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kestrel91316

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10. Probably wasn't such a nice thing to say,

Reply to loudsue (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 01:41 AM

Feb 2013

comparing people who work in the livestock industry with mercenaries. Actually, it was fairly insulting, as "mercenary" has more than one meaning, and can be epithet-ish or a slur.

Death is a part of life. Indeed some of us are better suited to accepting that.

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