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Ilsa

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10. I'm not sure I agree about partitioning.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #6)

Wed Aug 10, 2016, 06:53 AM

Aug 2016

When I think of India and Pakistan, it seems like it creates an opportunity for one side to be more radical and more dangerous, with nothing to keep it in check.

But yeah, it has to be considered.

I just don't get how people who lived and worked next to each other for decades can allow their religions to destroy everything they've built, their homes, families, etc.

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no prob nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #16

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because Leviathan is dead nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #11

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