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Tue Aug-16-11 12:02 PM
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| 32. I shot every year at Boy Scout Camp. |
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Of course, by the time I was in Scouts I had been shooting for a couple of years already.
When I took the hunter safety course at Boy Scout Camp, I scored a 100%. Everything the instructor taught us I already knew, from my father.
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| -Dad upset about kids shooting guns at Pasco Bible camp |
jpak |
Aug-16-11 10:40 AM |
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New bumper sticker, "Kill for Christ!" |
Lint Head |
Aug-16-11 10:43 AM |
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Yeah, I'm sure that's what they were teaching. |
PavePusher |
Aug-16-11 02:50 PM |
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The Crusades. |
Lint Head |
Aug-16-11 10:54 PM |
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Just a little past it's sell-by date, huh? n/t |
PavePusher |
Aug-17-11 09:37 AM |
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It took you a whole 3 minutes to think of that, huh? |
krispos42 |
Aug-16-11 09:00 PM |
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It took you 2 1/2 hours to think of a reply. |
Lint Head |
Aug-16-11 10:57 PM |
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Oooo, snark fail... again. |
krispos42 |
Aug-16-11 11:17 PM |
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How many bibles did they shoot ? n/t |
PoliticAverse |
Aug-16-11 10:47 AM |
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This seems to be a dispute between the man and his x-wife. |
Hangingon |
Aug-16-11 10:48 AM |
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It gives the poster below a chance to chime in... |
rfranklin |
Aug-16-11 10:50 AM |
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do you think you've fooled anybody? |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 11:09 AM |
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Sawrski can hie himself to court and attempt to get his custody agreement changed. |
friendly_iconoclast |
Aug-16-11 04:32 PM |
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Aug-16-11 08:48 PM |
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Good on the camp for teaching gun safety and passing on an American tradition. |
ileus |
Aug-16-11 10:48 AM |
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Jesus was especially fond of his six shooter... |
rfranklin |
Aug-16-11 10:52 AM |
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Faith needs a backup. |
ileus |
Aug-16-11 10:55 AM |
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I liked the part of the Bible where Jesus shot it out with the Romans... |
rfranklin |
Aug-16-11 10:57 AM |
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David didn't pelt Golaith with bibles... n/t |
PoliticAverse |
Aug-16-11 11:03 AM |
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David was not a Christian... |
rfranklin |
Aug-16-11 03:12 PM |
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Some of his disciples carried swords ... |
spin |
Aug-16-11 03:59 PM |
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Luke 22:36 |
Francis Marion |
Aug-19-11 09:43 PM |
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ah, "American traditions" |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 11:14 AM |
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what does this have to do with Quakers? |
gejohnston |
Aug-16-11 11:49 AM |
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one man's tradition |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 01:56 PM |
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I grew up as a Quaker. |
PavePusher |
Aug-16-11 02:51 PM |
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so did Richard Nixon |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 03:10 PM |
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Some correction on your comments |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-16-11 11:28 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
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Aug-16-11 10:52 AM |
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Dad is a wimp... |
Upton |
Aug-16-11 10:53 AM |
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ah, you know him, do you? |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 11:21 AM |
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Yup +1 |
Union Scribe |
Aug-16-11 02:37 PM |
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Not the only wimp either. nt |
Remmah2 |
Aug-17-11 09:31 AM |
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Aug-16-11 11:15 AM |
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Well now, that wasn't ignorant and condescending... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Aug-16-11 11:26 AM |
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It's called |
Katya Mullethov |
Aug-16-11 11:36 AM |
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Gah! Outstanding! |
rrneck |
Aug-16-11 01:16 PM |
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I shot guns at eight |
gejohnston |
Aug-16-11 11:41 AM |
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My kids started at 8 |
hack89 |
Aug-16-11 11:46 AM |
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my son shot his first deer last year at 6...my daughter started at 5 |
ileus |
Aug-16-11 11:59 AM |
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I am an educated atheist liberal who thinks that letting your eight year old shoot a gun is crazy. |
Walk away |
Aug-16-11 12:59 PM |
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I am an educated atheist liberal |
rrneck |
Aug-16-11 01:18 PM |
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'zactly. |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 10:42 AM |
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Why? What age is appropriate? nt |
hack89 |
Aug-16-11 01:27 PM |
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Great - that's your view. |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Aug-16-11 03:22 PM |
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and it's the father's view |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 09:49 AM |
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I see no need to attack him. But if he wanted input on this sort of thing |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 10:43 AM |
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Attacking him? |
gejohnston |
Aug-17-11 01:04 PM |
