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hi there friends. i am an ex athiest and im a putting togethter a book/blog for christians about understanding and then saving athiests. I PROMISE, I AM NOT TRYING TO SAVE YOU! but i would greatly appreciate your input.
like i said i used to be an athiest. actually i was more of an anti-christian. i was very thorough wile compiling my arsenal of anti-christian material, and was very articulate when fighting christians. i had a long list of great arguments against christianity, but i could use more.
lets face it. alot of christians are annoying, i agree, but the big idea here is that most christians have absolutely no concept of life without god. so they dont understand athiesim at all. one of the purposes of my book is to illustrate that athiests are not all terrible satanists. that alot of them are actually really good hearted people.
if you are willing to help me out i would appreciate it. if not, feel free to tell me to go to hell lol... please respond to the following 2 statements/questions
what is your best argument against jesus. not god, but jesus specifically????
what is the most annoying thing about christians? or what do you dislike about christians????
what is your best argument against jesus. not god, but jesus specifically????
This question makes me think you've been swayed by the C.S. Lewis "lord, liar, or lunatic" argument, which asserts that, given Jesus' claims, there are three possibilities: he was actually the son of God, he was lying about it, or he was insane. They then cite some scripture and make various arguments that eliminate liar and lunatic, so that he could only be (viola!) the one true Lord. I've heard many Christian media personalities claim that the most important question anyone can ask oneself is "who do I think Jesus was?", which is often a precursor to the LLL argument. My answer is that this is a false trichotomy (like a false dichotomy, but there are three options presented instead of two). There is, at least, a fourth L to be considered: legend. The Jesus story is a legend, much like King Arthur or Odysseus. It's not about assessing Jesus's personality, it's about whether we can believe the things we are told about him. Imagine applying the LLL argument to King Arthur—it would be a ridiculous thing to do because we don't assume the King Arthur legend is a factual historical account, even though it was likely based on real persons and events.
what is the most annoying thing about christians? or what do you dislike about christians????
I don't dislike the Christians I know and love in my everyday life, obviously. I do dislike that there are some opinions they hold that seem like they are the result of Christianity corrupting their thinking. I have a female co-worker, probably the nicest, happiest person I know, who occasionally says the most shockingly misogynisic things, like about how women are not as smart as men, or shouldn't be engaging in certain masculine activities, or how her husband makes the decisions about their money and lifestyle as the head of the household. She has also told me that they do not even have retirement accounts because they give most of their income to their church! It's disgusting, and so sad (they are nearly 40 and have three kids)! It almost goes without saying that she is homophobic (in the love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin kind of way).
One of my best friends, who knows I'm an atheist, has suggested I pray for help with a medical issue. My mother tries to give me books to read that look like interesting nonfiction, but are actually elaborate testimonials written by Christain authors. This is the kind of stuff I am annoyed by, but mostly am disappointed by. I love these people but why do they have to be so dumb in some ways? But I know why: they've bought into Christianity, they've cast their lot with this worldview, and it corrupts their thinking in subtle ways.
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Posted by Joanna Smith, Ottawa Bureau
Last week, the Toronto Star (specifically, political editor Colin MacKenzie, Ottawa bureau chief Bruce Campion-Smith and I) decided to solicit the views of the Quebec NDP caucus on the political future of Quebec and whether they had changed over time and, in particular, provide them with the opportunity to put on the record any past memberships in the Bloc Québécois and other federal or provincial parties.
The goal, as we noted in the questionnaire emailed to the 58 MPs (excluding Interim Leader Nycole Turmel, whose history is now well known), was to gain a better understanding of their perspectives in the hope of sparking a greater discussion on the issue. It was also, obviously, to try and avoid any more surprises like this one.
The exercise resulted in this story, which, to be honest and overly idealistic, was disappointing (although understandable given the heated reaction to the Turmel news, as NDP MP Pat Martin rightfully pointed out). Contrary to what Ottawa-based Le Devoir columnist Manon Corneiller wrote about my story two days before I actually wrote it, I was not on a "witch hunt". I wanted to learn directly from the MPs, and not from some future leak from the Bloc Québécois or some other source with an obvious agenda, where they stood in the past, where they stand now, and hear their explanation for any change of mind.
