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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Tre on August 04, 2009, 10:25:47 PM
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Not to take attention away from the LA Fitness shooter, but here's the situation from my gym yesterday:
Although I've been able to focus pretty well during each set of my workouts, I'm still battling the hyper-awareness issue that I've had for the past few months.
So, I couldn't help but notice the little Ethiopian twink with his backpack there on the gym floor. As some of you may be aware, I belong to a totally frou-frou gym, so bags are definitely not allowed in the main workout areas.
But instead of thinking, "What a douchebag" because he had his bag there, my first thought was, "He might have a bomb in there". Because I was unable to mind my own business, it took a few extra seconds for me to re-focus and then get back into the squat rack.
Now, I know that most Ethiopians are Christian and not Muslim, but if an open-minded realist (with optimistic leanings) like me can be so suspicious of another dark-skinned individual, is there any hope for our nation?
In all fairness to me, he should not have had his bag on the gym floor and if he hadn't, I probably would never have seen him at all (he was a really tiny thing) and you would've been spared another 'my gym is so unfair!' post from me. ;)
So, how many of you would've beaten him senseless and then investigated the contents of his backpack?
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Is it racist to be suspicious of Muslims with backpacks on the gym floor?
Racial profiling is probably the single best crime prevention strategy.
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Soo, Tre you notice another black person and you were suspicious...methinks you have been brainwashed...I bet that guy saw another black person and was like, "Tthere's a 'African-American', damn 'un-pure bloods', keep an eye on him"
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I dont think it's racist at all.
Its normal to be a little suspect or paranoid
I mean, seriously, we know that these people do hundreds of trial runs before carrying out their actual attacks. I know that Sacramento, CA is hardly a prime target of interest for terrorists, but the FBI(?) discovered a terrorist cell in Lodi a couple of years ago and we're the nearest big city to that pretty rural town.
Soo, Tre you notice another black person and you were suspicious...methinks you have been brainwashed...I bet that guy saw another black person and was like, "There's a 'African-American', damn 'un-pure bloods', keep an eye on him"
He was black like me, and maybe I am a little brainwashed, but all it takes is the tiniest lack of vigilance on my part and American lives are in danger. My first loyalty is to my family - I must keep them safe and to be able to provide for them (which means keeping my black ass alive!) and my next loyalty is to my country/community. I don't care how black or African someone is - if I consider them a threat to Americans, then the choice is already made.
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Not racist, IMO. It is the sad reality of today's world. Nothing wrong with being aware of your surroundings.
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I mean, seriously, we know that these people do hundreds of trial runs before carrying out their actual attacks. I know that Sacramento, CA is hardly a prime target of interest for terrorists, but the FBI(?) discovered a terrorist cell in Lodi a couple of years ago and we're the nearest big city to that pretty rural town.
He was black like me, and maybe I am a little brainwashed, but all it takes is the tiniest lack of vigilance on my part and American lives are in danger. My first loyalty is to my family - I must keep them safe and to be able to provide for them (which means keeping my black ass alive!) and my next loyalty is to my country/community. I don't care how black or African someone is - if I consider them a threat to Americans, then the choice is already made.
Ehtiopians tend to be pretty cool, the women tend not to date Amercian black men (because we are unpure) just to let you know ;). But if any of them have a gripe, it probably would be with Israel. Because Ethiopian Jews are treated bad over there, and many leave with a very, very bad taste in their mouths.
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all people with backpacks on the gym floor are douches. Why my gym doesn't enforce the rules. i don't know.
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Muslim is not a race. ::)
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Muslim is not a race. ::)
Of course we know that, but 'racist' is the buzzword that's usually attached to any sort of cultural bias.
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Of course we know that, but 'racist' is the buzzword that's usually attached to any sort of cultural bias.
Fool!
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Of course we know that, but 'racist' is the buzzword that's usually attached to any sort of cultural bias.
You're not looking for a straight answer, but some sort of affirmation that you belong to the getbig "mainstream" by making this thread.
The straight answer is only an idiot or a paranoiac would think some "muslim" wanted to blow up a fucking gym in cowtown. It's not like you live in tel aviv or baghdad.
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Soo, Tre you notice another black person and you were suspicious...methinks you have been brainwashed...I bet that guy saw another black person and was like, "Tthere's a 'African-American', damn 'un-pure bloods', keep an eye on him"
In that case, perhaps women are brainwashed of being more afraid of men than of women.
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Racial profiling is probably the single best crime prevention strategy.
As crazy as this may sound it is probably not far from the truth. Without profiling there could not be effective crime prevention. I didn't really feel that way until I was a police officer myself for a few years.
Pat
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In that case, perhaps women are brainwashed of being more afraid of men than of women.
