'm saying that mocking the death of another human being, |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #188 |
190. Show me where did I "mock" or "joke" about his death? Obviously you talk to a lot |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #112 |
140. Hear, hear! It's unethical for the poster to demand that you accept their opinion as your own. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #140 |
162. So is it unethical to argue when someone's opinion includes advocating torture? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #162 |
196. Well, the freepers tell me that torture is good and protects us from the enemy. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #105 |
139. Once again, in your opinion. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #139 |
161. And that means...? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #91 |
138. IN YOUR OPINION. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #138 |
163. And some people's twisted sense of "decency" demands that we torture. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. More idiotic relativism. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. How does saying that it's as wrong to mock the suffering of a right winger |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #78 |
88. Did you get those goalpost wheels cheap? |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. In what way do you feel I "moved the goal posts?" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Oy. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. And that person went on to say |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #62 |
136. It's a provable fact that Wellstone helped people, while Snow helped people - Iraqis - be murdered. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #136 |
168. And every Freeper I've ever argued with has insisted that "provable facts" |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
72. partly because its cowardly, if you call me a slut after i die, i wont be able to retort |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #72 |
128. Yeah, it's cowardly to call Ted Bundy a murderer. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
73. In other cultures, it's self defense. Nobody wants angry ghosts hanging around. |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
82. I like it when people speak their true minds... |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
84. There is nothing wrong with being critical of the dead, it is rejoicing in his death that is wrong |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #84 |
142. Yeah, all those Jews celebrating Hitler's death was just so wrong. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #142 |
169. You know, at one time I would have said that, given the stunning scale |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #169 |
199. He was not JUST a right wing public figure..He was a propaganda minister |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #199 |
200. Nothing wrong with saying that either |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #84 |
157. Ted Kennedy is a good analogy. He's the right wing's favorite whipping boy. |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
87. Because generally.... |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
96. because I like to think we are a little bit better than they are |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
97. why do people get upset when not allowed to make fun of the dead. |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Because hating goes down sooooooo smooooooooooth for some people. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
121. It's not. At all. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
132. for most of the same reasons we shouldn't speak ill of the living |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #132 |
178. I think yours is the best answer. n/t |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
137. Sentimentality and superstition |
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Pamela Troy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #137 |
164. Yeah, imagine all those sentimental superstitious types who actually |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
148. I'd like to know how much restraint we're to use when Cheney kicks it. |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Oh man! DU should just shut down for a month when that happens! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #149 |
165. True enough. Their basic philosophies live on |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
151. people are afraid of ghosts? they fear the dead will come back to haunt them? n/t |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
152. Isn't it enought that they are DEAD... do you need to drive a stake thru their heart as well? |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
153. I'm not going to let a little thing like their being dead stop me from bad mouthing anyone. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
155. Wait... snow died?! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
170. Objective criticism is fine |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
173. I don't mind if |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
177. Because they'll haunt your ass. n/t |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
180. Read John Donne... |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
182. When Joan Crawford died, Bette Davis said: "You're not supposed to say |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
198. nothing wrong at all |
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