This is partly because my main issue with Turmel is not that she was a member of a sovereigntist party, or that she was a sovereigntist in the past (especially since, as I discovered while reporting on her role shaping NDP policy on Quebec in the late 1990s, it seems she was not). It is that she did not find that information relevant, even when asked during the election campaign about her 2006 endorsement of Bloc candidates as president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada and appears not to understand just how big a deal that is outside Quebec.
But in a broader way, it was because I believe it is time for an adult conversation about this issue. As a native Quebecer (and a proud one, at that), I do have a grasp of how things are different in Quebec. I am also keenly aware of how many people in the rest of Canada know or understand very little about it. I remember meeting a new co-worker on the first day of my new job in Toronto, who a scant three minutes after we exchanged names asked me if I was a "separatist". I also remember hiking in British Columbia when a man who had just moved there from China told me, in a thick, halting accent, that I spoke "English very good for a lady from Quebec". Don't even get me started on how many times I have had to explain what a CEGEP is.
I have had many, many heated debates with friends who see things I would call grey as either black or white. Through talking about it, we have gained a greater understanding of where the other person is coming from. I do believe there are more people like me out there, and more people like my friends.
As the NDP has been quick to point out, the only way to grow a party in Quebec is to attract voters who have supported sovereignty and may continue to support it now. I agree and I wouldn't even call that an opinion. It's called arithmetic. I think part of that conversation should involve the people at the very centre of this shift in the federal political landscape of Quebec (the MP themselves, who are elected officials, after all) taking the time -- and maybe also a leap of faith -- to talk about their own shifts in thought.
As Robert Asselin, assistant director of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, said when I interviewed him for Saturday's story, if the NDP believes it is the new bridge between Quebec and the rest of Canada, then "prove it". Or, at the very least, talk about it.
Even though you passed my deadline and I wrote a story about how you didn't want to talk to me, all is forgiven. Feel free talk about it at any time.
Dear New Democrat MP from Quebec:
The Toronto Star is canvassing the Quebec caucus of the Official Opposition on the issue of national unity and the unique political landscape in the province.
We would like learn about and understand more about your views in the hope of sparking a greater discussion on this topic, so please take some time to answer the following questions:
1. Have you ever been a member of another federal or provincial party? If so, which one?
2. Are you still a member? If so, when did you join? If not, when did you quit?
3. Have you ever voted for the Bloc Québécois? If so, why? If not, why not?
4. Has the Bloc Québécois been good for Quebec?
5. Would you describe yourself as a sovereigntist, a federalist or something else? Please explain your choice. If you have not always described yourself this way, why not?
6. Did you vote in the 1980 and/or 1995 referendums on Quebec sovereignty? How did you vote and why?
7. The Sherbrooke Declaration says the NDP would recognize a majority decision (of 50 per cent plus one) of the Quebec people in the event of a referendum on the political status of Quebec. What do you think this means? Do you agree with it?
Please email your responses to Ottawa Bureau Chief Bruce Campion-Smith and/or reporter Joanna Smith, who covers the NDP in Ottawa.
We would appreciate a response by Wednesday, August 10 at 12 p.m. Eastern Time.
Please feel free to respond in French if you would prefer.
Please do not hesitate to contact either of us with any questions or comments.
I want to give credit to those NDP MPs from Quebec who, in less controversial times, have been candid on this issue when I asked them about it.
One of them is Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont--La Petite-Patrie), who voted 'yes' in the 1995 referendum but now considers himself an "autonomiste" who is unconcerned with the national question as he focuses on practical issues like Employment Insurance and pensions. He is also a member of Quebec Solidaire, which champions sovereignty, but explained it is because he is a left-wing union guy and he agrees with their other policies.
