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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:47 AM Original message |
NC School bans US Flag (among others) |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Seems fair. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh yeah. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. School motto: We're not happy until you're not happy. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. Two words: |
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KeineAhnung (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Say goodbye to common sense n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Would you care to elaborate on your comment? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. "Keine Ahnung", translated, mean's "I have no idea" |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Squatch, translated, means "no sense of irony." |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. If the students fight and argue over the various flags, then |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. If students fight and argue over various gym equipment, then |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Wrong. Stupid analogy. Gym equipment has no inherent political commentary |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. So you're saying kids shouldn't comment on politics? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Um, no. That's not what I'm saying in the least. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. And then, by extension, you're saying it's perfectly acceptable |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. No, by extension I'm not saying that. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Oh, really? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Deleted message |
Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
73. Once more, for the slow learners in the back of the class: |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
87. You may surprised to learn that the Nazi flag in this country |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. You didn't explain what was stupid about the analogy. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. The 1st amendment applies to political speech/content and not |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. You're kidding, right? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Okay, you try to make a constitutional argument for gym equipment |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I wear a shirt saying "I like Nautilus brand gym equipment" |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. "Some guy" is not the government of the US |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I understand that you're flat out wrong. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. "So you're saying the government can ban non-political speech?" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Hey, it's pretty much a direct quote. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. The political content of the t-shirts means it is a 1st amendment issue |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. ROFLMAO |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. "So now you're saying the 1st amendment protects the right to wear flags from foriegn countries?" |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
85. Doesn't matter. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
76. Here's more common sense |
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Dollface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why is any country's flag banned in the first place? Seems it would improve geography scores. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I wonder if they ban non-country flags |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
80. Knowing the locale, I'd bet it's because of conflicts between those |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Were confederate flags allowed? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. There have been problems with the wearing of that flag too. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Good, I take it that the U.S. Flag is allowed at the front of each classroom |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Students can't WEAR any flags |
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Dollface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Do gangs have flags? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is the kind of PC assclownery that makes "progressives" look stupid |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Absolutely. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You think people in charge at that school are "progressives?" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. If not over-the-top progressives they are spineless wimps |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Sounds like the work of conservatives to me. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. A significant portion of the names on the school's faculty list look Cherokee |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. I see two people with the last name "barefoot." |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. native american origins |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Yeah, and maybe Ellis Herring the custodian is a fish. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Umm |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Are you? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
82. Yes, probably a "Red" Herring at that |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. My guess for the whole start of this commotion.... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Yes, that is the most likely scenario. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. There would be nothing wrong with a policy that allowed US flags only |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Banning the WEARING of the US flag as a clothing item -- |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. There'd be nothing wrong with a policy that allowed US flags only? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Zee school vill haf nozing but US flags on zee clothes! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. They display the US flag on the flag pole in front of the school |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Why not? Because that would be stupid? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Freedom of expression is limited in school |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Huh? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Yes, if it's causing discipline problems it makes perfect sense |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. If it's causing discipline problems... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Uh...because it's illegal? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
83. Because WHAT is illegal? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. No...students harassing other students because they are wearing flags from other countries is |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Actually, there would be quite a bit wrong with that policy. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. The policy the Board has adopted is going to cause them a heap of trouble |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Absolutely it's a terrible decision. However banning all flags except the US flag would be a |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Banning foriegn flags IS the stupid decision. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. I'll agree with that second statement, wholeheartedly. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is so stupid - on so many levels. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I agree. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
46. And kids can't wear flags from other countries because . . . ? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Because if God had wanted people to come from other countries |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Apparently, it riles up the FReeper-spawn, who then cause trouble. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. Exactly. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
62. It would be interesting to know what the offending flag(s) was/were |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
67. Who wants to bet that this will be the lead story on every FOX News program this evening |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. BillO will undoubtedly be on fire about it, with the wrong facts |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I'm predicting that this will be the script for Bill's coverage |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
79. But being Sampson County NC, you can bet |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
81. Isn't NC the first new National ID card with the North American Union on it? |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
84. i'd be far more offended had the decision been to allow only US flags |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Even handed approach but the least desirable even-handed option |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
88. I smell lawsuit... |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
89. I like it. Flags kill. |
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