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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:19 PM Original message |
Parents lose custody of Nazi-named children |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Go figure! |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know how to feel about this |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think in this case they're just worried that the parents are incapable of rasing the children. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well there are alot of parents out there incapable of raising kids |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Of course bad naming isn't a good reason. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. If the only thing they have on these folks is what they named their children |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. ... and you are reading WAY too much into what I said. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "I think in this case they're just worried that the parents are incapable of rasing the children." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. I think it could be argued that naming your child 'Adolf Hitler' is child abuse. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Then you're not a democrat or a progressive |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Do you think there's a limit at all? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. First Amendment |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Free speech has its limits. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Really? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Strawman |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. So you would be okay with a kid being named 'Kill Obama' or something like that? |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Then no limits at all, then? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Strawman nt |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
81. I work for an insurance company....so I see a lot of names |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. A child can't choose their name. A name like Adolf Hitler is irresponsible and cruel. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. What about hippies and the goofy names they give their kids? n/t |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I think 'stupid' is different from 'offensive and potentially dangerous'. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Someone out there thinks that it's potentially dangerous to give a kid... |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Someone out there will want to name their kid the formula for meth. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. And so what if they did? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. If that kid is regularly beaten in school because of their name... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. I'd say it's more of a discipline problem in the school |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Anyway, I never said that a name is the only reason the children were likely taken... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Well just because you think it, |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. You think naming a kid 'Adolf Hitler' is somehow good parenting? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Oh jeez |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Yuck. You know nothing of my opinions or beliefs. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. So why should we leave it up to you or anyone to decide |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
80. If the government can remove children for odd |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
76. being a shitty parent doesn't make one unqualified. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
61. They said they didn't take the kids because of the names, but |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. But if that is the only reason they took them |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
95. It wasn't. They are probably safeguarding the children's privacy |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Child abuse cases are often private. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
84. I am with you. Definitely conflicted and totally in need of more information. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm not sure how I feel about this |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. If naming your kid "Adolf Hitler" doesn't show reckless disregard for his wellbeing... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
96. They didn't state why the children were removed. nt |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. parents should lose custody of their children coz you dont approve of the kids names? |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. if they're named hitler |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. fail. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. lol, that's it? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. what's there to argue? |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. so it's ok to name your kid Adolf Hitler? |
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darmok167 (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Technically, the kids names are Adolf and JoyceLynn Campbell. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. that's kind of how the "fail" thing works |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. That's Liaf for you... |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. No, the reason wasn't specified. Like the article says, they don't comment |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Way to overreach there, New Jersey! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I will agree if it turns out that that is the reason they took the kids. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
90. LOL yes it was nt |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. . |
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motely36 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Thanks God! |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why the hell did MSNBC have a video of this? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm assuming it is for some reason beyond the naming and racism. Because I'd hate |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. the state has got to be thinking about what they'll face in school and in life |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. That's no reason. Frank Zappa's kids would have been taken for that. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. it's all about degree |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. If it's about degree, then they can draw the line on the other side of you if they want. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. you make good points, but there are plenty of degrees in society |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
60. Those aren't questions of degree, they are questions of essence. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. I'm thinking about Alec Baldwin now |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Don't forget Ima Hogg... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Of course he named her Ima Hogg to encourage her to get married soon in life |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. Can't be name. Too many people walking around called "Misty Dakota Unicorn Rainbow Fart" |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. I hope it's for more than just the names |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. Those poor kids...all around |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. yeah, that's the best post on this thread. thanks. nt |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Eh. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. At first I thought it was Hi Hitler, the KKK guy |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. If parents would name their kids like this, it makes me wonder what else they were doing n/t |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. That's sieg heil-arious. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. ! |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
37. Are they gonna go after that guy that named his daughter Sarah McCain Palin? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'm sure there's more to it than just the names, so people need to cool the knee-jerking. However... |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. There is no way this is just about the names. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
47. The parents of Pol Pot Gillespie have cancelled their trip to the Jersey Shore. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
55. Those kids are better off. Their parents are hateful fucking lunatics. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
77. being a hateful lunatic doesn't make somebody unfit to parent.. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-14-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
59. Good. The names given to the kids is itself child abuse. |
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coyotespaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. What about naming your kids Karl Marx Whateverthehell yourlastnameis... |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #63 |
92. It does equal bad parenting... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
79. Why does everyone assume the kids were taken because of their names? |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Some people feel the need to feel outraged over something. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-15-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. I, for example, am outraged over your having twice used both the word feel and the word some |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #79 |
91. Good question. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. They only read the headline then jumped to a conclusion? |
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stewartcolbert08 (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
88. WTF |
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3dogday (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-16-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
93. I bet Rick Warren would be happy to look after them |
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