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Are_grits_groceries

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:20 PM
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Vonnegut had it right....

Amen!

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Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:26 PM
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1. My Dad told me there was just a single sin

To knowingly hurt another being.

If you think about it, that covers everything bad and wrong. He really screwed me up, because he told me this at my most highly imprintable moment. My whole life has been attempting to resolve the cognitive dissonance from early on when apparently others did not have parents that taught them the same thing.

There is an empathy gene. Dogs have a sense of fairness.

We are losing the identifier that COULD distinguish us as a species.

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xxqqqzme

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:26 PM
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2. And that - pardon me Bill Maher,

is a very OLD rule!

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Are_grits_groceries

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:44 PM
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3. One of the oldest! nt

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midnight

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Mon Sep-28-09 06:27 PM
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4. K&R.

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Forkboy

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Mon Sep-28-09 06:36 PM
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5. He had a lot of things right.

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spanone

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Mon Sep-28-09 06:46 PM
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6. k&r.....

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Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Mon Sep-28-09 10:28 PM
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7. kick

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Ramulux

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Mon Sep-28-09 10:40 PM
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8. He knows his stuff

If everyone read Kurt Vonnegut, there would be world peace. Its that simple. You cant read "Cats Cradle" and then decide to go fuck with someone.

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Are_grits_groceries

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Tue Sep-29-09 04:48 AM
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9. Truth! nt

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saltpoint

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Tue Sep-29-09 04:58 AM
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10. Agree. CATS CRADLE is one of the most potent arguments for social

justice and world peace there is.

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