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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:36 AM Original message |
Posting on DU During A Disaster - Some Thoughts |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thoughtful post. Thank you. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Yes...hence my final line. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. A suggestion, and one I shared with Skinner. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. I don't see how dark humor here compares to how the assholes on the right are reacting |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I was actually hoping for a reply to the content of what I said. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. kr |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. K & R. It is very strange to see the glee in some people's posts dicussing nuclear meltdowns. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks MM. k&r |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. I wuv you - marry me, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'm pretty sure my wife would object, but I can check... |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. I just checked with my husband |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
60. My wife says it's OK, as long as you do the laundry. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. Black humor is often a coping mechanism. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Is posting that black humor where suffering people can read them a necessary part? nt |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. How do you define suffering people? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. If you post it on the internet, you're going out of your way to find them. n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yes, but it needn't always be shared in public. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. I'm pretty sure we got some wires crossed here. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. People make jokes *with friends whose involvement and mood they know* |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. DUers are friends too. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. You know the mood and involvement of perhaps 10,000 active DUers? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. I imagine that depends on the emotional response of those who hear it... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. Only posts belittling Anti-Nuclear activists are appropriate.... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Actually, no. I am an anti-nuclear activist, and have been one |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. People react in different ways to different events, |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. And the teabaggers are reacting in THEIR way to stress, too. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. And that has what to do with what I said? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. What does it have to do? EXCUSES. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Ah, so speaking about what I know, speaking with an experience few here have, |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Smoke screen, and you know it. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Ahh, so my experience in the field is a smoke screen? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Most people understand there is a difference between intellectual knowledge |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Project much? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Projection. *I'm* trying to dominate you... Right. Thank you for the perfect illustration. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. As you know, I'm in no position to censor anyone on DU. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. As you say, you are posting suggestions, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Indeed, you are correct. Self-censorship is just another way |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. No, you and I both know you're going beyond "thoughtfulness" |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. This is the divide... often between generations. In general, older people were brought up with |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Deleted message |
NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Those damn kids and their free speech |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Actually, in your disdainful reply, you are getting close to the truth. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Yes, free speech and peace can go together |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. If you have the sensitivity to other people that is necessary for PEACE, but then do what hurts othe |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. My actions speak louder than words |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. This generation want to believe that words don't hurt. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. No, insisting that there's a divide between generations is tearing down peace |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. YES!! ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY!! |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Ah, and I see the rest of my post has been selectively ignored |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Being homeless myself, I focused on one point... yet you don't hear it. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Alright, that restraint I talked about? I'm about to lose it all |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. IF that is actually true, then you should know better. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Have fun with your bigoted view of young people... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Did you know Thomas Jefferson? I am in awe, didn't know you were that old. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. I think your posts here disparage young people, and unfairly so |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. It *is* a generational thing, and if you want to blame me, have at it. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. blame you for what? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Yes, you blamed it on ME. It IS a generational thing, if you are willing to listen to OTHERS. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Nobody? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. If I or others of my generation would now say just that, what we would get back is laughter |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. *what* did I blame on you? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. I wholeheartedly agree n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
85. You know nothing about me, to be quite frank. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
56. Suggestions we consider others and we try to be kind is "censoring"? Huh |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. No, suggesting that we only post fact based pieces, when no such pieces actually exist |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I see this list as much more than "only fact based pieces". |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Correct. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. You're right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. . |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. Actually, I find the end of the world hysteria |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
21. Additional thought: If you are watching television with you fingers on the keyboard.... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
32. #8) Have I googled snopes.com to ensure it's not a fake |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
34. hell you could apply those to daily chit chat at the feed store |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
49. Thanks. I've been staying away for just that reason. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
50. "Imagination is more important than intelligence" |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. Nice thought. Will anyone remember this when hurricane season starts? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
87. I will remember it. I have never been anything but concerned and |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
57. dupe |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
61. thank you. I am sick of some people who giggle at this all |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
64. Excellent post. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
65. Thanks to everyone for their comments. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
70. I think there is a place for wild speculation and even a bit of panic as a coping mechanism |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
74. And wait until the disaster is over before you declare nuclear power is safe. |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
76. I generally agree with what you post but the fact remains |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
78. apology |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. OK. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
88. Heck...maybe those questions should be asked for any post... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
89. You take something personal and take it out on DU. |
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