One of the most amusing things in the world is to hear someone utter some inanity like it was a profound insight. You are a master of this art.
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You're not looking for a straight answer, but some sort of affirmation that you belong to the getbig "mainstream" by making this thread.
The straight answer is only an idiot or a paranoiac would think some "muslim" wanted to blow up a fucking gym in cowtown. It's not like you live in tel aviv or baghdad.
What the hell you got against Cowtown?
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One of the most amusing things in the world is to hear someone utter some inanity like it was a profound insight. You are a master of this art.
Do you agree that the best preventative measure for a woman to stop a possible sexual assault is profiling young men?
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i dont think you need to be a rascist to have these contious and uncontious thoughts.
i am a lot more aware when a morrocan kid walks near my side then when it were a white kid. just because the crime rate is a lot more higher with these people. nothing rascist about.
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Serious question... Do we think someone is trying to blow up a gym now?
Of all the shit to blow up... A gym?
You think people in the UK thought the IRA was going to blow up a gym?
Just seems overblown to me.
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i dont think you need to be a rascist to have these contious and uncontious thoughts.
i am a lot more aware when a morrocan kid walks near my side then when it were a white kid. just because the crime rate is a lot more higher with these people. nothing rascist about.
you live in France?
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no dutchland.
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no dutchland.
douche-land?
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Ethiopians are muslims?
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a problem parker?
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a problem parker?
Ha ;D. I thought you'd get it. And you know what, some backwards redneck would call it Douche-land...
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really?
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Ethiopians are muslims?
The vast majority are Christians, but a lot of them are Muslims, yes.
A little backstory...
I was at Six Flags last week and observed 2 Ethiopian men and 1 woman videotaping one of the rides from a position that didn't make any apparent sense. I'm thinking, "Why would they choose that location from which to film?" So, I snapped a few pictures of them. I can't say exactly why I thought they were up to no good, but that's the climate of fear and paranoia that's been created.
Of course amusement parks are great terrorist targets, but that doesn't mean that the little African family looking to preserve some memories of their day are involved in anything like that.
When the young African boy and an older guy got off the ride and joined the others, I did feel a little bad about having been suspicious, but I never confronted them and I didn't do anything to infringe on their fun.
So, I'm quite comfortable with what I've become. :) (the hyper-awareness thing could grow to become a problem for me, though)
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Paranoia is not racism.
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really?
For sho'... Have you ever heard REAL COUNTRY TWANG? And man speaking so incoherently, with tobacco in his mouth, and spitting out at the same time...And they all wear bib overalls....
It's like this, "Whhhhar-a, I say, whhhhar-a, tha' boi Maaahrs from?"
"Dutchland"
"Wha, you say, Doooooch-lan? WHellll, whhhar, deee haelllll is that?"
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It's not like you live in tel aviv or baghdad.
I live in London and we've had the irish, the Muslims and David Copeland blowing the place up.
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Racial profiling is probably the single best crime prevention strategy.
yes
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Serious question... Do we think someone is trying to blow up a gym now?
Of all the shit to blow up... A gym?
You think people in the UK thought the IRA was going to blow up a gym?
Just seems overblown to me.
Why not? They did attack a post box, a pub and a "Wimpy". So a gym would be just as soft a target.
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no it aint racist to recognize towel heads and dot heads
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yes
*kneejerk*
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Is it racist to think a black guy driving a BMW stole it?
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Is it racist to think a black guy driving a BMW stole it?
What series?
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Is it racist to think a black guy driving a BMW stole it?
maybe in the shithole coutry where u live
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maybe in the shithole coutry where u live
Isnt he American?
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There are no muslims where i live......
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There are no muslims where i live......
webcke, fight, claw and scratch to keep it that way.
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webcke, fight, claw and scratch to keep it that way.
We did, trust me........ ;D
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Isnt he American?
how do you know that?
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We did, trust me........ ;D
You are a great man, my friend......
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You are a great man, my friend......
Thankyou my Aryan brother. Take care and fight the good fight.
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Paranoia=fear
racism=fear
letting a gym bag ruin your workout = fear
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We did, trust me........ ;D
That was a great thing that happened in Cronulla, a year or so ago. Too bad other places / countries don't take the same stance :-\
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That was a great thing that happened in Cronulla, a year or so ago. Too bad other places / countries don't take the same stance :-\
Coming up 4 years now. Time flies.
Good times.......i have very fond memories of it. Worked too......
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That was a great thing that happened in Cronulla, a year or so ago. Too bad other places / countries don't take the same stance :-\
How is employment in Cronulla? Maybe I need to relocate.
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some little scrawny tit deleted my black panthers thread yesterday? why?
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did you realize that you're a guy judging another guy?