Then there is Laurin Liu (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles), who I followed around for a while, who I thought showed some moxy when she explained why she is a federalist:
"I'm a federalist mostly because of my age," says Liu when asked about how she personally viewed the future of Quebec. "I was born in 1990. I didn't live through those crises, really, and I've always seen Canada as a unified country."


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For several seasons in the late 90s, East Carolina's football team had a tradition of commissioning T-shirts to be worn by players as a show of team unity.
The short-sleeved gray shirts were innocuous, but on the broad shoulders and massive chests of the players who wore them on campus often, they were hard to miss. Usually they only featured that season's mantra - often a banal motivational phrase - scrawled across the chest in block letters.
But one season, early in the Pirates' tenure in Conference USA, the message served a dual purpose. "Win Conference USA" was not just a clear statement of that season's goal, it was also not-so-subtle attempt to change the priorities inside the program and beyond.
Fresh off a victory at perennial C-USA contender Southern Miss, East Carolina faces North Carolina on Saturday in a game that carries with it plenty of bragging rights. But unlike periods in the program's not-too-distant past, it likely won't be the kind of showdown that makes or breaks seasons.
One factor is that Saturday's game will be the fifth meeting in the last six years. But another reason is that the Pirates' transition to a conference-first mindset has taken root.
Between bolting the Southern Conference after the 1976 season and joining C-USA in the fall of 1997, East Carolina existed in the weird limbo that is life as a college football independent. An average schedule during that period usually featured a schizophrenic mix of power conference teams and opponents from the lower rungs of Division I.
But the games that summoned the most passion from East Carolina's fan base were the occasional meetings with in-state rivals North Carolina and N.C. State.
East Carolina played North Carolina eight times from 1972-81 before the series went on a two-decade hiatus. The Pirates' annual trip to N.C. State was usually the season's rowdy high point until it too got shelved in 1987.
The Pirates and Wolfpack did meet in the 1992 Peach Bowl, with East Carolina taking a 37-34 victory that became one of the most treasured moments in the program's history.
But it also spoke to the Pirates' tough predicament. Without a conference to provide continuity, the rare meetings with its in-state rivals took on an almost unhealthy importance.
That emphasis continued as the series were picked back up shortly after East Carolina joined C-USA. But after the Pirates established themselves as league powers - winning two titles under then-coach Skip Holtz - the message of those shirts nearly a decade earlier sunk in.
But that's not to say Saturday's game won't be a big deal for Pirates fans.
It was announced on Tuesday that East Carolina had sold out its allotment of tickets. With the Tar Heels coming off back-to-back losses during a program reboot under first year coach Larry Fedora, Pirates fans will likely be able to scoop up even more seats.
Should the Pirates manage to pull off the victory - which would be their first in Chapel Hill since 1975 - rest assured commemorative shirts will pop up in the shops in downtown Greenville.
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The parliament was scheduled to send these amendments to the president by May 18. Upon receipt, the president has 56 days to consider signing them into law, according to the non-governmental organization Forum 18. If signed, these vaguely-worded provisions will result in increased government control over legitimate religious activities in Azerbaijan.
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As a guy who gets to talk with a good amount of people...those in blissful relationships, those going through divorces, and those who have yet to "Love", I hear a LOT about this "Unconditional Love" thing.
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OVE...Loves Love...and shares it however he can, if there is one thing I have learned about "Unconditional Love" from each of these folks it is this:
It's what present and involved parents have for your kids, it's what your parents (if present and involved) had for you, and what God (if you choose to believe) has for everyone...even crack-heads...
But for everyone else who is not the almighty creator...it comes WITH CONDITIONS. This is not negative, this is not a downer, this is reality.
Lets say you were in love with someone...and day in and day out, they came home, punched you in the mouth, cleaned out your bank account, and slept with your friends...if you truly loved them "Unconditionally", you'd be cool with that...correct? You'd just laugh it off as a quirk, kiss em on the cheek, and call it a night with an ice-pack.
