MajorChode
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Thu Apr-02-09 12:19 AM
Response to Reply #36 |
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It's just that the number of them diminishes rapidly when the animal is not "cute". So naturally some animals have more rights than others. It just depends on how "cuddly" they appear.
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| -The Seal Hunt SLAUGHTER in Canada is underway |
Mari333 |
Apr-01-09 09:32 PM |
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Crap. n/t |
blaze |
Apr-01-09 09:37 PM |
#1 |
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I've been boycotting Red Lobster for about 4 years now. |
nytemare |
Apr-01-09 09:37 PM |
#2 |
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Yeah, like they really care. |
bluecollarcharlie |
Apr-02-09 01:54 AM |
#48 |
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What's your point? |
HCE SuiGeneris |
Apr-02-09 02:24 AM |
#49 |
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snarking though his fish and chips |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-02-09 01:59 PM |
#60 |
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Devil's advocate here |
Tony238 |
Apr-01-09 09:42 PM |
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It's like a propaganda flier drop, that. |
flvegan |
Apr-01-09 09:46 PM |
#5 |
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propaganda |
Tony238 |
Apr-01-09 09:55 PM |
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No, it's propaganda. |
flvegan |
Apr-01-09 10:02 PM |
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Thanks for the welcome |
Tony238 |
Apr-01-09 11:04 PM |
#17 |
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Why organize a hunt? Public scrutiny. |
flvegan |
Apr-01-09 11:17 PM |
#23 |
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It's not even a "hunt" How hard is it to "hunt" a defenseless baby? |
Maru Kitteh |
Apr-04-09 12:24 AM |
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How much does a coat from that pelt go for? I'd bet it's a bit more than $20.00. |
Crunchy Frog |
Apr-02-09 09:13 PM |
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due to the social stigma of wearing human flesh |
hendo |
Apr-02-09 11:17 PM |
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You first. |
Maru Kitteh |
Apr-04-09 12:25 AM |
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not when we have someone else bringing up the possibiltiy first |
hendo |
Apr-04-09 10:47 AM |
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Yes, that's exactly what it is |
MajorChode |
Apr-01-09 11:27 PM |
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Actual experts would disagree with you. |
flvegan |
Apr-01-09 11:44 PM |
#32 |
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So where are these "actual experts"? |
MajorChode |
Apr-02-09 12:15 AM |
#39 |
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So Canada didn't a few years ago subsidize marketing seal products? |
flvegan |
Apr-02-09 12:24 AM |
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So which version of your BS are you going to go with? |
MajorChode |
Apr-02-09 12:36 AM |
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You mentioned a decade. |
flvegan |
Apr-02-09 12:44 AM |
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You mentioned right now, and have yet to back up anything |
MajorChode |
Apr-02-09 09:37 AM |
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but, but we can't kill the cute animals! |
hendo |
Apr-01-09 11:58 PM |
#36 |
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Oh they do |
MajorChode |
Apr-02-09 12:19 AM |
#40 |
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What a crock of BS! |
Kajsa |
Apr-04-09 12:16 PM |
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They do. And killing :"cute little animals" is pathological. |
Cetacea |
Apr-02-09 05:02 AM |
#51 |
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Have you ever actually hunted anything? |
MajorChode |
Apr-02-09 10:05 AM |
#57 |
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Talk about slaughter houses |
underseasurveyor |
Apr-02-09 02:29 PM |
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thats why good dairy farmers use bag balm. NT |
hendo |
Apr-02-09 11:18 PM |
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Bag Balm is for soothing and healing dry, cracked, irritated skin |
underseasurveyor |
Apr-03-09 12:27 AM |
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I was under the impression that an antibacterial ointment to heal cracked skin |
hendo |
Apr-03-09 10:53 PM |
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They fill the poor cows with so many hormones their bags hang into their own feces |
Maru Kitteh |
Apr-04-09 12:32 AM |
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Not at the dairy farms that I have been to, they dont. NT |
hendo |
Apr-04-09 10:46 AM |
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perhaps you were thinking of PETA propoganda? NT |
hendo |
Apr-04-09 12:02 PM |
#116 |
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You assume to much |
underseasurveyor |
Apr-06-09 04:28 PM |
#132 |
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I was raised on and around farms |
MajorChode |
Apr-03-09 01:24 PM |
#87 |
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Same response here, |
Kajsa |
Apr-04-09 01:49 PM |
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Read reply #8 |
Kajsa |
Apr-04-09 12:26 PM |
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I have to disagree - and I'm Canadian |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-01-09 09:59 PM |
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"The sealers need to find something else for wintertime income..." |
dysfunctional press |
Apr-01-09 10:03 PM |
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Calling it a "job" doesn't excuse unethical behaviour |
Roadless |
Apr-02-09 09:25 PM |
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that's a pretty loose definition of ethics. NT |
hendo |
Apr-02-09 11:19 PM |
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I am also Canadian |
