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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 09:50 PM
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Why can't we all just get along?
:hi:
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goobergunch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 09:51 PM
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1. Good question. (n/t)
Edited on Wed Sep-24-03 09:52 PM by goobergunch
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 09:52 PM
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2. good question really good one
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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 09:52 PM
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3. Why a long
Shorts work just as good
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 09:53 PM
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4. Ya mean like this?
:grouphug:
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karlschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 09:53 PM
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5. Because I'm right and you're obstinate!
:D

ex-K5ETH
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 09:59 PM
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6. LOL!!!!!
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:00 PM
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7. Because we're Democrats
We arn't apart of an organized party.;)
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:00 PM
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8. I Don't Know If I Want To Get Along With People
Edited on Wed Sep-24-03 10:00 PM by DemocratSinceBirth
who say Wes Clark probably "wacked" Bob Marley...

If that's the level of discourse I might as well just read a book.....

Peace03

Brian
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:02 PM
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13. Cancer whacked Bob Marley! Long Live Bob Marley!
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:03 PM
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14. havent heard that one
I thought Marley died of cancer. :shrug: "none but ourselves can free our minds"
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boxster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:01 PM
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9. This is too funny. I thought this exact
same thing five minutes ago while reading one of the numerous "my candidate can beat up your candidate" threads.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:01 PM
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10. Because conflict is inherent in human nature.
Society consists of many smaller subgroups, each of which has its own beliefs, its own leaders, its own codes of conduct, and the nature of humans as fiercely territorial primates is to engage in conflict with members of other groups. It's hard-wired into our behaviour. DU is merely a microcosm of the larger society as a whole, or at least a portion of it, and fully reflects this inherent conflict and combativeness: arguments, aspersions, insults, based upon ideology and some idea of group coherence between different camps (supporters of differing candidates, people with differing opinions on the question of Israel, centrists vs. liberals vs. radicals, atheists and agnostics vs. the religious, und so weiter).

All of it, for the most part, based upon emotional response and one's acceptance of the value-set of a particular subgroup than any kind of reasoned and logical process. We'll never "all get along" without some sort of tremendous leap in the evolution of the human brain's social wiring, I'm afraid.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:02 PM
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11. Because asking questions and getting answers is 'bashing'
One reason that leaps to mind.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:03 PM
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15. I do see your point on that
Some of the stuff called bashing isnt really.
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Feanorcurufinwe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:02 PM
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12. I think we can all get along.
As long as we don't get all bent out of shape when someone criticizes our candidate, whoever it is.

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unfrigginreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:16 PM
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16. You can't be for real!
If your case is prudent than I guess there's no reason to oppose Bush! I think that you may want to rethink that position.
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WillyBrandt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:18 PM
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17. Because people post some real nasty stuff
about my man Clark which isn't true, and that incites me to say bad things about their candidates. I try not to punch, but I can't help counterpunching (no pun intended).

It's no good.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:19 PM
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18. It comes and goes here....as you know....lately GD is I/P....Green/Nader..
like the old days....

:hi:.....Peace!
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:26 PM
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19. LOL! Isn't that the truth!
:hi:
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:33 PM
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21. You have exactly 8,000 posts, w4rma
:party:
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 11:17 PM
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22. Cool! How did you find out? I can only see a "1000+" next to my name. nt
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InkAddict Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 10:32 PM
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20. Not yet - n/t
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