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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:54 PM Original message |
Ox speared by 70-year-old warrior to bless World Cup |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. More religious stupidity... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. If I needed to slaughter a beast to please God so the US wins, I'd do it. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We're Americans. If it takes the beasts of an entire ocean, it's worth it. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
52. Don't care about winning. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
66. I'm vegan, but I'd still slaughter a whole herd of beasts |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It is not religion. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why can't he spear one of his own testicles? Why does it always have to be some poor ox? n/t |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Because ox tastes better |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. lol! n/t |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
73. Depends on how it's prepared. n/t |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
69. And why a poor ox? Why not a wealthy one? nt |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. 'speared the ox in the back of its neck, between the horns' - Just a STUPID ANIMAL |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That is probably how they hunted |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Well they weren't hunting here. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Nope, but have you never seen people replaying scenes of history |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. They can replay it without killing a living thing for ceremony, sorry. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Do you eat meat of any kind? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You're being ridiculous to the ultimate, as usual. Ceremony vs. food, really? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I do not understand what is ridiculous about it. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:46 PM Original message |
'If that is ridiculous, then so be it.' - Then it's settled. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
74. You don't think they throw the bovine on the garbage pile, do you? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. This is where I step in. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. See #22. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I did. And? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You miss the point entirely. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Me...defend factory farms? Is that your final answer? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. yeah, I have often heard you defending slaughterhouses here, friend |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yep, that was worded incorrectly. See #34. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Maybe that was worded incorrectly. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I'm an animal liberator. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Maybe you missed that I said "any meat eaters". |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You, to me: "You would probably defend factory farms; I would not." |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. We are on two different paths here. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Wait...was the ox killed for food or ceremony? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. I repeat my answer from above |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. I'm going to take Sussman, PhD over your blathering. Hope that's okay. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
72. You've completely misunderstood Diamond's GG&S. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. bullfights, cockfights, ceremonial animal killing... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Ceremony? When do we throw Christians to the lions now? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. You have gone overboard. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. You first mentioned "replaying scenes of heritage" not me. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. OK, I did not dream of going back to the days of the Romans. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Please see my post #41 about the stupidity of your comparison. n/t |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. But that's my cultural heritage. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. No, as I explained in a different comment. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Things change. 50 years ago my people* didn't approve of women working. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I know what she is trying to convey, perhaps not very well |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Thank you - you said it well and correctly. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. You welcome |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Cultural relativism is bullshit. If somebody's getting needlessly hurt, something is wrong. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Cultural relativism is not crock |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Fucking ego. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:17 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You speak well to exactly what I just described as imperial thought |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. You lose in your first statement. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. LOL |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Nice retreat. n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Nice ignore, free clue this is not about you |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Bullfights and cockfights are not the same as |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. What strange sort of World Cup is this? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. One where ox-hide covered |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. It's in Africa |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. “We don’t want our spirits to be scared of all the different languages.” |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. People in the world are at different levels of education. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Can't bring myself to care, really. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Education dulls it but it will never go away. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I disagree. TV will dull anything. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Untrue. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. This action does not come under any of the categories listed. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I think it falls under a few. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Hmmm - I don't understand that. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. But they will return in new forms. |
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democrat2000 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
54. This is better than slaughtering thousands of innocent humans |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. You got it!!! |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. the Smoke Monster says: Repent and sacrifice Lieberman |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
75. No god or spirit would want that |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
70. I love DU |
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