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Shalom Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:40 AM
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To fight, or not to fight - that is the question.....
To fight, or not to fight: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
.
.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin?

Wm. Shakespeare
Hamlet Act III, Scene 1

(Pardon me for the change from "to be or not to be"...)
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liam97 Donating Member (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:46 AM
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1. From Jon Bonifaz
"For the dignity of our nation; and for the dignity of ourselves; and for the memory of those who struggled before us, we must choose to fight."
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Shalom Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:48 AM
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2. Right Answer, & Very Eloquent ! nt
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EMunster Donating Member (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:56 AM
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3. The oedipal complex aside, isn't Hamlet's flipflopping here going to....


...leave us a little exposed? Did you run this by a focus group?
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liam97 Donating Member (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:58 AM
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4. Can we
raise money for an ad in the MSM with this quote and a catalogue of irregularities in Ohio?
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Shalom Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:59 AM
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6. I Did, But They Couldn't Make a Decision !! ;-) nt
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EMunster Donating Member (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 01:02 PM
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8. He was "for being" until he was "against being"...that's the question....


I thought I'd say it before some freeper did...
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Razorback_Democrat Donating Member (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:58 AM
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5. We Fight!
To not fight is to give up!

To give up is to let fascism take over in the form of a Theocratic Fascist state.

We can't allow that to happen.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 12:55 PM
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7. Shalom Hamlet is my favorite from Shakepeare
These lines have gone through my head over and over since Nov 5th or so

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?

Fight. It's definitely time to fight.
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Shalom Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 01:08 PM
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9. Great Minds Think Alike, texaspatriot!
I thought these lines actually matched what's happening right now:


the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns...
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 01:10 PM
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10. And you are so right my friend. Injustice, Corruption, Betrayal
Hamlet knew them too.
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