Therefore, unless given factors present..ALL LOVE COMES WITH CONDITION OF RESPECT...EVEN BEFORE TRUST...RESPECT is the fertile soil in which love's seeds grow!
So, while the concept of "Unconditional Love" is a great one...I think the world needs to take another look at this one...because...well...out of respect comes honesty...and honesty, trust....and I respect someone enough to say unless there is mutual respect...it comes with a condition.
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As announced by Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical – the company behind Ubuntu – will be supporting Hardy Heron for 3 years, and the server version for 5 years. The current long term support version is "Dapper Drake" (Ubuntu 6.06).
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The final play of Nickoe Whitley's career at Mississippi State may have been his best.
Gavin Ware has burst onto the scene, averaging 16.5 points per game in Mississippi State's first four contests. Against Mississippi Valley State, Ware poured in a career-high 23 points.
Mississippi State men's basketball team finished off a memorable Egg Bowl weekend the same way the football team began it in overtime.
A halftime ceremony during today's game between Loyola Chicago and Mississippi State will honor the historic 'Game of Change,' played between the two schools in the 1963 NCAA Tournament.
Dan Mullen waited three months to finally see his team finish.
Mississippi State continued its perfect start to the season to Estero, Fla., this weekend as it defeated Grand Canyon 71-62 Friday in the opening game of the Gulf Coast Showcase.
Dan Mullen told his wife Thursday morning Dak Prescott wouldn't play.
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The flag of the Krasnodar territory is horizontally
blue over purple over green, the central stripe being
double of each of the two others, the arms of the
territory over all in the middle. The coat of arms is a
bit complicated and is quite the same than the historical
coa of the former
territory of Kuban.
The flag was adopted on the first of June 1995.
Proportions 2:3.
Pascal Vagnat, 27 Jun 1997
The middle stripe should be red-raspberry. It is
difficult to know exactly to what corresponds this
colour. Jiri Tenora says that this colour is either
dark red (R+) or purple (P). He says that this is
malinorot (from Russian malina, raspberry
+ German Rot, red), the typical colour of the
East German Civil Defence.
Pascal Vagnat, 09 Apr 1999
I've just saw the Mayor of Soĉi on TV; behind him, the russian
national flag and the regional flag of Krasnodar: I can confirm the light
reddish purple malinorot, the medium dark green of the bottom stripe,
and this greyish/lightish sort of blue.
António Martins, 26 Jul 1999
The coat of arms on the flag is all golden with
black fimbriations according to the Law of the
Territory of Krasnodar on the symbols of the Territory
of Krasnodar (4th April 1995). According to Jiri Tenora,
the colour form of the coat
of arms is only to be found in the Legislative Assembly
and official publications. Everywhere else (shops, means
of transport, et c…), it is golden. The height of
the coat of arms on the flag is ca. 3:4 the height
of the flag.
Source: [cdd97]
Pascal Vagnat, 09 Apr 1999
One of the elements of the coat of arms is a
пернач | pernaĉ,
a kind of cossack sceptre.
António Martins, 12 Mar 2000
I found in the web an image of the flag of Krasnodar,
but without the arms in the center.
Pascal Gross, 09 Apr 1999
This flag, with medium blue bottom stripe, is listed under number
95 at the chart Flags
of Aspirant Peoples [eba94] as:
«Kuban Cossacks - South-East Russia».