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For sho'... Have you ever heard REAL COUNTRY TWANG? And man speaking so incoherently, with tobacco in his mouth, and spitting out at the same time...And they all wear bib overalls....
It's like this, "Whhhhar-a, I say, whhhhar-a, tha' boi Maaahrs from?"
"Dutchland"
"Wha, you say, Doooooch-lan? WHellll, whhhar, deee haelllll is that?"
haha, infidels of the highest order.
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Tre-do you get offended or annoyed when a store employee follows you around, keeping an eye on you like you're gonna steal something?
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Is it racist to think a black guy driving a BMW stole it?
If it's a 6-series, that would not be racist at all. ;)
Tre-do you get offended or annoyed when a store employee follows you around, keeping an eye on you like you're gonna steal something?
This actually doesn't happen to me. Maybe it happened once in a Korean-owned grocery store I visited in NYC when I was 14, but even though I typically dress like a bum, I don't get followed in stores. I have observed it with other young Blacks, however. When I worked retail (yes, I've had shitty jobs before, too), I hawked everyone, because thieves make up a majority of mall shoppers.
Paranoia=fear
racism=fear
letting a gym bag ruin your workout = fear
No question.
But I'm very much an in the moment sort of person. After quickly recognizing that the bar wasn't going to move itself, I forgot all about the twink and his bag, refocused, and went right into my routine. I got untracked for a maximum of 25-30 seconds, which I can live with since I'm not a bodybuilder. ;)
That's one benefit of being as ADD as I am. Something that seems like a big deal at the time can be completely irrelevant just seconds later.
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it's okay to be a little paranoid. there are a lot of bad guys in this world and you have to be on the lookout for them. I've been a paranoid bastard for about 15 years now, always watching my mirrors, others peoples' hands at gas stations, etc. family always tells me to relax.
A few years back I'm pulling into a pizza joint to run in, and a car with two youths pulls up behind me, blocking me in, and 2 men start to get out in my direction, hands on something below window level. I had my own glock of course, pointed down, and I mouthed the words 'no' to them as they started to open their doors.
whatever they were doing there, they mumbled to each other and got back in and calmly drove away. of course i believe they were about to take my money or the car. no other reason to block me in, approach, freeze, then drive away like they got caught with hand in cookie jar.
it's good to keep an eye on others. The world would be a better place if everyone did this. If 15 years of being paranoid means I wasn't robbed once, it was worth it.
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Not to take attention away from the LA Fitness shooter, but here's the situation from my gym yesterday:
Although I've been able to focus pretty well during each set of my workouts, I'm still battling the hyper-awareness issue that I've had for the past few months.
So, I couldn't help but notice the little Ethiopian twink with his backpack there on the gym floor. As some of you may be aware, I belong to a totally frou-frou gym, so bags are definitely not allowed in the main workout areas.
But instead of thinking, "What a douchebag" because he had his bag there, my first thought was, "He might have a bomb in there". Because I was unable to mind my own business, it took a few extra seconds for me to re-focus and then get back into the squat rack.
Now, I know that most Ethiopians are Christian and not Muslim, but if an open-minded realist (with optimistic leanings) like me can be so suspicious of another dark-skinned individual, is there any hope for our nation?
In all fairness to me, he should not have had his bag on the gym floor and if he hadn't, I probably would never have seen him at all (he was a really tiny thing) and you would've been spared another 'my gym is so unfair!' post from me. ;)
So, how many of you would've beaten him senseless and then investigated the contents of his backpack?
doesn't matter what label you put on it.. but could that be called an irrational fear? I think so. How many times a day do you sus[ect the roof is gonna fall on you? ;)
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Serious question... Do we think someone is trying to blow up a gym now?
Of all the shit to blow up... A gym?
You think people in the UK thought the IRA was going to blow up a gym?
Just seems overblown to me.
Maybe he is trying to get one last workout in before his sees all those virgins. ;D
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Not to take attention away from the LA Fitness shooter, but here's the situation from my gym yesterday:
Although I've been able to focus pretty well during each set of my workouts, I'm still battling the hyper-awareness issue that I've had for the past few months.
So, I couldn't help but notice the little Ethiopian twink with his backpack there on the gym floor. As some of you may be aware, I belong to a totally frou-frou gym, so bags are definitely not allowed in the main workout areas.
But instead of thinking, "What a douchebag" because he had his bag there, my first thought was, "He might have a bomb in there". Because I was unable to mind my own business, it took a few extra seconds for me to re-focus and then get back into the squat rack.
Now, I know that most Ethiopians are Christian and not Muslim, but if an open-minded realist (with optimistic leanings) like me can be so suspicious of another dark-skinned individual, is there any hope for our nation?