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just no respect for persons or truth whatsoever |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 03:02 PM |
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if I could, I would tell it to his face |
gejohnston |
Aug-17-11 03:45 PM |
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yeah, that's really brave; phone him |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 05:55 PM |
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My parents were both Union Democrats, through and through. |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 10:42 AM |
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my giggle for the afternoon |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 11:10 AM |
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I drove my first vehicle about the same age. |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 11:25 AM |
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8 and 10 year olds driving |
one-eyed fat man |
Aug-17-11 01:09 PM |
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I'll bet you just have no idea how many children have been killed |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 06:03 PM |
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When we came to the US in 1954 |
one-eyed fat man |
Aug-17-11 08:17 PM |
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8 year olds drive on farms across america ALL THE TIME. N/T |
beevul |
Aug-18-11 05:20 AM |
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READ POST 127 N/T |
iverglas |
Aug-19-11 09:56 PM |
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What about it? |
beevul |
Aug-20-11 02:47 AM |
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Guess what's for supper? |
one-eyed fat man |
Aug-17-11 12:43 PM |
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I am an educated atheist liberal who thinks people who are afraid of guns are |
Fred Engels |
Aug-18-11 06:37 PM |
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they're missing because the 8yo's shot them. |
ileus |
Aug-16-11 11:58 AM |
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I wish you would follow the advice of your... |
SteveM |
Aug-16-11 12:11 PM |
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Ahem. The guy that wrote *this* sent my brother and I to camp, where we learned to shoot |
friendly_iconoclast |
Aug-16-11 12:38 PM |
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well at least you aren't claiming to be an educated atheist liberal |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 02:02 PM |
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And still he let his boys learn about, and shoot, guns. |
friendly_iconoclast |
Aug-16-11 04:52 PM |
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and my parents gave me Tolstoy's Resurrection when I was 12 |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 08:51 PM |
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Slacker. Rostand's Cyrano de Begerac at 7. |
friendly_iconoclast |
Aug-16-11 09:13 PM |
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if you keep begging, I'm going to have to give you bacon |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 09:35 AM |
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Vile bigotry much? |
PavePusher |
Aug-16-11 02:52 PM |
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Little tip.... |
one-eyed fat man |
Aug-17-11 12:27 PM |
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At the age of 9, I found a Marlin .22 under the Xmas tree. A gift from my Marxist mother |
Marengo |
Aug-18-11 06:52 AM |
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may I suggest that Dad not send his kids to that camp next year. |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Aug-16-11 11:21 AM |
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you've missed all your colleagues' charming posts |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 11:23 AM |
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ah, |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Aug-16-11 11:25 AM |
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Bummer for him. |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 10:47 AM |
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the amusing thing |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 11:22 AM |
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So is "freedom to choose"- even things that I personally wouldn't. |
friendly_iconoclast |
Aug-16-11 12:23 PM |
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what does that have to do with the post you replied to? |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 02:09 PM |
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Really? |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Aug-17-11 06:02 PM |
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1 + 1 = |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 06:05 PM |
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Even in Canada |
one-eyed fat man |
Aug-17-11 02:58 PM |
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what is this, random thoughts in a random subthread day? |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 06:20 PM |
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btw ... plagiarize much? |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 06:23 PM |
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It's pretty much standard at Boy Scout and Cub Scout Camp too. |
Remmah2 |
Aug-16-11 11:32 AM |
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handguns and semi-automatic weapons? |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 11:35 AM |
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that sounds more like the guy being |
gejohnston |
Aug-16-11 11:46 AM |
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Sure - this is what my kids learned on |
hack89 |
Aug-16-11 11:50 AM |
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not semi-automatic; Pre-Assault Weapons. |
Remmah2 |
Aug-16-11 12:03 PM |
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Don't know what kind of handguns... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Aug-16-11 12:40 PM |
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My camp had semi-auto rifles |
X_Digger |
Aug-16-11 01:53 PM |
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Neither are particularly different than bolt action and pose no additional risk |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-16-11 11:31 PM |
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I'll teach my son on a Ruger 10/22 or a Marlin Pappoose. |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 10:49 AM |
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I guess he wants his kids to be ignorant |
