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Fri Oct-22-10 12:15 PM
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| 61. As a christian I think you got it about right. More Romans got fed to lions by Christians than the . |
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Edited on Fri Oct-22-10 12:16 PM by herbm
other way around.
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| -Mormon Parents Rejected For Scout Leadership Post |
BolivarianHero |
Oct-22-10 09:53 AM |
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Let the Mormons suffer a bit. |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 09:55 AM |
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As you sow, so shall you reap. |
ET Awful |
Oct-22-10 10:05 AM |
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They run the scouting program in many places |
DBoon |
Oct-22-10 10:10 AM |
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growing up i mormon country |
oldhippydude |
Oct-22-10 10:33 AM |
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LDS have adopted Boy Scouts for their youth programming |
HereSince1628 |
Oct-22-10 10:41 AM |
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their version |
donquijoterocket |
Oct-22-10 11:10 AM |
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Once upon a time a lot of the professional scouts were mormon |
HereSince1628 |
Oct-22-10 11:27 AM |
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Lots of churches sponsor scout troops. I was in a troop sponsored |
JDPriestly |
Oct-22-10 01:05 PM |
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Yes, I didn't mean to say that they are unique |
HereSince1628 |
Oct-22-10 04:56 PM |
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Many religious groups sponsor troops and issue awards to scouts: |
hedgehog |
Oct-26-10 10:36 AM |
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you don't support the first amendment |
CreekDog |
Oct-22-10 10:31 AM |
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What does this have to do with the first amendment? |
plantwomyn |
Oct-22-10 10:47 AM |
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fine |
CreekDog |
Oct-22-10 10:48 AM |
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Yes but... |
BolivarianHero |
Oct-22-10 06:16 PM |
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Naw...I just like it when haters get hated on. |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 10:50 AM |
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i didn't know being Mormon meant you were a hater |
CreekDog |
Oct-22-10 11:05 AM |
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When 80% of the religion votes the one way the church tells them that religion has a problem. |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 11:18 AM |
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completely wrong |
CreekDog |
Oct-22-10 12:14 PM |
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Got me. |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 12:19 PM |
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We assume. |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 12:33 PM |
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Yes, but the church itself, funded Prop 8. |
asdjrocky |
Oct-22-10 11:41 AM |
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Perhaps we should persecute Catholics on the basis of what some priests did |
CreekDog |
Oct-22-10 12:13 PM |
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I just hate it when people use examples like that for bad organizations. |
asdjrocky |
Oct-22-10 12:17 PM |
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well then good luck arguing for fair treatment for Muslims |
CreekDog |
Oct-22-10 12:19 PM |
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That's where you just went off track. |
asdjrocky |
Oct-22-10 12:29 PM |
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I'm sorry I wasted the irony on you |
CreekDog |
Oct-22-10 12:52 PM |
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What does Steve Young's wife have to do with the Stokes? |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 12:13 PM |
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So all suffering is not bad. Mormon suffering is just fine with you. |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 10:39 AM |
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Like ambrosia to my ears actually! |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 10:47 AM |
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Just like the big pig said, "we're all free, just that some of us are free-er than others." The Bill |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 11:50 AM |
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Then perhaps they best read it a little closer. |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 11:52 AM |
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We all carry personal values in our life to our positions. Thank G*d for the Bill of Rights - Congre |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 11:59 AM |
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Religion has dick to do with values/morality. The greatest lie of religion is that we need it.. |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 12:05 PM |
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We don't need religion - I can agree with that about 90% but we do need G*d. Maybe you don't and tha |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 12:12 PM |
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I'm afraid we don't need Gad, Gid, Gyd, God, Gud, or Ged either. |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 12:22 PM |
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That's your take and so be it. But don't presume to speak for everybody else. |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 12:34 PM |
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Just anyone who's not a sucker. |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 04:26 PM |
