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oblivious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:02 PM Original message |
NYT: re evangelical megachurch for youth (see pic) |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cult-like, mass hysteria |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Baa baaa BAA baa BAAA! |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. ROTFLMAO!!! Awesome graphic you have there!!! |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Right-click on it and check properties |
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Peter Frank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. I already did... |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kids today...Wtf? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm speechless.... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. No, I don't really think so |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I dunno, TG... The Beatles preached love, tolerance and individualism... |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I hear you, Tom |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I never cared about parental approval |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. you have exceptional parents |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Yep |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. I agree and disagree.... I started rebelling in the 7th grade.... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Yep |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #53 |
74. Ah, Tom..I know you well |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
76. Stone |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. huh? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh my zorb...read this: |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Of course they aren't |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wish I would have met |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. If their parents knew they would |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. There's so much, um, 'teenage tension' in that room... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. How does one recognize real Inspiration when one sees/experiences it? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. time to look up the "shakers" and the |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. Yes |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. All I can say is "One day at band camp..." |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Actually, the wildest kids at my stepdaughter's school ARE those! |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. I was a Jesus Freak in HS. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. You can praise Jesus through karaoke now? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. My friend and I walked into a restaurant one Sunday |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Cultish indoctrination works.. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That is one of the sad things about it . . . . |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. There are some out there |
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rudeboy666 (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Anti-Religious Bigotry? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Naw, just being able to recognize cult behavior. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. No... it's the recruitment of children, cult-style. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. How do you know these kids didn't choose to be there? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
66. It's more complicated than that. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
94. And they try to lure kids from other churches as well |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
48. Oh yes |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. Post a picture of people acting the same way at, say, a Santeria ritual, |
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Imagine My Surprise (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. This type of thing is not new...David Wilkerson, back in 60's... |
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Imagine My Surprise (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Not to mention nutcase Arthur Blessit who traveled the country with a huge |
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scarletlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. Conversions based on highly emotional states generally won't |
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Imagine My Surprise (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Come to think of it... |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You're right about that. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Wow, really? |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. I think it will be interesting |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. HOW is this different than CULTS??? |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. More Members |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. There is an awful lot of pent up energy |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. What happened to the "Deprogramming" people who... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. The more of this I see the more I think I should become a preacher. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. I went to one of those. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. That's why I like to keep things simple |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. It's why we changed churches. |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #64 |
90. I've always thought that worship was mean to be respectful. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. there is something very Un RockNRoll about this |
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PatriotGames (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bwahaha! Learn 'em young so they can send more money when... |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. cult |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. my question: why don't you get pictures like this out of EUROPE? |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. There were pictures like this taken in Europe... |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 08:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
73. ooooh, great point n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #73 |
96. A German-born colleague at one of the places I taught |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
77. Actuall the NEW WINE movement in the UK |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
54. I presume they mean New Life here in CS, but I don't see anyone I know... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. . |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
59. Personnaly, I don't have a problem with this. If kids can become |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Agreed |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. Colorado Springs |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
62. Where are the snakes? |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. They're too busy |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Wrong denomination. |
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DemGirl7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
63. looks like the next generation of Pod People |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
65. What effin idiots! These people make me sick. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #65 |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
69. This is almost the antithesis of me. |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
70. Kudos to those who want to be there. I didn't. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
71. Jim Jones, call your office . . . n/t |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
72. Can you imagine the screaming and |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
75. Some of you folks ought to be ashamed of yourselves. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #75 |
80. yes, the poor persecuted minority |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Absolutely indidiuous response. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. The photo may be apolitical, but the story is not. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. SO what's your point? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. This is all about training the next generation of Dobsons & Falwells. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. AN acute over-generalization. |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #75 |
81. what would i suggest christians do to express their faith? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:50 AM Response to Reply #75 |
83. What a false... uhh... 1, 2, 3, 4... quadrilemma! |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I never said it was perecution |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. No, it's not the only comeback. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. I HAVE NEVER called anything "PERSECUTION" |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #75 |
88. No, I don't want them in the public square |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. they haven't, however, ditched their own cultural insanities |
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jokerman93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
95. this is where |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
97. Locking. |
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