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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 08:42 AM
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Rest in hell, Ian Smith
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/world/africa/21smith.html?ref=africa

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Ian Smith, the former prime minister of Britain’s rebellious colony of Rhodesia, who once promised that white rule in Africa would endure for 1,000 years, died yesterday in South Africa. He was 88.
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The sheer arrogance of some people.
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 08:46 AM
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1. yeah, really arrogant of him to go and die like that
sorry, but that is the way your post reads... :)
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slor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:00 AM
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2. His post reads right to me...
an asshole passed away, and humankind is a little better off for it.
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papercut Donating Member (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:38 AM
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3. I think you mean *roast* n/t
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1932 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:45 AM
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4. He should send Kissinger and Cheney post cards letting them know what to exepect down there.
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SharkSquid Donating Member (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:47 AM
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5. I believe in redemption for all.
Was he unrepentant until death. Were you at his bedside, did he carp about white rule with his last dying breath... ok

stop being an asshole, gravedancing is in very poor taste.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:55 AM
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6. Hopefully Mugabe is not to far behind.
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