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surrealAmerican

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3. According to snopes ...

Reply to ck4829 (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 12:27 PM

May 2012

... that chain email is three years old. It's just weird the way the writer makes a point of denigrating the constitution.

The parallels to the Bradbury story really just show us that we've been here before. There are always people who feel that "strength" is their only value, and the way to prove your strength is to hurt others.

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Have you ever read Ray Bradbury's 'A Sound of Thunder'? [View all] ck4829 May 2012 OP

Read it years ago. I have read all of Bradbury's stories and novels. n/t RebelOne May 2012 #1

Yes, and here it is on Ray Bradbury Theater in the late 80's.. Fumesucker May 2012 #2

OMG I never knew about these.... IcyPeas May 2012 #6

According to snopes ... surrealAmerican May 2012 #3

That's what makes it really scary, three years old, saw a copy of it posted today ck4829 May 2012 #4

It was also a radio drama in the early 50's longship May 2012 #5

Way more years ago that I care to recall. K&R. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #7

They also made a shitty movie about it thelordofhell May 2012 #8