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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:01 AM Original message |
Does Evil exist? Do you know it when you see it? How do you |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. I would say Evil looks like David Warner in Time Bandits. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. hmmm... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. In what respect, Charlie? |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. yes. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. There's a little evil inside all of us |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. you think? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Sociology |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. is it just a theory? not a proven fact? n/t |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I don't know. I'm pretty relative about my moral relativism. |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. does one get paid |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. yes. no. no way. no how. |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. OK by me |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. I know bad things happen... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. what would you call it? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I don't know. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. what caused human nature? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'm guessing genetics and instincts. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. is there such a thing as a "higher power"? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I don't think so. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. perhaps the "want to" is, indeed, the belief and the doubt is |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
87. No. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. okie-dokie, artiechokie... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Am I missing something? |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. ~ |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. Yes, I do think evil exists. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. would you consider the act of telling lies |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. No. That is just being an asshole and dishonest. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. did you ever read M. Scott Peck's book "People of the Lie"? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. that was a chilling book n/t |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. No. But that sounds like an interesting book. I read "The Road Less Traveled" |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Yes. I read it. n/t |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yes it does exist, and I know it when I notice the goatee its wearing... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. Not as an entity... but there are acts of wrongness that are severe enough to warrant the label |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. what caused these "acts of wrongness" to happen? n/t |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
81. usualy some jerk |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. Yes, I think it does |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Yes. |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. Now I have an earworm |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. what is that? a song? who does it? do you have a YouTube link? |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
83. Yes and yes |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. OMG!!! |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
31. "...let others ignore what they may, |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. correct! |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
32. Are you asking if we believe in "the devil"? nt |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. actions of evil...permeating through out. -- |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
84. Well, psychopaths exist. Is that evil or just a psychological condition? nt |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. psychopaths, sociopaths...tah-mae-toh/ tah-mah-toh -- |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Evil! |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Do you really exist? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
37. You sure ask a lot of questions. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. yeah. I do. |
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gabby garcia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
41. yes it exists |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. most definitely. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
43. There is no question evil exists. We all know it when we see it. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. No, Read the whole thread...some of us do not believe it...and |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:38 AM Original message |
I did read the thread...and stand by my post |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
53. I question this statement of yours: |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Point taken. I hadn't given that remark enough thought |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. ~ |
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Z_I_Peevey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
44. Absolutely it exists. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Yes, Especially this part -- |
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gabby garcia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. What about fighting evil? |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. well ... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
50. I think of evil as badness done deliberately for no valid reason. And I'm not always good at |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. ~ |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
51. Yes evil exists. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I don't think all of us are so out of tune that we don't see it. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
52. Answers: |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. that last sentence ... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
59. This is not evil.. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Barnabas !!... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Not there yet... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. ok. let me know what you think ... |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
60. To me the word "evil" implies a distinct force or power. I suppose |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. please don't take this wrong...but -- |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #63 |
78. I suppose the phrase |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. ~ |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
62. evil exists |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Thanks...I think I will buy it this week-end --- |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. his writing is tough, but this one's not such a hard read |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. please refer to #25 in this thread ...are you familiar? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. never heard of it |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
72. I dealt with it by voting for Barack Obama (and also for Kerry & Gore) |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. --- |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
73. Yes, I think evil does exist. Wasn't Hitler evil? Will good triumph? |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Epic Scale |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
74. I have observed what I think was demon possession |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. yes... |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
80. Evil actions exist, but evil people do not. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. wrong. -- |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
82. If this isn't evil then nothing is! |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. uhmmmm... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
85. Yes, there's Evil. Its name is Monsanto. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. agreed... |
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