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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:30 PM Original message |
Tiger Woods' Return to Augusta a 'Slap in the Face to Women'? |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I am pretty sure every other male golfer plays there as well but |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. He played the discrimination card in the Nike ads, otherwise, not. nt |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. The majority of other PGA golfers haven't discussed discrimination |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. He profited on it by doing the Nike ad. I think the PGA is the one at fault, not the |
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MousePlayingDaffodil (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Well, technically speaking . . . |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. The Masters IS recognized as one of the four "majors" |
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MousePlayingDaffodil (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Geez . . . |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Because it's "out there" as the popular media like to say |
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MousePlayingDaffodil (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Well, there are a lot of things out there that I can't seem to . . . |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
72. The Masters is not a PGA event |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. I hope he crashes and burns... |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. So Tiger is the reason you abandon Nike? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
78. I suggest you go with the Converse. nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. While I agree with the point that it's insulting that Augusta still will not admit women as members |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yes, she is. Augusta National is a private club. They can limit it to only redheads if they want. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yup. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wonder what they think of women only gyms? (nt) |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Women Join Those Gyms Not To Be Ogled |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Men join Augusta not to have to walk around the lady's teebox after their drive. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. LOL! |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. What Other Forms Of Discrimnation Do You Find Funny? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I laughed because on the Municipal Courses I play on, we walk THROUGH the women's teebox. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Me too, hopefully after my drive |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. What Other Institutions Should Women Be Excluded From? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. wHAT oTHER iNSTITUTIONS sHOULD mEN bE eXCLUDED fROM ¿ |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Only Those Where There's A Rational Basis For Excluding Them |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. See post # 20 |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Also known as the "It is Ok when I do it" policy |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. That's A Distinction Without A Difference |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I see, the blacks only drinking fountain is not discrimination because people were uncomfortable |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. How About Miss Black America? The United Negro College Fund? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. That they are safe places for women to exercise, and not places where business deals are made around |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. If the club wants to exclude people that's their business.But does the PGA want to endorse it? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. It does indeed seem they do. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. THe relationship between Augusta and the PGA is complicated |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Yes, good points. nt |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Good point - n/t |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. As I understand it, he was spanking the women not slapping them around... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why isn't Brennan making the claim that the PGA's return to Augusta is a slap in the face to women? |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. That would be a better point to make |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Is ABC news bored and just felt like writing a Tiger Woods story? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, it absolutely is. |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Augusta is a slap in the face to women anyway. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It's a private club. Membership can be limited to left-handed redheads. The PGA should not |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Isn't the PGA also a private organization? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. I really wish the news would report on ACTUAL NEWS that can affect me or people I know. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. So is anyone who rejoins their occupation after committing adultery "slapping women in the face?" |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Perhaps If It's An Occupation Which Includes The Subjugation Of Women |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. How does golf include the subjugation of women? |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oh, please. Then every player to tee off there is doing the same thing. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. What If They Excluded Blacks Or Jews? |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Then lobby to shut them down or boycott them. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Not Everything That Is Immoral, Unethical Or Shocks The Conscience Is Illegal |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. Then focus on Augusta, not one of many, many players who chooses to play there. |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
85. Then it would be the WORST thing on the planet, but we are only talking women here. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
63. Actually, they seem to be. I don't care about Tiger Woods. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. No, its not a slap to anyone |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Is The Answer To Discrimination To Ignore It |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
65. Of course not |
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MousePlayingDaffodil (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Actually, women ARE allowed to play golf at Augusta . . . |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Great |
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MousePlayingDaffodil (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I just thought that, given how "hot" some people get about this subject . . . |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. Should we boycott all of the advertisers of The Masters also? |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. You'd think they'd be happy he went to place without women |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. why would women care more about woods, than other golfers? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
46. if he had played in another tournament last week |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
50. Running out of material to post? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Running Out Of Smarmy Comments Because Thought Was Never Your Forte? |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Oh Nooooooz, Tiger hates women! |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Does A Little Misogyny Give You A Tingling In Your Loins? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
59. I'm curious how the practices of Augusta apply to Tiger Woods |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I'll Give It A Stab |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Tiger is notorious for not standing up for anything. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
66. Any woman who so interprets his return to the tour may well need such a slap. |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. No slaps...The cvl rits of the Slapee trump the free-speech rits of the slaper. Go Tiger! n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
73. If people think every woman who has cheated on her SO should also not be allowed to work... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
74. bullshit. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. double bull shit.....It would be a slap to Golf History if he declined |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Is This Bovine Excrement As Well? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Does not pertain....to the game....its moot level.... |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
77. Augusta is also a red neck icon. Happy now? |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
79. How Come Nobody Had a Problem With Augusta Before Woods Put His Dick In Other Women? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Maybe Because Of His Celebrity If He Spoke Truth To Power People Would Listen. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. You Don't EXPECT Heroism From People. That's Why It's Heroism. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I Concede Your Point |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. You're completely ignorant if you think that the sexism of Augusta National first came up now. nt |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Care To Link To a Previous Thread On It? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Here you go... |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-09-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Every Single One Of Those DU Threads Was From This Past Week. |
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