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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 05:55 PM Original message |
"Honor Killing," my ass. You cowards have NO honor. You are NOT men. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. agreed! |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree with you, but our attitude is pure western thinking. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That's true. We exhibit our honor with bombs dropped from high altitude. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Since when are high altitudinous bombings honorable? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. I guess I didn't think I needed the |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Or a few decades ago....hanging men from trees |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
68. Here's a question.... |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. Lots do-- in a variety of ways. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. Exactly WHERE did I "castigate an entire culture?" And if I did, what culture would |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #85 |
95. Here |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #95 |
105. Uh, that's YOUR post, not mine. I don't think I want to talk to you anymore. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #79 |
133. All cultures are cruel and violent, however what I am specifically |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
121. This country did not long ago.... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #121 |
132. A tragic episode, but not exactly the same thing as murdering |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. What if that girl was YOUR daughter? Would you be so dismissive of the value of her life? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I am with you there |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That's what astonished me about that post, was the casual dismissal of the worth of |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. me, too, Redstone. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. Read more here |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Her family were the ones that killed her |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Look at it this way. WE use the death penaltym even on retarded |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The fact that WE do something wrong makes it OK for THEM to do something wrong? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. No, I mean that people of all cultures USED to do the same things the |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I honestly don't give a fig about their "ancient practices" or "culture" |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. "Sometimes the West comes up with a good idea or two." Boy, is it nice to hear someone who |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Thank-you |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
111. Our actions in Iraq have not helped though |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
147. Extremely well said |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
195. Damn right |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Yeah, there are still troglodytes around. I guess we'll always have throwbacks. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. So? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
125. women wear mini skirts and bra tops in the middle east |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
98. No but to condemn a "culture" for it while giving others a pass is |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
134. Why is it that people can never seem to stay ON TOPIC. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. Why, thank you, sm. I hope people read your post and understand it. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
112. so we should only execute smart people? |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Right On Redstone!!...n/t |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. AMEN |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Being a liberal STILL means that, at least to me. Thanks for the post. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Glad to k&r your thread, Redstone... |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
149. That's what it means to me as a liberal as well. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
67. I don't think Napi was defending their actions, just pointing out it's culturally normal |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. A ham sandwich equals a dead PIG. Is that equal to a dead HUMAN? A teenage GIRL? |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #67 |
135. Try saying that to a condemned Muslim woman's face. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
142. What a fucking moronic, absolutely brain dead statement to make. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
178. Therein lies the very issue |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
179. If she was my daughter, she'd be American |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. The fact that they feel strongly about it doesn't make it good or right or decent. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Expecting basic human rights for EVERYONE is not cultural hegemony. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
128. Strange that. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Yup, any culture that treated a racial minority the way some cultures treat |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #128 |
148. An Excellent Point, Ms. Marie |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Those who believe in honor killings are backwards |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. The "It's their culture arugument" is just as pathetic as the |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
62. It's the universal pre-Enlightenment human norm |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
109. Bunch of goddam animals, killing a girl like that. Fucking depraved |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #109 |
116. Good post, but how can you say that you "understand what they do?" They KILLED |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #109 |
180. But what can we do about it? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #180 |
186. We don't have the wherewithal to attack anybody anymore. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #186 |
190. True, and I could even see a coalition going in on it |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #180 |
189. At least we can say loudly on the world stage |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #189 |
191. We used to do that a lot more |
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murloc (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
120. There is right and wrong |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
127. Well fuck 'em. An issue of Cosmo and a cucumber tomato salad |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 06:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
131. Two religions ... |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
137. So that makes it right? |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
141. It's still totally wrong, |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
146. I don't feel it's culturally insensitive to calll this inhumane, BUT our presence has... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
154. Cultural relativism is bullshit.... |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
175. Moral relativism, anyone? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
184. You know what? Bull. Too bad. Time to get the hell over it. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
185. What is your opinion on what we should when killings happen here. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I guess you all never heard of the concept of "two wrongs not making a right" |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Were did I excuse the murder |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I replied to your post by mistake. My comment was supposed to be addressed to the |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. They are cowardly murderers. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. recommend greatly. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Did he also record it using his cell phone? n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. Please |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. He'll also probably end up in jail because his crime isn't considered acceptable here. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I'm sorry, I would disagree with them being "very decent people". |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. No. There ARE moral absolutes. Murder is ALWAYS wrong. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Yes, it DOES preclude them from being decent people. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Back it up, buddy. Show me where ONE DUer has defended Abu Ghraib |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. The OP is about the brutal murder of a woman. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #73 |
153. Isn't it funny how... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:29 AM Response to Reply #153 |
168. Yup.... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. I cannot believe someone on this board would justify this crap |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Read his reply to me |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. This crap has been happening for a very long time |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Don't forget the asinine way it was done |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I gave a shit about this before 911 and I still care now |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
99. Well, if you dislike us so much, why are you still here? Maybe you'd be happier somewhere else? |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. WTF??? |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
