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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:30 AM Original message |
Outcry over disowned US rape girl |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Doesn't sound like these parents will make good American citizens. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. exactly! there are great people that come here & there are crappy people that do this kind of cruel |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. yeah man |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
85. "honor" burning, abuse, abandoning, killings is something strickly a foreign thing. I am not sorry |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Is she a US girl or a Liberian girl? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. It's a Liberian family that moved to the US. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. I guess the Brits aren't into hypenating multiple nationalities like we are |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
67. The family are refugees. n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. No, we're fighting in Afghanistan to establish an oil pipeline that runs from |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You got that right ! |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. To pakistan and India so they will have enough energy to keep doing |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
86. ^Lorien and jwirr rawk!^ |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. BS conspiracy theory. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Conspiracy theory?! Read up on the subject a bit: |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I didn't mean the pipeline itself was a conspiracy theory. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. that was the original reason |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
89. But it's still pretty darn profitable |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Explain bldg 7 again, I'm sure folks would like to know! |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. PNAC....one man's conspiracy is another man's business plan. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
80. Right. We just HAPPEN to also be building a pipeline. And contractors just happen to be making a |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #44 |
87. That is not what we said. Those are your words. We are saying that |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
40. thank you |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Swearing the loyalty oath should include swearing an oath to our laws, |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. good idea. Sounds like the cultural divide is way to wide for them to make the transition to |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. Put the parents.... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. yup. |
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bainz (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Exactly |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. don't have a problem with *furiners* -- DO have a problem with |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Exactly. That misogynistic crap has no place in a Western country. |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. Take the kids and send the adults packing |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Those excuses for parents deserve a quick lesson in American feminism |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
90. Castration is part of American feminism?! |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
73. I think you are missing an r |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Its wonderful to see the response for this girl... when I hear the reaction to |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Already reported |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The subject here is the subsequent outcry |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. We, as a country, can tell the family that we share their feelings |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. Note how the parents of the rapists are not shamed |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. What really disturbs me, other than the exceedling harm done to the child by both the |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Thanks for your insight |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. there could be help for these kids who are abused IF ... |
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surfinshell (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. I understand different cultures |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. It's misogyny. The girl is valued only for her value as a virgin for a potential husband. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. The rapists |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. They are in Maricopa County and by the way, they have not pled or been found guilty. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
81. Are you a |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. I was not aware pointing out someone's rights means I automatically empathize anything. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
16. I think immigrants should have to go through a cultural learning course |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Unfortunately if you try doing that many "liberals" will attack it as "cultural imperialism" |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. You have that right!!! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. +1 |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. Fuck that |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. And they should have to accept the equality of women if they choose to move here. n/t |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. HEY MOM and DAD! Your daughter DID NOT SHAME YOU as much |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
19. We should show tolerance for their culture. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. That headline is awful. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Family Disowns Girl is no headline. Family Disowns Raped Girl |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. It's not just grammatically questionable. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Exactly. nt |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
71. Thank you |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
91. I notice this a lot from the British press |
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mn9driver (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. Liberia is 40 percent Christian, 40 percent Animist/indiginous |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. if the religion is not known, you can't *assume* anything |
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mn9driver (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Hmmm. Looking for the words "I assume" in my post. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Generally "makes me think they are not christian" is synonymous with assume. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. "makes me think they are probably not christian." |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I also assume that the following people are not Christians |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
70. Do they believe in Jesus Christ? |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Western is not equal to Christian |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
62. Seriously. I would bet some fundie families would do the same to their daughter. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
82. I wonder if you could find even *one* example to support your stereotype n/t |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. Anger doesn't even begin... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. But remember how well liked he is because as someone from |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. But, we need to respect cultural differences!!! |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
77. Exactly. (sarcasm) |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
45. Barbarians |
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Djarun (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
46. Phoenix Rape |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
65. Could you please provide a link to the article? Thanks and welcome to DU. How to link: |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'm not one to be rude about immigrants but I hope they ship that family back to liberia |
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NewAgeThinker (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
54. Unblievable |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
59. Should they not be tried for child abandonment? |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
63. prosecute the parents! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
69. Rape only became a crime in Liberia three years ago. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
74. "US Rape girl' owned by BBC News. |
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kitty1 (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
75. In In Canada recently an Afghanistani father drowned his daughters... |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:22 AM Response to Reply #75 |
92. Christ, that's depressing. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
76. Why is this BBC |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I saw it on CNN yesterday |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. How did the coverage compare to |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. I think those are different scenarios |
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Sparky 1 (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
84. How many religions *don't* suppress females? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
93. At least she is in the U.S. |
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