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Snark and personal attack, no substance. You seem to have a whole lot more interest in what I should |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 08:10 PM |
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You presumed to speak for everyone else when you posted we do not need religion, but do need God. |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 12:55 PM |
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That's no presumption. Beside, I speak for me. You don't to anything about anything I say. |
herbm |
Oct-24-10 09:25 AM |
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The one thing I do not get about atheists in general is that in their asserting their correctness |
herbm |
Oct-24-10 09:51 AM |
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No, I never insist my personal religious values become the law of my state or nation. |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 12:50 PM |
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What did government have to do wth iPresbyterians rejecting Mormons? |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 12:40 PM |
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Injustice is okay when it happens to people we don't like? Awesome! (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Oct-22-10 11:57 AM |
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Sure is! |
YOY |
Oct-22-10 12:02 PM |
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You mean when bigots get a relatively insignificant taste of bigotry? |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 01:10 PM |
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No. Very wrong attitude. |
Matariki |
Oct-23-10 01:17 PM |
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there's no reason |
Bill McBlueState |
Oct-26-10 08:51 AM |
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I've got no particular sympathy for Mormons who are on the receiving end of |
mudplanet |
Oct-22-10 10:04 AM |
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I've got issues with BSA but this definitely isn't something the national org would approve of |
Recursion |
Oct-22-10 10:10 AM |
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Oh no, the national org will be slapping these guys down quickly and violently. |
Xithras |
Oct-22-10 08:51 PM |
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The hilarious part is that BSA is pretty much run by the Mormons |
realisticphish |
Oct-22-10 10:11 AM |
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Shrug. |
closeupready |
Oct-22-10 10:17 AM |
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Sweet justice served to the creators of Prop 8. Not one tear will fall from me. |
Happyhippychick |
Oct-22-10 10:19 AM |
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Boo hoo |
_ed_ |
Oct-22-10 10:21 AM |
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Banning Atheists IS religious discrimination |
CanonRay |
Oct-22-10 10:27 AM |
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Boy Scouts get $upport from government? |
HereSince1628 |
Oct-22-10 10:34 AM |
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I'm pretty sure they don't, actually |
realisticphish |
Oct-22-10 10:40 AM |
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actually |
oldhippydude |
Oct-22-10 11:20 AM |
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I agree strongly with you, but go further - all discrimination over race, religion, ethnic, gender, |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 10:42 AM |
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So girl scouts should allow boys? (nt) |
The Straight Story |
Oct-22-10 11:20 AM |
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Too late, they do. I had to join the Girls Scouts to take my Scout daughters' troop on |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 11:36 AM |
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Yes, there are female Scouters. |
Xithras |
Oct-22-10 08:55 PM |
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Young women can join Explorer Scouts. |
herbm |
Oct-23-10 10:08 AM |
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Are you okay with discrimination based on sexual orientation? |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 01:21 PM |
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I had a cub scout come to my door last week to sell their over priced popcorn, when I refused the |
madmom |
Oct-22-10 10:34 AM |
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As a christian I think you acted out of conscience. Good for you. |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 10:44 AM |
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I am a Wood Badge Trained Adult Leader Eagle Scout and I won't buy the popcorn. |
Gore1FL |
Oct-23-10 02:55 PM |
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I know I'm going to take heat for this but I AGREE: Scouts have a long tradition of... |
Poll_Blind |
Oct-22-10 10:37 AM |
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That's pretty ironic. The LDS are stong supporters of BSA. |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 10:38 AM |
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Thanks for calling me a fucking moron |
demwing |
Oct-22-10 10:38 AM |
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Who in the world called you that? |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 10:45 AM |
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The last line in the OP |
demwing |
Oct-22-10 10:49 AM |
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Well I happen to agree with your post. Civility is running a little thin here lately. |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 11:42 AM |
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How much 'government money' does the Boy Scouts of America receive? |
Freddie Stubbs |
Oct-22-10 10:51 AM |
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Directly none accourding to what I can tell, but they do use public blds -schools and civic bldgs |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 11:47 AM |