58. Fucking WRONG |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Apparently this is a controversial notion at DU! |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Yup |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
69. "If we lived in their culture we would see it entirely different." |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. Exactly Iris...n/t |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Excuse me? CNN "catapulted" that story PLENTY. Where were you? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
63. 1. She suffered major burns, but lived; 2. The Iraqi murder was CULTURAL, not an aberration. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. You're really going |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. "Cultural relativists" are cordially invited to kiss my ass as well. Murder is murder, and fuck a |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. Deleted message |
Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. So, ignorance equals excusing murder? No, I CANNOT "put myself in their place." |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. More than a few DUers would agree with the proposition, so roundly denounced by |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Balls, Karl. Murder is murder, and you know it. It's NEVER justifiable. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. A sizable percentage of Americans call abortion Murder. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Yes, we did, didn't we? But that does NOT excuse them, and I know you feel the same, |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
166. Thanks Redstone. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. k&r...n/t |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. Thank you for this thread, Redstone. n/t |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not hanging. Stoning. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. Come on you cultural relativist bastards, defend this babaric crap, I DARE YOU!!! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Nope. Intolerant, repressed, religon-brainwashed shitheads who fear free sexual expression |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. The FACT is |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Exactly |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
150. Agree from the bottom of my shoes |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
187. I'm with you 100%. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. All righty, then! Thanks for the passion and honesty. We need more of that around here. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
89. How do you feel about male genital mutilation? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #89 |
101. Karl, I'm trying to be a friend to you, so please listen to me: that's not a road we need |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #101 |
167. Just got home from a trip. My comment was meant as reductio ad absurdum. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #89 |
151. Do you REALLY want to go down that road? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. Amen!! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. The same should be said to the big tough men in the bush administration. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. Or give the women another "choice" |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. Honor killings? Almost an oxymoron. |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. Agree with the sentiment against the "honor" crap, but its perfectly fine without the fake machismo |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #64 |
90. I'm a Woman, a feminist and a lesbian |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #90 |
100. Thanks for the condescension |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. I liked his response |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. ...and gee |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #100 |
115. So, biased outrage in regard to women being murdered doesn't please you? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
108. And you'd be perfectly wrong for interpreting my OP that way. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
143. Feel free to read post #140, if you'd care t take the time to. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
84. OK, "cultural relativist" apologists, answere me this: |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. The answer to your #1 is unequivocally NO. |
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murloc (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #87 |
124. Killing a child isnt comparable to eating a ham sandwich |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #124 |
165. No it isn't. But not all people agree with you and me on this point. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #165 |
177. I'll make it easy for you |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Colonialist! (j/k; n/t) |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. No joking / kidding on this one, please. A young girl has been murdered, and there's no joking |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. True, though those who'd defend the murderers are jokes to *me*.. (n/t) |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
91. Many of the people in that region seem to hold grudges for |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
96. Sickening |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
102. why now? |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. "It's not new" - so no big deal, huh |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #102 |
110. Why now? Because it happned NOW. Next question? Do you have anything to contribute |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #102 |
113. What if you knew her? |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. What if you knew the tens of thousands who die of cancer, |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #117 |
122. This is terribly sad. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #117 |
136. Compare it to the "epidemic" of child molestation going on in |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
103. Why do I keep seeing the word "catapult" in this thread and all over DU tonight? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #103 |
155. The Reason You See It, Sir |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. Thank you, Mr M. That explained it quite clearly. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. My Pleasure, Sir |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #155 |
170. Eloquent and right on the button, as always |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Thank You, Ma'am |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #155 |
176. Right On Magistrate! |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #176 |
193. Thank You, Ma'am |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
114. Amen. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. thsi is Thanks, m'dear. I have to go to bed now, but I appreciate the K&R. This a subject |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
118. just came back from shakespeare's gory Titus Andronicus |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-18-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
123. Murder is murder |
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Az_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
126. their honor is right up there with the bush crime family... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
130. Ask whay they showed this on TV and you will come to some different conclusions? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #130 |
144. Uh-huh. A MSM outlet tries to expose a despicable practice, and it's just PROPAGANDA? |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #130 |
156. I thought the video showing was inappropriate, but |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. Well, I'm not so sure about that myself, BB. Maybe if people actualy SEE it happen, they might |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:50 PM Original message |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
139. This is sickening |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #139 |
162. Finally. I read through almost the entire thread and find where we can take positive action. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
140. By the way, everyone: When I said "see how real men act," I meant this: |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #140 |
160. Cool |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #160 |
163. Thank you for that post. I understand what you say about "real men." That said, |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #163 |
181. "real man NEVER lays a hand on a woman" |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
145. K & R |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
152. I saw the video on CNN...I wish I hadn't... |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
161. If you want to do something about it |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #161 |
164. I'll check it out, thank you. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
169. You tell 'em, Redstone. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
172. Kicking again, Redstone. Thanks for this. |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #172 |
192. Bingo |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
173. (cut to Godfather scene with Sonny and brother-in-law on the NY street) |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
174. it is the same in any number of Arab countries |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #174 |
188. This is about the girl, not Iraq. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
182. I think what they did was wrong, but I doubt they'd give a shit about what we think is wrong. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #182 |
183. I don't respect them |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-24-07 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
194. they should get their penis cut off and be left to die in pain |
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