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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:50 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should drugs be illegal? |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. For those who voted that drugs shouldn't be illegal at all.... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. see that's the beauty of making them all legal |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Well then that solves nothing - great, nothing changes nt |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
52. you don't need a prescription |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
82. mental exercise |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. I feel like #5 is the right answer, but I also feel like a hypocrit |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. LSD is fine with me. |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Meth is so fucking horrible... |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Meth is so fucking horrible...that it's a Schedule II prescription drug |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You've obviously never had a personal experience with 'street' meth |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. That's a good point. So, if meth were made legal and available |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. I'm quite familiar with street meth, thank you. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Is meth really that bad? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. No, not at all. Meth IS worse than cocaine, and more addictive, too. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Um, cocaine rots the brain from the inside out, too. It depends on how much you do for how long. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Trust me, I'm not espousing |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Prove it. |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. WOW - That is ignorance |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Your quacks are better than my quacks, eh? |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Are you crazy? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Are you? |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. "You do meth once and you want it again right away." |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
86. "......and some of the people fall for it" |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
67. I've known several people who have screwed up not only their |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
88. Would you at least support treatment over prison time for Meth users? |
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Mikey929 (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Paper Trail |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Umm... it doesn't count towards anything, so no |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well, that's what you get for voting on a computer. nt |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think it all should be legal, except meth. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Making it at home could still be illegal. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Um... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Should gunpowder be illegal then? |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. That would be different if it was created in a safe facility. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. If you could just pick it up at the store, who would bother trying to make it at home? |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Actually - it's illegal to make beer in a lot of places |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I don't know what you mean by "a lot of places," but it's my understanding... |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Marijuana - legalized, taxed, regualated, everything else should be... |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. "This would empty out the jails and cause crime to plummet, " |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Sad but true. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. On the flip side, it is good for business. That gives me hope. |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. It's always nice... |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. My opinion is if you have to change it from what it was to something else |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Opium grows on the side of the road... |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Agreed |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. simple as scratching a seed pod with a pin, fingernail, etc. |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I've known a couple people who screwed up their lives on 'pod tea' |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Is this a function of education (or lack thereof)? |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. I've known people like that too - most people aren't that smart though nt |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. But that's not my problem. If some moron is too lazy |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. How many people screw up their lives on alcohol annually? |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. But when your bad decision effect my life - it matters |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. You can do a lot of harm driving at all. |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. But are we legislating against the behaviors that "effect your life" |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. "Doing meth...you can do a lot of harm" |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
76. Then you should be in favor of drunk driving using your logic... |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Actually, I included drugged driving in the list of crimes. |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. I really like this concept.. |
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MadAsHellNewYorker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
62. so alcohol would be illegal |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Sounds good to me. |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. Some drugs do very serious damage |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. nice! |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Prohibition never works as promised. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. Drug that Big Pharma makes tons on are legal as hell. |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yes - but you can't always get them |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. Legalize Absynthe NOW! :-) |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. The question is: |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. Well the "War on Drugs" does not work |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The problem with marijuana is that it is hard to PROVE how intoxicated they are |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Field sobriety test. |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. You don't go to prison or get a ticket for failing a field sobriety test |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. You go to prison or get a ticket for drunken driving. |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. If it were legalized, I'm sure some brainiac in a lab |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Test for impairment, not for metabolites! |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Sometimes I need a 'duh' to help me get it. I think you're right. |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
83. Good points. I really didn't think that far. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. The problem with penalizing drivers for smoking pot... |
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PistolSteve (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Exactly - I'm not saying it should be illegal, but I sure understand the concerns |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
84. You bring up good points that I hadn't thought about. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
60. outlaw cigarettes and fat, legalize drugs. aren't we funnnnnny n/t |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Who said anything about outlawing fat, cigs,etc? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. me either. doesnt mean i havent seen thread after thread on it |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. If fat is banned, I'm in trouble. ;-) |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
69. 53% so far say... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
71. I'm a hard-liner when it comes to drugs |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
78. Weed's all I need. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
79. Legalize, Regulate, and Tax |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
85. Decriminalize the least harmful ones |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
87. It is the drug war machine that is killing people and ruining lives on a |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-05-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
89. This pollster now sleeps with the fishes |
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