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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:37 PM Original message |
This thread is NOT about whether or not porn is harmful/less. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. i thought "Caligula" |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That may be, but I still won't let my 7 and 3 year olds watch it. |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. oh i agree completely re: kids |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Caligula? The Tinto Brass version? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The one staring McDowell. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
88. wow |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Kind of like commercials? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. ... commercials using sexual arousal to sell stuff |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
84. But "porn" itself is secondary to the selling of website and magazine subscriptions. |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. That definition |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. What is porn? Cheaper than dating. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Dating is all about sex? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Isn't it? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:44 PM Original message |
No. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. You are not a weirdo on this! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. So, you'd go on a romantic date with someone you'd never have sex with? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Why romantic? If I barely know the person, how is it romantic? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. because that is not what the culture of today is conditioning us for. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Well yeah, but |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. why is it the people who have the most problem getting sex are the ones who reduce everything to it? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Err, because the whole point is sex in the long run. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Ugh. Whatever. Like I said - no dating is fine with me. (nt) |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. sex is ONE point, not THE point. But you already knew that, didn't you? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Mmm, no. Pretty sure sex is the point. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. There are a complex set of social and biological reasons we do or don't marry certain people |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Not really. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. ya hit something all right. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Why would we use a condom? |
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rebecca_herman (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Not exactly |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Same thing. |
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rebecca_herman (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Well yeah in the long run it is but |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. You're just quoting dialogue from the novel Brave New World, aren't you? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. No. Why? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Yep |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I wouldn't know WHAT it's all about, it's too expensive. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
82. pretty much explains why he is dateless n/t |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
60. so is Masturbation... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Everything after the point where the Pizza Guy takes off his shirt is porn. n/t |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I thought I was the only one they did that to.... n/t |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. P'orn: abbreviation for the word popcorn. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
85. now that's the kind of p'orn I like! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. None of it particularly floats my boat. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. What if a man or hermaphrodite is harmed? |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. to paraphrase a SCOTUS justice . . . |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Pauline Kael called most of it, "The history of the piston engine." |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. IMHO, |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. If the main subject matter of the piece is sex, it's porn. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I'm waiting for some jackass to make an explicit or obscene post |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. obscene post |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That site has pretty strict rules about profanity |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It was a joke at the expense of FR. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. If porn included erotica, it would be called porn. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I shudder to think what would happen if I offered my real opinion on sex ed in schools here. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. You're against them? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Let's put it this way. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Well we weren't talking abotu fundies. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Not my problem. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. But sex education is your problem? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I had to listen to it despite knowing it was useless information for me AND |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Fine. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I'm not a hypocrite. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. You can? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. About as hypocritical as it is to oppose torture after being a POW. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Hmm. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. You compare sex-ed to torture? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. that whole exchange above was bizarre. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. And if you know that you have no intention in participating, |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Sex ed doesn't say that you SHOULD have sex. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Then it should be optional for students who are curious. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I have no problem with being able to opt out of it. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
91. I find you interesting and want to know more about you. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Abstinence only, huh? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I happen to think that fundamentalist hypocrites get exactly what they deserve, is all. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
64. And screw the rest of the population as well? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. In a word: yes. On this, screw the rest of the population. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Would you say the same thing about math? Social studies? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I just don't agree |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I didn't want physics forced upon me. Or spelling. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Then why not allow exemptions? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #81 |
89. Who said I didn't want exemptions? |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. I think erotica |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Erotica, though often done poorly, at least intends for there to be some level |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. erotica to me is a mutual empowerment. porn is one with power |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I really like that take on it. |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Literature et.al |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. I think the definition is flawed . . . |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Yeah, well said. |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. to paraphrase an old SCOTUS judge: |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
56. Porn? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
72. "The bible is a book that...has a wealth of obscentiy.." - Mark Twain |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
86. I consider Fox News to be porn. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
90. heh.... |
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