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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 01:52 AM Original message |
PC is just another form of censorship and repression. Discuss. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. You don't know what PC is. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Well said! |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 07:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. As long as those words aren't being predetermined for you. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I don't agree with anything you said. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. That doesn't surprise me at all. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I am simply explaining PC, not redefining it. You are too used to |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. You have no idea what I am or am not used to. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I made no assumptions about you in any way at all. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. "You are too used to hearing it defined by people who want to destroy it." |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. That's a comment based on your post, not on any assumptions |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. You can't be having the same conversation I am. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Yeah, cause everyone else is having so much trouble understanding my |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Yes, please go. - n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Indeed. I've always said that being politically correct simply implies |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Yes. I don't like labels, in general, not even positive ones. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
68. In other words, what the RW has derided as "PC" is simply... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. Thanks. nt |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
92. Right wing knuckle-draggers also blame Lenin and Marx too. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
81. Well put. Thanks....n/t |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Huh? |
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felman87 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. Political Correctness? I say f**k it! |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Huh What are you talking about? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Well, from their blog: |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Hmmm, looks like calling women "bitch" is a common theme. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Not exactly progressive on choice issues... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. My, my, my. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I think you got the "little" part right. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Bitch. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That's not very politically correct of you! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. "you always turned down my date proposals" |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Women are from Venus. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Oh yes |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. And you know what else? |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Oh no they don't |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. dupe |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
56. Well that's just plain sexist, not politically incorrect |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
78. Lovely |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
80. nice ripoff of Maddox, assmonkey |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. PC is graciousness and politeness to me, not censorship. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Exactly. It's also used to squash an argument. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well...and I may completely fuck this up... |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yeh. Gods hate gays on T shirts |
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terminal_concept (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. You can't define it. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. What media said that? |
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terminal_concept (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. the corporate IOW all of them |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Deleted message |
NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. You can't talk about Christianity in the media? |
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terminal_concept (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:16 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. obviously a misunderstanding |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
65. Hi terminal_concept!! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. Your subject line is a reich wing talking point. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The definitive post. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I "chastise" them every chance I get. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Exactly, which is why... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Um, we HAVE been discussing them. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Bill Hicks was a liberal. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The bigots want to have their hate speech protected. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. And that's the funny thing. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I haven't figured that one out yet. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
62. Because I am really lazy, maybe I can be of help. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
85. We tell them to go fuck themselves. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
14. I dunno. Sometimes it can border on the ridiculous when exaggerated. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. If you don't give a shit about being "politically correct" |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. PC is sooooo 1990s! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
88. my thoughts exactly |
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Ignoramus (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. The phrase PC is a phrase used to crush expressions of caring |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
34. What's with the RW talking points today? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Unfortunately, nanny state-ism is a real impulse on the part of some. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
44. Anti-PC is the new PC. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
45. The first time I heard the phrase was in the mid-'80s |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
46. Nonsense. |
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klyon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
47. It is about respect |
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quickesst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 07:16 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. PC... |
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klyon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
90. because of the Golden Rule |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
49. PC is a trick of the Right |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
50. Truth. A long time ago, people were able to lighten up and have fun. |
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Iniquitous Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
52. PC is a term coined by the right |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. Not really. |
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Iniquitous Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
87. Do you have a source to site? |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
54. I see nothing wrong with it |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
55. Well fuck it. I'm always politically correct! |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
58. In all honesty, about the only times I hear "anti-PC" comments |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #58 |
69. In all honesty, about the only times I hear "anti-PC" comments... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
71. PC is the scourge of all who like free speech. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. "PC" is a RW frame designed to ridicule the Democratic value of... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Being courteous does not require the ephemism diarrhea PC causes. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. The dogma... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. The race article on Wiki says only 16% of biolgists think race is a... |
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Ignoramus (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
82. This is a fundamental concept to understand reactionary politics... |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
84. Like many of our freedoms, the 'nose test' applies here. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
86. Can someone please cite an example of a non-PC statement |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
89. People think they are open-minded |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
91. PC is the word police |
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