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Aristus

(66,316 posts)
9. Exactly. Criminals don't tell you you're going to Hell if you don't join them in
Sat Nov 3, 2018, 01:19 PM
Nov 2018

their lives of crime.

Very well said. marybourg Nov 2018 #1
Hey! Your blanket condemnation includes... Grasswire2 Nov 2018 #2
Yes good for nothings like your relatives made this nation great Tom Rinaldo Nov 2018 #5
Many of the first few generations here were lied to and treated badly Maeve Nov 2018 #3
Australia was a penal colony in those days. roamer65 Nov 2018 #4
Right, I was thinking about penal colonies and indentured servants and slaves Tom Rinaldo Nov 2018 #6
Australia got the criminals. We got the religious fanatics. Aristus Nov 2018 #7
I would agree. roamer65 Nov 2018 #8
Exactly. Criminals don't tell you you're going to Hell if you don't join them in Aristus Nov 2018 #9
Exactly treestar Nov 2018 #13
That Was One of the Best Things I've Ever Read Leith Nov 2018 #10
K and R Ferrets are Cool Nov 2018 #11
Very insightful; thanks! hostalover Nov 2018 #12
I remember a College professor describing the earliest colonist as wretched refuse of Europe. gordianot Nov 2018 #14
Have you ever driven through New Mexico? world wide wally Nov 2018 #15
Neither were some of the later ones, especially like the DRUMPFs!1 UTUSN Nov 2018 #16
Exactly! Quite the contrary, in fact. Many were the scum of the continent. jcmaine72 Nov 2018 #17
There will always be people who are scum, but they mostly don't come from the poor Tom Rinaldo Nov 2018 #20
Thank you, homegirl Nov 2018 #18
You are welcome. Absolutely you may pass it on n/t Tom Rinaldo Nov 2018 #19
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