Ivan Sache, 15 Sep 1999
Anapa is on the site of the old Greek colony Gorgippia, hence the ancient ship (trireme?). Quoting from Webster's New Geographical Dictionary (1988):
Anapa is a seaport on the Black Sea coast, formerly a Turkish fortress founded to maintain Turkish relations with Caucasian region 1781; twice captured and restored by Russia, finally remained Russian by terms of Treaty of Adrianople, 1829.Jarig Bakker, 12 Feb 2000
Our colleaque Jens Pattke (Frankfurt/Oder, Germany) has drawn gifFOTWized-images of flag and coat of arms of the city-municipality of Armavir in the Kray of Krasnodar (Russian Federation). On October, 20, 2005 by the Decision number 103 the municipal Duma (council) of Armavir has adopted a flag and coat of arms of city-municipality of Armavir. The flag is s.c. armorial flag and occurs (repeats) the coat of arms of city. In 1839 on the left coast of the Kuban river at a confluence of her the Urup river have been moved mountain Armenians (resettlement of Armenians in mountains of Northern Caucasus began at the end of XIV century, after wreck Armenian Kilikia Kingdom). Crossing of two blue strips on a flag and CoA shows a place of merge of two rivers near to which the city has been founded. In 1848 to this Armenian settlement name *Armavir* has been given, in honour of ancient capital of Great Armenia in 4-2 centuries B.C. Armavir quickly developed, in 1876 became status of village, and in 1914 under the decree of emperor has been transformed into city. The greatest development has manufacture of sunflower oil, on which scales Armavir has borrowed leading position in all Russian Empire. Therefore development of the industry is reflected in a flag and CoA by a flower of sunflower. The sunflower - a symbol of a prosperity, prosperity, heat and peace. The peace and consent, in which during all history of Armavir in him representatives more than eighty nationalities live, it is displayed in a flag and CoA white (silver) cadux. The cadux - is a ancient emblem of peaceful disposition becoming subsequently a traditional symbol of trade and crafts, also displays the commerce advanced in city and the industry.
See http://www.armawir.ru/articles/386/
Andrew Weeks, 18 Aug 2011
Source: http://dinskaya.info/city/gerb.php
Valentin Poposki, 26 Feb 2012
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Don't Cryo For Me, Argentina.....*singing*
Pardon my spoof on songs from Evita! Andrew Lloyd Weber might consider that a very bad rendition of his song....
I had the cryo surgery this morning. It wasn't TOO bad, but still pretty uncomfortable! Though anything that happens around private body parts is not comfortable to me, even after having 3 babies it doesn't get any easier to have things stuck in me down there...
And all the while the doctor (old and bald, thank goodness, not young and handsome!) telling me to relax and let my knees fall out to the side..yeah right! I told him that we ought to freeze his prostate and see if he can "relax"?! :c)
They have to freeze your cervix for 3 to 4 minutes...and nitrus oxide is -50 degrees Celsius! I feel crampy, enough that I don't feel like doing much (I think concentrating on a customer's quilt is out of the question), but not bad enough to keep me in bed where all I do is feel it. Maybe a walk later will get my mind off the cramps. Ibuprophen has been taken, and there is this antibiotic cream that I am supposed to use at nights? Great...more goo....*LOL*
It is OVER. That is all I care about...not pleasant, but at least over! It's been almost 2 hours, and I still feel like an ice cube deep inside..*LOL*
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Bonnie: I've been thinking about you this morning. Sorry you're feeling uncomfortable but glad you have it done and behind you. Take care of yourself . . maybe the Ibuprophen will kick in and you could just curl up with a book and relax?? If I were your mother, I'd tell you not to go for a walk today!
JudyGreat to hear you "pushed through and got it done" would not have been easy for me either. I have that same allergic reaction to being touched...especially "there". You'd think by 65 they'd leave me alone wouldn't ya??
I'm with Judy, a book, hope that the pain reliever kicks in..pamper yourself abit today. Maybe stick a movie in and snuggle under a quilt.I've been outta the loop for a few days and girl! you have been busy! Loved the stash posting. I'm impressed with the color coding. Way cool. I tried that, but I have a puny stash- it's all in one box, practically. So not much point in it, I suppose. Your post about how you work, was inspiring. Almost sounded like a system. Wouldn't that be nice?! And the mini basket quilt you did with Lucy... I love that and I am pretty sure I saw it in her pile of UFO's. Hope you are feeling better, today. Be careful if you're walking, your body has suffered some trauma. Take it easy! You want to be in tip top shape for your vacation! Nina
ReplyDeleteOh Bonnie. I hope by now you're feeling much better. (I'm waaay behind with my Q M friends!)