DissedByBush |
Aug-16-11 11:53 AM |
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more childrens deaths = more post = good news... |
ileus |
Aug-16-11 02:02 PM |
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I guess there's one ignorant person here anyhow |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 02:16 PM |
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His attitude |
DissedByBush |
Aug-16-11 08:44 PM |
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Aug-16-11 08:54 PM |
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Nice sidestepping of the issue |
DissedByBush |
Aug-16-11 09:26 PM |
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Deleted message |
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Aug-17-11 09:38 AM |
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Is this another example of your commitment to civil discourse? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-17-11 11:49 AM |
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Interesting debate tactic |
DissedByBush |
Aug-17-11 05:02 PM |
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You may not... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Aug-17-11 06:04 PM |
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I shot every year at Boy Scout Camp. |
Atypical Liberal |
Aug-16-11 12:02 PM |
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And that's why you've been shooting up an ACORN office once a month... |
krispos42 |
Aug-16-11 09:03 PM |
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The lessons his kids learned might save their lives ... |
spin |
Aug-16-11 04:03 PM |
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"chances are they will be exposed to one during their life" |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 08:56 PM |
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Any you know this how? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-16-11 11:18 PM |
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any chance you feel like reading the converation you're joining? |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 09:42 AM |
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When you have a some knowledge of what was being taught, get back to us |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-17-11 09:50 AM |
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what utter bullshit |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 09:52 AM |
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What an inability to see beyond your prejudices |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-17-11 10:11 AM |
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what a web you weave yourself |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 11:15 AM |
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I suggest you review posts #100 and #101 |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-17-11 11:48 AM |
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If we were discussing 4 year olds... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Aug-17-11 11:50 AM |
#113 |
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Again, I disagree. |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 10:53 AM |
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Nope. |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 10:52 AM |
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They are far more likely to pick the gun up and have an accidental discharge ... |
spin |
Aug-17-11 01:40 PM |
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Which is riskier... the swimming or the shooting? |
krispos42 |
Aug-16-11 08:56 PM |
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which is more important that children learn how to do? |
iverglas |
Aug-16-11 09:06 PM |
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How about both? |
krispos42 |
Aug-16-11 10:06 PM |
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how about answer the question? |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 09:28 AM |
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You have simply stated what many of us already know. |
Remmah2 |
Aug-17-11 09:59 AM |
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He surrendered his right to say shit about it, when he lost or gave up custody. |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 10:55 AM |
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and this is responsive to anything I said ... how? |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 11:18 AM |
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quoting |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 11:27 AM |
#108 |
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so the fucking fuck what??? |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 03:54 PM |
#122 |
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Like what? |
AtheistCrusader |
Aug-17-11 05:00 PM |
#123 |
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It was a gun safety class at the camp. |
krispos42 |
Aug-17-11 11:29 AM |
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Both. For some summer camp is the only time they get to do either |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-16-11 11:17 PM |
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how about you answer the question? |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 09:51 AM |
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Your question assumes a binary position that is not reasonable nor all that rationale |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-17-11 10:31 AM |
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if you don't want to answer the question |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 11:08 AM |
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It has been corrected by several of us... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-17-11 11:50 AM |
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I taught my children both. |
Remmah2 |
Aug-17-11 09:30 AM |
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how about you answer the question? |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 09:43 AM |
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If one lives in a desert, a life preserver is rather useless. |
Remmah2 |
Aug-17-11 09:57 AM |
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In Florida I would like to see kids trained in how to swim and how to safely handle a firearm ... |
spin |
Aug-17-11 06:39 PM |
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deleted, double post |
iverglas |
Aug-17-11 09:45 AM |
#86 |
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