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60. Ahh, no. I don't misrepresent what people say.

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 01:13 PM

Feb 2012

You wrote what you wrote, which was-and I'll quote for the second time: "And I am well aware of the history of Guatamala/El Salvador and elsewhere. They didn't start out being what they became. Maybe if people had stood up before it was too late, things might have been different."

I'm pretty sure you didn't mean the comment the way it was worded. But read your comment just one more time. It's worded really, really poorly. That's all I was pointing out.

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