I don't know much about the "Down There" dos and donts...but can you hot tub? Or would that be inviting infections?
Your procedure sounds way uncomfortable. Glad you could tell your doc where to "put it!" You've got a great sense of humor! Nobody can touch that!!!
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But both girls said they want to be doctors and are going to continue their studies.
Time magazine selected her to be runner-up in this year's Person of the Year.
This year, Pakistan will observe Malala's 16th birthday as "Malala Day."
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined Ziauddin in the interview. Brown, now the United Nations special envoy on global education, has been pushing Pakistani authorities to follow through in meaningful, practical ways that will improve girls' access to quality education.
"I was there in Pakistan at the time [of Malala's shooting]," Brown said. "I think 2 million people have signed a petition calling for universal free education."
Brown met with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, who had visited Malala in the hospital in the U.K. and vowed to stand up for girls' education and fight extremism.
Beyond Pakistan, Brown said there seems to be a new passion internationally for ensuring girls' rights.
Girls and women are saying, Brown believes, that they are not "prepared to take this anymore."
Brown noted the cultural complacency toward rape of women in India that was brought to light when a woman was gang-raped in New Delhi in December. She died of wounds from the attack. Demonstrators in Nepal are protesting the severely limited rights of women there, Brown said, and Bangladeshi girls have formed safe zones in which children will never be forced to marry adults, a common practice.
But inside Pakistan and other parts of the world, change comes slow.
"We thought we would have a 'Malala moment' but that never happened," said Pir Zubair Shah, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a reporter for the New York Times in Pakistan, working in the Waziristan tribal area along the border with Afghanistan. Ziauddin hosted Shah when he wrote about Malala.
"No one has said, 'Let's slash the defense budget and allocate it to education,'" Shah said. "No one has been arrested in the attack on Malala. You have the girls' school who didn't want Malala's name."
He said he doesn't believe there's an heir-apparent for Malala in Pakistan and that safety concerns would make it impossible for her or her father to return.
"You need someone on the ground to lead social change," he said. "It's not the job of Brown or people sitting outside. You have to be there among the people. And right now there is no political leadership who can do that."
The military has failed to chase after militants, the journalist said.
And then there's the complex issue of Pakistan's relationship with the Taliban, he noted.
"The government had a chance, an opportunity [in the days after Malala's shooting]," he said. "I don't want to be pessimistic, but I'm afraid that chance is probably gone."


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Hi y'all. My name is ben, and I am a 16 year old reenactor from South Carolina (though I was born in New York, and lived in Mississippi my official home for most of my life). I absolutely love the American Civil War. Not the war itself, as that is gorey and painful, but the history of it. I love to be a Confederate soldier for a weekend, and almost imagine myself living in the Victorian Times on reenactment weekends. If that makes me wierd, I suppose that makes me wierd. I believe in the true cause of the Confederacy, which in my opinion was that of the poor farmers in both armies (not fighting for slavery or rich landowners). I believe that slavery was a horrible issue, but that most Southerners fought for their homes, not the institution. In that light, I thoroughly feel safe portraying a rebel, and a Northern soldier on occasion in these events. I write civil war short stories, and by God's grace, will one day hopefully publish some Civil War literature. I plan to major in archaeology and American history in college. ____________________ A battle fought hard by God's guidance is a victory won easily. |
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Welcome Swamp Fox . A name well known in South Carolina during another war. |
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thank you. indeed it is my nickname among several of my friends ____________________ A battle fought hard by God's guidance is a victory won easily. |
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Welcome Ben, Glad your here. It's nice to see someone your age so involved in American history. I believe it's so important for our youth (all Americans) to know our nations history. I may be from NY, but I also believed in the confederate cause. I don't believe it was all about slavery either, the majority of southern soldiers didn't own slaves, so why would you fight for something you didn't have. sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders. I wish you all the Best in your future pursuits. Best of Luck in your reenacting and I look forward to reading your Literature some day. Regards Dan Last edited on Wed Jan 6th, 2010 01:42 am by HallowedGround |
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