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malaise

(269,036 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:23 PM Apr 2019

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9/11 cannot be compared with this Notre Dame fire

Both were painful - 3,000 people died in 2001. A country was attacked. We lost a beautiful cathedral - an object of history.

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9/11 cannot be compared with this Notre Dame fire (Original Post) malaise Apr 2019 OP

Any two things can be compared. Goodheart Apr 2019 #1

Are people doing that? uppityperson Apr 2019 #2

Yes malaise Apr 2019 #4

This post may not be perceived the way it was meant. Renew Deal Apr 2019 #3

Goodheart

(5,325 posts)

1. Any two things can be compared.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:24 PM

Apr 2019

They can't be EQUATED.

Sorry, pet peeve of mine.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

2. Are people doing that?

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:25 PM

Apr 2019

malaise

(269,036 posts)

4. Yes

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:40 PM

Apr 2019

and not just on DU

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)

3. This post may not be perceived the way it was meant.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 06:25 PM

Apr 2019

I wouldn’t put the two events in the same post.

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