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ThisThreadIsSatire (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:19 AM Original message |
Crusader for Justice Dies of Apparent Suicide |
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ThisThreadIsSatire (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. I really want to know... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
2. Hey, there are a ton of people who unrec for the stupidest of reasons |
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ThisThreadIsSatire (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I never thought much... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Not a bad idea |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. I'm with you. I think unreccers should have to identify themselves to unrec. That way if they unrec |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
61. Those who Rec should also have to identify themselves. Fair is fair. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. I dont' think everyone should have to explain an unrec |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I've accidentally hit Unrec .. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Me, too -- a few times . . . just did it going for the "Rec" button ... also ... |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
70. I just did it in another thread. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Your "stupidest reason" may be a perfectly legitimate reason for hundreds of other DU'ers, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Well, not only masked "dissent" but also because it keeps a thread down and unseen . . . |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Exactly, defendandprotect. Which, sadly, is the point of the UNrec. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. It only "keeps a thread down" if a LOT of people unrec |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. No . . . because most times when I "Rec," I make a statement... post something ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
68. And it's OK to unrec for prejudice? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. UnRec has absolutely nothing with keeping a thread down. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. And all those hundreds of other DUers get their vote, too |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Wouldn't it be better to have "your say" . . . ??? To let people know what's on your mind? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Bu tthe argument that is being advanced here is this one |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
67. Well, we old foggies know there is value in a simple "I'm sorry" when |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Oh, no. Don't question the wisdom of the "UNREC" feature. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. It doesn't appear to me that you posted this for ego gratification |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. So, you are saying we shouldn't voice OUR opinion? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
65. Yes, it's common not to think about stuff until it happens to you. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Agree . . . it's kinda a secret hate vote . . . IMO -- |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Don't let the a-holes get you down... |
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ThisThreadIsSatire (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Thanks, but I want to challenge them... |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
1. I totally agree! If someone disagrees with a post enough to unrec it, they should have the decency |
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Aragorn (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. so you feel |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Rec to offset troll |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. how do you know it was a "troll"? |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Unrec is a disruptor's wildest wet dream. |
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Piewhacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. It wasn't me. Here is a rec for balance. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. The recs always win |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. Absolutely because any thread deserving of Recs will get them in measure. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. I think once people are made aware, they are all the more determined to |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. This kind of mischief is exactly WHY I was against the unrec feature from the beginning. |
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Ironman3476 (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. It's because I want my country baaaaack! |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Your user-name invites controversy |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. It may have been an accident. Unrec is near where Rec used to be. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
64. That's the joy of the unrec.....it gives cover to middle-schoolers. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. How sad... |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. I K&R!!! #6 |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. K&R |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. Tragic. |
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ThisThreadIsSatire (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. Will one of the at least 3 people |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
10. Rec'ing to offset the cowardly unrecs |
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ThisThreadIsSatire (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Thanks, and... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You're welcome |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. offset with another R. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. I Have A Feeling Some Jumped The Gun Without Reading, Thinking It Was A Tin Foil Thread. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. There's also the possibility that those who, like Gary Webb |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Chohhhhhhh Shoooooohhhhhhhhhh.... Chohhhhhhhhhhhh Shooooohhhhhhh |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Did you want to say something? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Ummmmm, No Genius. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Well, thanks for the compliment. I am far too humble to call |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. kick |
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taggline (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
17. sad |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. I have to admit that I assumed the thread was satire from the title. But I rec'd |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You have strange thought processes, if I may say so. I'm at a complete loss to understand |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Look at the name of the OP |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. "The thread title is (just) a news report", should give you a clue. Why "just"? Do you think the |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. No, that's just how people scan the page in many cases |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
72. I scan most posts, sometimes to my cost, but there's no way I would think |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. I suppose I do have strange thought processes. I also think that "threads |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
26. I grew up outside of Harrisburg |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'd rather believe and I do believe that he died from un- treated mental illness |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. Recommend. Very sad that the innocent-but-imprisoned have lost a champion. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. sometimes caring about others can kill you- |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. K & R |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
66. Congratulations to all who bring attention to UnRecs--you're giving them the attention they crave. |
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