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In reply to the discussion: ‘Kindness of America' author shot by stranger while hitchhiking [View all]petronius
(26,597 posts)8. I'm not surprised there was confusion - people don't realize that most major European
cities are actually named after smaller towns somewhere in the U.S.
Hopefully they catch the shooter quickly - with such a small population, it seems like someone will know who it is (so long as it wasn't just someone passing through)...
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they just hack phones -- they don't where these people are talking from or about
KurtNYC
Jun 2012
#2
i think they have one of these at the green bay WI, national railway museum.
pansypoo53219
Jun 2012
#14
I am a train rider and this one is on my list! also heard north in Canada is good rides too
lunasun
Jun 2012
#17
I'm not surprised there was confusion - people don't realize that most major European
petronius
Jun 2012
#8
"most major European cities are actually named after smaller towns somewhere in the U.S."
dixiegrrrrl
Jun 2012
#23
That's true. The original Moscow is actually in Kansas, and old Paris is in Texas.
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#25
The Pharaohs themselves were named after a 1960s youth group in the San Fernando Valley
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#34
Like Paris Illinois and Cairo Illinois. damn furriners stole them names from us.
ChairmanAgnostic
Jun 2012
#35
The article is very confused: the county, highway, hospital, and sheriff all correspond
petronius
Jun 2012
#21
Blaming the victim, either of a careless accident or something worse like mental illness
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#64
People like to argue that it's next to impossible to use a gun in self defense, that most likely
4th law of robotics
Jun 2012
#70
It's good to see that they caught the shooter. Someone needs to get the Australian staff writer
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#40
I found out that the Orignal Post...was taken from the Melborne Australia Hearld Sun
Stuart G
Jun 2012
#45
And sadly, the kindness of America was to feel sorry for this guy after he told his story.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2012
#58