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Here we go! |
MsPithy |
Oct-22-10 10:57 AM |
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As a christian I think you got it about right. More Romans got fed to lions by Christians than the . |
herbm |
Oct-22-10 12:15 PM |
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Sorry, I just don't see this one Presbyterian church starting to kill Mormons. |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 01:40 PM |
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Back in the 1940s when my dad was a very active Boy Scout in rural Nevada, |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-22-10 10:57 AM |
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At some point in the 80's, the religious wackos took over the BSA |
Taverner |
Oct-22-10 10:59 AM |
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That Church is violating the BSA's own rules. Scouts cannot discriminate against any religion |
FSogol |
Oct-22-10 11:05 AM |
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This is action by this Presbyterian Church, NOT the BSA. |
wizstars |
Oct-22-10 11:06 AM |
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This. |
YDogg |
Oct-22-10 12:26 PM |
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Yes, but the BSA has no business being an offshoot of any church |
Dappleganger |
Oct-22-10 04:49 PM |
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Exactly. I am also a Woodbadge trained Scouter ...... |
oldhippie |
Oct-26-10 10:26 AM |
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tables, turned |
tomm2thumbs |
Oct-22-10 11:13 AM |
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We are letting my son be a cub scout |
d_r |
Oct-22-10 11:15 AM |
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Atheists cannot join the fucking Scouts either. |
greiner3 |
Oct-22-10 11:21 AM |
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LDS uses the Scouts as their youth program |
pdx_prog |
Oct-22-10 11:21 AM |
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I'm an atheist and I think this is unfair. |
caseymoz |
Oct-22-10 11:30 AM |
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It broke my heart to tell my son he couldn't join BSA. |
Hyper_Eye |
Oct-22-10 12:09 PM |
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sometimes |
d_r |
Oct-22-10 04:01 PM |
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Its interesting how you are raising your children, and why. |
IdaBriggs |
Oct-22-10 04:21 PM |
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I think you're a wonderful parent. We need more like you. |
Zhade |
Oct-23-10 11:37 PM |
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Campfire Kids! There's one in your state, too! |
NuttyFluffers |
Oct-24-10 04:08 AM |
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That's wrong. |
proteus_lives |
Oct-22-10 12:14 PM |
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sucks to be them |
davidinalameda |
Oct-22-10 01:41 PM |
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I wont allow my son to join scouts. No way in hell. |
krabigirl |
Oct-22-10 03:40 PM |
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We didn't allow ours, either... |
Dappleganger |
Oct-22-10 04:41 PM |
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Watch Glen BecKKK turn this around and blame it on Muslims somehow. |
Dappleganger |
Oct-22-10 04:40 PM |
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If I got the right church, it's in Matthews NC |
Dappleganger |
Oct-22-10 04:47 PM |
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Please do not knee jerk the BSA |
Xmit |
Oct-22-10 09:55 PM |
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Jesus |
Dappleganger |
Oct-23-10 10:26 AM |
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Who's not calm? |
Xmit |
Oct-25-10 06:07 PM |
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Would you join a golf club that wouldn't admit blacks or jews? |
PassingFair |
Oct-23-10 11:39 AM |
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They purport to know what God believes? Hubris. |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 02:03 PM |
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Would you live in a Country that doesn't have equal rights for GLBT? |
Gore1FL |
Oct-23-10 03:04 PM |
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Tell that to Darrell Lambert. |
PassingFair |
Oct-23-10 04:43 PM |
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Find another troop when that happens |
Gore1FL |
Oct-23-10 07:42 PM |
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Or stick with Campfire Kids.... |
PassingFair |
Oct-23-10 08:19 PM |
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Well, in practice neither do many units affliated with BSA. |
Gore1FL |
Oct-24-10 12:48 AM |
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Oh well, then... atheist parents and parents of gay youth should... |
PassingFair |
Oct-24-10 12:20 PM |
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Do we all have to join the KLAN to understand they are bigots? |
CBGLuthier |
Oct-26-10 07:44 AM |
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Bigotry in stereo |
Politicub |
Oct-23-10 01:05 PM |
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As I read the OP, it was one particular Presbyterian church, not the Boy Scout organization per se. |
No Elephants |
Oct-23-10 01:15 PM |
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Jesus! The all American Clean Cut Boy Scouts is politicized too?! |
lunatica |
Oct-24-10 10:07 AM |
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....aaand cue Glen Beck |
underpants |
Oct-24-10 10:21 AM |
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It's interesting |
JerseygirlCT |
Oct-24-10 12:37 PM |
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The Boy Scouts should be ordered to end discrimination |
MX96391 |
Oct-26-10 02:29 PM |
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