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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:15 PM Original message |
Poll question: The life of an American is worth more |
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pocket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. no, which is why |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Well you ought to be concerned with outsourcing. |
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pocket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. that is certainly something to think about |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
83. Your welcome but there is another important fact to consider. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. That depends |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. of course it is not |
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chiburb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Of course it is Sharon... |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. no |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Hey, somebody else |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. i know |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Can you point me to that? |
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MAlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. No...BUT |
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Lauren2882 (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Good point. |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Not inherently. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's not the question |
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benfranklin1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. No, since all human beings are endowed by their Creator |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. I would like to hear from the people |
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eurolefty (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Follow the money |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 03:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You have a different way of looking at it |
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eurolefty (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. values of human lives seem to vary |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I am certainly not blind to the reality |
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Peak_Oil (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
98. is an American baby worth as much as say, an Iraqi baby? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. No offense.... |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Arbitrary political borders do demarcate the quality of humans.... |
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Nazgul35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. yes!!!! |
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Killarney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. it depends |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. A life is a life is a life - |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. What is the Price of Life anyway? |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. This thread is relative to today's discussion |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. All life is equal |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. Depends on the Country |
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Delano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Not in the grand design of the universe, no, but |
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nayt (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. well put |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Would love to have you elaborate |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. It is proper for a national government to take that view |
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number6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. not just no, but hell no .... |
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cinci (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. One American |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Aside from it being your friend or family member |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 09:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:14 AM Response to Reply #47 |
63. No no no |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:44 AM Response to Reply #31 |
72. Yeah, that's real rational. |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. No, but American deaths do get better ratings on American TV networks. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. In America, that is true |
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Leprechan29 (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. Depends in whose eyes |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. no but |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. We're all human. This nationalistic crap has got to stop. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. Allow me to point out |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Which naturally raises the question.... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
92. *snicker* |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. ok,where are the 12 chuckleheads? |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 09:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. just twelve? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. to whom? |
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Randers (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 10:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. So you probably think it's GOOD idea |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. many hands make for lighter work..... |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'm appalled that so many have voted an Ameircans life is worth LESS.. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 09:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Why? |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. because they are my freinds and neighbors. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. So why does that make them worth more? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. back to the top |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 09:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. ..and my fellow citizens.. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. spoken like someone whose not on it |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:21 AM Response to Reply #52 |
66. History books are chock FULL |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Who said they were worth LESS? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 10:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. kick |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
60. Of course not. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-04 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. Bet a poll of the Reps would tell a different story... |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
64. So far, there are 17 sick people voting in the poll. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:21 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Easy now,they might call you names |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:25 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Who cares |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:32 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Not I |
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thebigmansentme (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:33 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. of course |
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Kinkistyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 08:39 AM Response to Reply #70 |
82. Hmmm.... interesting. How about your dog or a foreigner? |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #70 |
85. Odd perspective.... so because of the accident of birth |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
68. *sniff* *sniff* What's that smell? *sniff* *sniff* |
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thebigmansentme (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:40 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. well |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:55 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. You overlook the fact that the question wasn't |
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thebigmansentme (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. it's |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 01:10 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. No. That wasn't the question |
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thebigmansentme (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 01:31 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. actually |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 01:44 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I know a lot of "foreigners" but I don't know you, and by your logic |
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thebigmansentme (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 01:56 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. yeah |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 02:06 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Then let me be clear about a real world situation |
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MontecitoDem (542 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #77 |
89. that's not the question of this poll, |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
76. Worth more to whom? |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 07:56 AM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Just on a general, abstract level |
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Lestat (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
84. The life of an American is worth more than... |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. So, the life of a murderer/rapist in America... |
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Lestat (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I never said everyone in SA... |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. And SA savages are no worse than US savages... |
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Lestat (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I put myself in those shoes. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Tell me again that Americans aren't capable |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. Good list.... thanks! |
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Lestat (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #91 |
97. Reread what I said. |
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sffreeways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. We don't ? |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #99 |
111. SFF! |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. So cutting off a few heads and making demands.... |
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Lestat (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 11:18 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I don't care if it was the original question. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Okee doke. Put em where you like. n/t |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #90 |
100. What about holding people hostage in prison hellholes |
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Lestat (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Chill out. Geez. |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. I'm pissed, too. I've been pissed since 12/12/2000 |
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Lestat (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:43 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. You and me both. |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Everything does look particularly bleak and ugly at the moment |
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Lestat (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. I agree. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Hang in there Lestat |
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Lestat (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Haha! |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Remember both the Torah AND the Q'ran: |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. Excellent point! |
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