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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 09:26 PM Original message |
Racism on the DU. What do we do about it? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 09:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Why do you say that? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. So ... exactly how, SPECIFICALLY, is that post racist?? |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Fair question, I'm putting the response together. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Compare the video Atman posted .... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
72. Link was broken on above post |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. ..and The Video of the girl.. point#1 |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I must be dense. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Not dense, Tahiti, but if you haven't been the target of prejudice... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Well, I don't know if there's anyone who's not encountered prejudice. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. What makes this specific video so bad... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
54. This post didn't make it last night when my battery died.. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Then when I called him on the post being racist, this is the reply |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. I replied with what I saw as racism SPECIFICALLY.... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Then dhinojosa jumped in... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Thanks, BTW for the question. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. You're welcome, of course. I only have one caution ... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I don't live my life according to other people's rules. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Well of course |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Maybe I'm just not up on my collection of stereotypes. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Perhaps you are not aware of the racist stereotypes of Black women |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Thank you. Very good information. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:03 AM Original message |
To link the video in the first place is where things went wrong... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. To link the video in the first place is where things went wrong... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Well, I guess the discussion is over. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Clarification, I'm not saying that YOU intended any racism... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Except the fact that they are negative stereotypes... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Actually what you need to realize is |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, I gathered it had been a heated round.... |
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VoiceOfFreedom (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You wanna become part of the solution instead of becoming the problem????? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. My thoughts. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I think it goes back to the time of "clans" when life was really violent.. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. "We are all alike" ... and we're all unique. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
76. Not to mention you guys will probably all drive each other crazy |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Im curious. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I follow the educate point, but who knows the truth? |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Hey, Voice, welcome to DU |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
42. See, there is the rub... |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
79. Speaking for myself |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. I hear what you are saying... |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Alert on a post you feel is innapropriate. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I believe I did alert on it, the day it was posted |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Is there a problem? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, we can engage people in conversation and ask them questions |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I'd rather declare my own wondrous moral superiority. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. I get what you're saying in a general sense... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. i missed that particular thread..... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. Lucky you. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Speaking of the Irish, back when the troubles were happening |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
46. Yeah, it's back to US and THEM... |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
35. I have 4 year olds... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. I've always liked this saying, don't know where it came from... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
49. So do you think it's mostly mothers that get what I mean here? |
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Boredtodeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:42 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Yes and yes |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
75. Very true. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #75 |
87. People are too busy blaming the mother. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. Change human nature... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Just my own, Jack... |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
51. I may be off base |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Thanks for some really good imput, Ken. |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
82. great post |
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bruin303 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. I strongly disagree with that last remark |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Alerting the Mods isn't crying teacher, though... |
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bruin303 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. point taken. |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
81. my point was |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
53. "Walking the dog" |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. ???? |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Someone near the video camera, maybe the guy filming, said |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Oh. |
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bruin303 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
57. Go see the movie "crash" |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Have you ever seen "The Long Walk Home" ? |
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bruin303 (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Haven't seen that one.. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. BTW Welcome to DU!! |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. Welcome to DU, bruin303... |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
62. What would your reaction have been if the people in the video were white? |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. OK, let's think it through. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. Racist stereotyping |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
63. Are we talking about actual racist comments or RACIAL comments? |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Hey, Fate! Hawaii! |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I'll have to watch the video and decide for myself then. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Try to find the full video of the 5 year old. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I also goofed in posting from the old post. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
77. I supported the school's decision to call the cops |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. I thought many of the |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. I find it hard |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. I don't think this issue is divided by race |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Not one of my |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 09:17 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Obviously, |
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Tomee450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Indeed!! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. And we teachers |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
80. I have seen |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-05 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
85. All talk and no action makes jack a dull boy |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-15-05 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
92. Just one |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
94. Maybe I just don't get it! |
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