In all fairness to me, he should not have had his bag on the gym floor and if he hadn't, I probably would never have seen him at all (he was a really tiny thing) and you would've been spared another 'my gym is so unfair!' post from me. ;)
So, how many of you would've beaten him senseless and then investigated the contents of his backpack?
- First off how did you know he was Ethiopian?
- So called "HYPER AWARENESS" is also better known as PARANOIA
- "Frou Frou gym"?... A gym for (Eh Hem) "girls"
- "A bomb in a gym bag"...Cuz there is nothing makes a political statement like
blowing up a frou frou gym...Maybe he wanted to blow up the gym becasue he
does not like fruits:pineapples, oranges, berries, tarts (is this a fruit)
- "Unable to mind your business"...so you were checking him out... Just say it.
- Open minded realist?...Just say your a simple minded white "male"
_ Beaten him senseless?...Prefer to bash your skull in with a sledge over this
post...stick to things BB related.
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Why not? They did attack a post box, a pub and a "Wimpy". So a gym would be just as soft a target.
Simple.
It's more likely to die driving a car or eating a sandwich.
To fear a backpack seems a bit paranoid.
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Is it racist to think a black guy driving a BMW stole it?
No,hes a drug dealer
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Simple.
It's more likely to die driving a car or eating a sandwich.
To fear a backpack seems a bit paranoid.
better safe than sorry
We are all for profiling.
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240, didn't your phramicist brother gun down a couple of would-be robbers?
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- First off how did you know he was Ethiopian?
- So called "HYPER AWARENESS" is also better known as PARANOIA
- "Frou Frou gym"?... A gym for (Eh Hem) "girls"
- "A bomb in a gym bag"...Cuz there is nothing makes a political statement like
blowing up a frou frou gym...Maybe he wanted to blow up the gym becasue he
does not like fruits:pineapples, oranges, berries, tarts (is this a fruit)
- "Unable to mind your business"...so you were checking him out... Just say it.
- Open minded realist?...Just say your a simple minded white "male"
_ Beaten him senseless?...Prefer to bash your skull in with a sledge over this
post...stick to things BB related.
Tre is ummmmm...colored...
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Never trust anyone who starts the majority of their sentences with "yo."
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I live in London and we've had the irish, the Muslims and David Copeland blowing the place up.
Way to date yourself. Maybe you're also worried about the return of the plague?
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Way to date yourself. Maybe you're also worried about the return of the plague?
LMAO...only if you live in Asia
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LMAO...only if you live in Asia
;D
To be fair, the subway bombings were recent, but a subway seems like a more tempting target for a muslim terrorist than a gym.
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To be fair, the subway bombings were recent, but a subway seems like a more tempting target for a muslim terrorist than a gym.
just wathced 'Traitor' with Don Cheadle in it
the FBI head said Izzy Fundamentalists now look for targets which otherwise would not be considered / expected
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240, didn't your phramicist brother gun down a couple of would-be robbers?
shot him in the belly. but didn't shoot his friend. kid already had his back turned.
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shot him in the belly. but didn't shoot his friend. kid already had his back turned.
did he die?
Did his friend escape?
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The vast majority are Christians, but a lot of them are Muslims, yes.
A little backstory...
I was at Six Flags last week and observed 2 Ethiopian men and 1 woman videotaping one of the rides from a position that didn't make any apparent sense. I'm thinking, "Why would they choose that location from which to film?" So, I snapped a few pictures of them. I can't say exactly why I thought they were up to no good, but that's the climate of fear and paranoia that's been created.
Of course amusement parks are great terrorist targets, but that doesn't mean that the little African family looking to preserve some memories of their day are involved in anything like that.
When the young African boy and an older guy got off the ride and joined the others, I did feel a little bad about having been suspicious, but I never confronted them and I didn't do anything to infringe on their fun.
So, I'm quite comfortable with what I've become. :) (the hyper-awareness thing could grow to become a problem for me, though)
Could have used you on Sept 11, 2001 around 7 am eastern bro, but you should always be vigilent or else.....
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did he die?
Did his friend escape?
dude lived. 45 cal round went in his belly, wedged in spine. i think he craps in a bag now. the both were caught, plead out, got 12 years or soemthing.
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just wathced 'Traitor' with Don Cheadle in it
the FBI head said Izzy Fundamentalists now look for targets which otherwise would not be considered / expected
Did you like it? I thought it was a pretty good movie.
Body of lies wasn't too bad either.
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Did you like it? I thought it was a pretty good movie.
Body of lies wasn't too bad either.
Body of lies was a waste of time and talent.
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Body of lies
This isn't a thread about the Bush Adminstration.
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Did you like it? I thought it was a pretty good movie.
Body of lies wasn't too bad either.
yes
very good
and why we need profiling here
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This isn't a thread about the Bush Adminstration.
"Yes, we can!"
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5740C620090805
the OP?