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Old 11-09-2008, 10:41 AM   #1
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Heal the divides that have held back our progress. Stop being part of the problem.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

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Old 11-09-2008, 10:59 AM   #2
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Heal the divides that have held back our progress. Stop being part of the problem.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

(It's performance #6 of Godspell for me today, Sunday matinee)
For I say to Ye, that we shall welcome our enemies with open arms, which leaves our legs free to kick them in the balls if they turn out to be assholes.

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Old 11-09-2008, 12:23 PM   #3
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Forgive those that trespass against you... but never forget their names.
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Old 11-09-2008, 12:29 PM   #4
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Heal the divides that have held back our progress. Stop being part of the problem.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

(It's performance #6 of Godspell for me today, Sunday matinee)
I'm going to try to be better on this. Someone felt compelled to burn a cross about 5 miles from here in the yard of a pair of local potters. Time to trade love for fear.
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Old 11-09-2008, 03:51 PM   #5
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I'm going to try to be better on this. Someone felt compelled to burn a cross about 5 miles from here in the yard of a pair of local potters. Time to trade love for fear.
What target group did the potters fall under?
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Old 11-09-2008, 05:57 PM   #6
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African-American man with a Jewish wife...
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Old 11-09-2008, 06:22 PM   #7
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African-American man with a Jewish wife...
Yikes. In Western PA. They should have been putting up barbed wire the minute the moving truck left.

I'm not saying that all or even most of the residents of Western PA are inbred, racist, m******rs. I am saying that the percentage goes from 'almost zero' to 'statistically significant' the further west you go.

Have you ever had trouble, Griff?
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Old 11-09-2008, 07:32 PM   #8
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White Jewish Wife.
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Yikes. In Western PA. They should have been putting up barbed wire the minute the moving truck left.

I'm not saying that all or even most of the residents of Western PA are inbred, racist, m******rs. I am saying that the percentage goes from 'almost zero' to 'statistically significant' the further west you go.

Have you ever had trouble, Griff?
Actually this is Susquehanna County in NEPA. The Klan was active in neighboring Bradford County 30 years ago, but I don't remember anything like this happening here. I've never had any problems, but they don't come much whiter than me.
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Old 11-11-2008, 06:24 PM   #9
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I'm going to try to be better on this. Someone felt compelled to burn a cross about 5 miles from here in the yard of a pair of local potters. Time to trade love for fear.
WoW, that is scary as hell. There are some crazy people out there. I have not heard of any cross burnings down here in GA and you would think that would be a rampant act given the sterotypes of people in the South. What is the world coming to?
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Old 11-11-2008, 10:33 PM   #10
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The Springfield Massachusetts D.A., has determined the predominately black Church under construction, that burned down a few hours after Obama was declared the winner, was arson... but, not a hate crime.
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Old 11-12-2008, 08:40 PM   #11
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The Springfield Massachusetts D.A., has determined the predominately black Church under construction, that burned down a few hours after Obama was declared the winner, was arson... but, not a hate crime.
No way! They only have racists in the South. Come on man, you know that. All those blue states voted for Obama. Who ever it was must have been from Alabama or Georgia or South Carolina.
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Old 11-15-2008, 07:02 AM   #12
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They caught the cross-burning asshats. Hang 'em high.
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Old 11-15-2008, 12:52 PM   #13
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WoW, that is scary as hell.
More like pathetic.
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