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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:53 PM Original message |
WHY did CBS just play Amazing Grace for the 9/11 victims? |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I take it as generic |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I agree. I'm not Christian and find it a beautiful hymn. |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought it was beautiful and entirely appropriate |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I think of manipulative christrianity when I hear it. |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. "grace" manipulative? |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's just a beautiful |
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luaneryder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. When I hear it I don't even |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Probably relatively few of the dead will be offended |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. What about their LIVING survivors who are not christian? |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I think most of them will be thinking about more important things |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I am offended for them, and myself, and anyone else in this country |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Ha ha ha ha. |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Good for you, I can also hold more than one thought |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Amen! |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Reminds me of people voicing individual protests vs. the DOT when the |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Thank you, You clearly "get it" |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. If Bush wins a second term |
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markomalley (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. How disgusting! |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. I cannot STAND "Amazing Grace"... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
56. Abide With Me |
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flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. it was used in a Star Trek movie also |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Hate to break it to you |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Sorry, but I LOL'd on that one. |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Um, shouldn't you notify me before you banish me from existence? |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. LOL! Sorry about that. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think there are a lot of things to be more offended about |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Actually, If I recall correctly... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. Playing it is always a cheap readymade way of eliciting emotion... |
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. Stop it. You're being ridiculous. |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Please see post #18 for a clearer explanation of how this is offensive to |
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. I hear what you're saying, |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I suspect it was not chosen to offend |
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I think you have to recognize that America, while in no way a theocracy |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. I understand your objections... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. Offensive? |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Yeah, that's what the Nazis said to those uptight Jews. |
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. OK. Call me a Nazi. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. was it sung? I thought it was just played as melody in background... |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. reminds me of the Mormons "saving" any sould they can find |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. That's why the Mormons are kick-ass geneaologists.- |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:23 PM Original message |
Quit yer friggin whining. What is CBS no supposed to be our friends? |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. We who??? |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. You know the rules - attack the subject generally, not the person! |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I think there are about 40,000 people registered here. |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
42. This is of substance. The subject is the barrage of propaganda to turn |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because they are keeping the fake "christian" vote alive. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. A few questions |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't care for the song myself, but I am not offended by its use... |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. If they aren't so blatantly Christ centered so as to make non-Christians |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. pick your battles |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. I once was involved in an International event in Mississippi.... |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 07:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Now THAT I find offensive.... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 07:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. My sentiments exactly. |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. It's constant |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 10:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. the next time |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. Let's not work overtime at being PC, what say? |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. as an atheist, , I have never understood this concept of "grace" |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Grace analogy... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-13-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. well, I guess the lack of response from the atheist |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. Amazing Grace has become the all-purpose hymn |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 09:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. I have always hated that song |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
53. Because people like it |
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MirrorAshes (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
54. Nobody had a problem with it at the DNC... |
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Citizen Daryl (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
57. I think it's a fairly generic song in American culture. |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
58. I thought that was a paid commercial......and I'm having a brain fart |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. If anyone else knows about this, I'd like to hear it |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I believe it said MorganStanley 2004 in the lower right hand corner. |
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FatSlob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. Officially: The most absurd post I've seen in a month. |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
63. Instead of attacking CBS, please let us get back to the..... |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-12-04 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
67. Divinely Inspired |
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68. How is this ... |
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