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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-04-07 06:34 PM
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He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.
And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Odd, perhaps, for a professed liberal to quote a crazed misogynist like Nietzsche, yet this quip seems appropriate for both the Democratic Party and for the nation in a time of moral stupidity crisis regarding torture.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-04-07 06:36 PM
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1. it certainly does. n/t
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-04-07 06:43 PM
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4. hadn't expected to get a positive comment on this from you,
but thanks.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-04-07 06:47 PM
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5. sure
but might I suggest that you don't understand where I'm coming from?
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-04-07 06:48 PM
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6. that's certainly possible.
I'm all ears, though.
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Blashyrkh Donating Member (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-04-07 06:40 PM
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2. Why quote someone you have no respect for?
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-04-07 06:42 PM
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3. the DLC has taught me well to take the good where I find it.
:silly:
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