Tony238 |
Apr-01-09 10:54 PM |
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Oh, I know |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-01-09 11:04 PM |
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So anything you do for money makes it okay. |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-02-09 02:06 PM |
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Thank you, Canuckistanian! |
Kajsa |
Apr-04-09 12:23 PM |
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Your client, the devil, |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-02-09 02:00 PM |
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an evolved species dispatches it's prey with mercy and quickness |
Roadless |
Apr-02-09 09:20 PM |
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Environmentally friendly and biodegradable form of clothing? |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Apr-03-09 09:10 PM |
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People once depended on child labor, on the slave trade, on the patent medicine industry |
Maru Kitteh |
Apr-04-09 12:21 AM |
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Got to eliminate fish competition so that we can eat it. |
flvegan |
Apr-01-09 09:44 PM |
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I wish the EU would hurry up with that ban. n/t |
InvisibleTouch |
Apr-01-09 11:26 PM |
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You have to be one cold hearted son of a bitch to participate in this. |
MrSlayer |
Apr-01-09 09:52 PM |
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what about the guys in the veal industry...? |
dysfunctional press |
Apr-01-09 10:00 PM |
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No, they're douchebags year-round. |
flvegan |
Apr-01-09 10:04 PM |
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veal tastes good |
hendo |
Apr-01-09 10:15 PM |
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i love a good veal chop... |
dysfunctional press |
Apr-01-09 11:05 PM |
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Well well well |
flvegan |
Apr-01-09 11:19 PM |
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the one in the smallest pen is always the most tender |
hendo |
Apr-01-09 11:52 PM |
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They say veal lowers your IQ...... |
Roadless |
Apr-02-09 09:22 PM |
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Only those with a low IQ would say that, much less believe it. NT |
hendo |
Apr-02-09 11:15 PM |
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Yes. |
MrSlayer |
Apr-01-09 10:39 PM |
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bad comparison...how about the guys who harvest- |
dysfunctional press |
Apr-01-09 11:09 PM |
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veal is very cute.. |
hendo |
Apr-01-09 11:54 PM |
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You're trying too hard to be an asshole. |
flvegan |
Apr-02-09 12:30 AM |
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I'm just stating how delicious it is. Maybe if you had some, you would understand NT |
hendo |
Apr-02-09 09:25 AM |
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So, how long have you been a recently pubecent adolecent male? |
Maru Kitteh |
Apr-04-09 12:51 AM |
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And he's full of baloney, |
Kajsa |
Apr-04-09 02:44 PM |
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Nah they suck too.eom |
Reterr |
Apr-01-09 11:11 PM |
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No, they are both sick and repugnant. |
AZBlue |
Apr-03-09 10:01 PM |
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Do you eat meat or wear leather shoes? |
NorthernSpy |
Apr-06-09 05:23 PM |
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How dare these people partake in traditional activities. NT |
hendo |
Apr-01-09 10:16 PM |
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I believe lynching was traditional in the South as well... |
truebrit71 |
Apr-02-09 12:29 AM |
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brush up on your US history. Lynching was a much more recent act than many think. NT |
hendo |
Apr-02-09 09:28 AM |
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The targets of lynching were human beings. |
NorthernSpy |
Apr-06-09 05:37 PM |
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Traditional activities like FGM? (nt) |
Ignis |
Apr-02-09 02:46 PM |
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Cannibalism and human sacrifice are traditional activities as well. |
Crunchy Frog |
Apr-02-09 09:22 PM |
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hahha no shit |
Roadless |
Apr-02-09 09:23 PM |
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Let's not forget |
Kajsa |
Apr-04-09 01:52 PM |
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Calling it "tradition" doesn't excuse unethical behaviour |
Roadless |
Apr-02-09 09:23 PM |
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How is it "unethical" to hunt for meat and hides? |
NorthernSpy |
Apr-06-09 06:04 PM |
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My opinion on the hunt or its opponents notwithstanding, online petitions are worthless. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Apr-01-09 11:05 PM |
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You're right. They aren't reaching their target. |
Canuckistanian |
Apr-01-09 11:22 PM |
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and dont forget kiddies |
hendo |
Apr-01-09 11:55 PM |
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dont forget kiddies...if you club them in the head instead of throwing paint |
U4ikLefty |
Apr-02-09 12:05 AM |
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but then you will be thrown in prison for murder |
hendo |
Apr-02-09 12:12 AM |
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Why? The "kiddies" chose to "partake in traditional activities" |
U4ikLefty |
Apr-02-09 12:34 AM |
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which kiddies are we talking about now? |
hendo |
Apr-02-09 09:23 AM |
