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Nihil

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13. That's a painful list for any American to read ...

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 06:02 AM

Jul 2013

... so don't expect any rational response (or response at all) as it is just so much
easier to live in denial.

The only point anyone would be able & willing to argue would be your last one
as - unlike all of the others - it is purely subjective. The cheerleaders will be
happy to pounce on a simple difference of opinion as a distraction from having
to face up to the uncomfortable truth of the other items.

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