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Old 12-19-2011, 12:06 PM   #1
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And the death of a hero...

Let’s not forget to honor the memory of Vaclav Havel, the playwright turned national leader who led the 1989 Velvet Revolution that toppled communism in Czechoslovakia. Havel died this weekend at the age of 75 from a repertory ailment first contracted during one of his periods of imprisonment under the old communist rule. Vaclav Havel was surely as great or greater a hero as Kim was a villain.
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Old 12-19-2011, 12:28 PM   #2
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"respiratory ailment"
jus sayin.
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Old 12-19-2011, 12:34 PM   #3
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It was just one of the illnesses in his repertoire.
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Old 12-19-2011, 02:24 PM   #4
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"respiratory ailment"
jus sayin.
Spell check done me rong!
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Spell Czech done me rong!
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Old 12-19-2011, 05:54 PM   #6
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Vaclav Havel was surely as great or greater a hero as Kim was a villain.
ditto that
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