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"Iraqi kidnappers threaten to kill hostages"
These are the 'heros' whom YOU have been supporting
David F Mayer
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12/4/2005 12:57:25 AM
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"Iraqi kidnappers threaten to kill hostages"
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Bowser
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12/3/2005 2:38:00 AM
lawlessness abound
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Eric
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12/4/2005 5:04:11 PM
And you know these are "civilians" how?
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Tom Brosz
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12/5/2005 5:12:58 PM
These are the 'heros' whom YOU have been supporting
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David F Mayer
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12/4/2005 12:57:25 AM
Tell ya what...
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Tom Brosz
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12/3/2005 4:41:11 AM
Use magic. Get your local necromancer to put a curse on your enemies.
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David F Mayer
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12/4/2005 3:38:47 AM
Thanks for making it simple.
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Bowser
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12/3/2005 4:55:22 AM
Okay. So what DO you do?
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Tom Brosz
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12/3/2005 10:03:17 PM
Whatever you guys touch turns out terribly bad. One small exception.
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Bowser
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12/3/2005 11:24:46 PM
One small exception.
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Tom Brosz
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12/3/2005 11:55:15 PM
The limitations of black-and-white thinking are such that you'll never get it.
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Bowser
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12/4/2005 4:22:15 AM
It helps a bit to understand that black and white actually do exist.
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Tom Brosz
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12/4/2005 4:38:13 AM
Are you black or are you white?
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alcaray
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12/5/2005 7:17:45 PM
I'm not even going to try to deal with abstracts with you.
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Tom Brosz
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12/5/2005 8:52:53 PM
I'm clearly and admitedly grey.
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alcaray
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12/5/2005 9:11:22 PM
re: clearly
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Tom Brosz
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12/6/2005 3:03:38 AM
I was just trying to bring it down to the level of a personal and tangible case
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alcaray
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12/6/2005 4:37:34 PM
I think you're making Tom go grey ;-)
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Sam F.
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12/5/2005 9:50:45 PM
If I only could get him to admit it!
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alcaray
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12/5/2005 10:09:56 PM
"Move on" indeed.
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Sam F.
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12/3/2005 5:18:36 AM
re: "Iraqi kidnappers threaten to kill hostages"
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Publius
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12/3/2005 3:28:50 AM
Why not nuke their villages?
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Bowser
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12/3/2005 5:34:18 AM
No...the first thing about being civilized...
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Scott Evil
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12/6/2005 5:33:36 PM
Why don't you move to someplace where your political ideas are current?
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David F Mayer
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12/4/2005 6:57:46 PM
"Street talk" or "urban myth"?
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Sam F.
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12/3/2005 5:27:46 AM
re: "Street talk" or "urban myth"?
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Publius
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12/3/2005 8:07:38 PM
Maybe just believing it was enough to be effective
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Sam F.
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12/4/2005 4:30:44 AM
Brutality can be brutally effective.
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Lee
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12/3/2005 7:39:59 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.