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Cannibalism is a tradition of millennia. Age old. |
Maru Kitteh |
Apr-04-09 12:58 AM |
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ugh. How awful |
Liberal_in_LA |
Apr-01-09 11:22 PM |
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Signed - but... |
InvisibleTouch |
Apr-01-09 11:22 PM |
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signed it. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Apr-01-09 11:23 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Apr-01-09 11:39 PM |
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I don't give a DAMN about the reasons for this. TWO words: inhumane and cruel |
Triana |
Apr-02-09 01:44 AM |
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the cruelty is beyond belief |
Mari333 |
Apr-02-09 05:01 AM |
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Me either. And the cruelty is enough for me. It should be stopped on that basis alone. n/t |
Triana |
Apr-02-09 09:06 AM |
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So by that reasoning, all hunting should be banned entirely |
MajorChode |
Apr-02-09 01:09 PM |
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Call it what you want, but it sure the fuck isn't a "sport" like hunters try to claim |
AndrewP |
Apr-02-09 01:17 PM |
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I don't think anyone claimed it was |
MajorChode |
Apr-02-09 01:59 PM |
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when did any of us call seal hunting a sport? NT |
hendo |
Apr-02-09 11:21 PM |
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Those who take part |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-02-09 06:19 PM |
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Those that see nothing wrong with it... |
MajorChode |
Apr-02-09 07:37 PM |
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quick to condemn? |
G_j |
Apr-02-09 07:43 PM |
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Condemn who? |
MajorChode |
Apr-03-09 12:01 AM |
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The Humane Society says otherwise. |
Kajsa |
Apr-04-09 01:35 PM |
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Have you taken a poll of "most Canadians?" |
underseasurveyor |
Apr-03-09 12:39 AM |
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Why would I need to? |
MajorChode |
Apr-03-09 04:22 AM |
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Could you link to a the many polls |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-03-09 03:36 PM |
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Sure |
MajorChode |
Apr-03-09 03:57 PM |
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They didn't ask the right question. |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-03-09 09:11 PM |
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What a crock |
MajorChode |
Apr-03-09 10:11 PM |
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Look, |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-04-09 12:56 PM |
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We really have no common ground |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-03-09 03:35 PM |
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Logical fallacy |
MajorChode |
Apr-03-09 04:02 PM |
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As I said. |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-03-09 09:06 PM |
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Exactly |
MajorChode |
Apr-03-09 10:00 PM |
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Ad Nauseum you repeat yourself, but you remain wrong. |
Maru Kitteh |
Apr-04-09 01:08 AM |
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If I'm wrong, then prove me wrong |
MajorChode |
Apr-04-09 01:35 AM |
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Child, that work is already done. |
Maru Kitteh |
Apr-04-09 02:35 AM |
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In other words you have nothing to offer but name calling |
MajorChode |
Apr-04-09 12:33 PM |
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So fanatical groups are staging the videos? The photographs? The statements by hunters themselves? |
AZBlue |
Apr-03-09 10:03 PM |
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Exactly |
MajorChode |
Apr-03-09 10:31 PM |
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Give it up |
Jakes Progress |
Apr-04-09 12:54 PM |
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absolutely OTM |
Roadless |
Apr-02-09 09:24 PM |
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Here's the way I see it... |
MajorChode |
Apr-03-09 03:59 PM |
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That's an interesting avatar you have. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Apr-06-09 05:37 PM |
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In Memory of Marie |
Omaha Steve |
Apr-02-09 07:52 PM |
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Disgusting and hideous beyong comment. NT |
Mike 03 |
Apr-03-09 09:08 PM |
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I just wish your post was made in the last 24 hours so that I could rec it. NT |
Mike 03 |
Apr-03-09 09:10 PM |
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Me too - I just tried. |
AZBlue |
Apr-03-09 10:03 PM |
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amazing some of the murderers on this thread |
Mari333 |
Apr-04-09 12:29 PM |
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Right you are, Mari, |
Kajsa |
Apr-04-09 11:55 PM |
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Bossy, hypocritical outsiders are scum. |
NorthernSpy |
Apr-06-09 05:34 PM |
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Done! |
Kajsa |
Apr-04-09 12:30 PM |
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just signed it! |
amborin |
Apr-04-09 01:51 PM |
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Damn them! I remember this growing up in the '70's and it's still going on? |
suede1 |
Apr-05-09 12:03 AM |
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Because only animals that fail the cuteness test should be eaten. |
NorthernSpy |
Apr-06-09 05:58 PM |
#137 |