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interupt Donating Member (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 03:32 AM
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Chess cleared of satanic links
This would be funny if it wasn't disturbing

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8505838%255E13762,00.html

"Chess is a quiet, intelligent game that develops one's thinking. It is not a sin. The holy fathers prohibit the playing of games that arouse passions and excitement, and with them bewilderment, wrath and irritation," the agency quoted him as saying.
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LiberalVoice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 03:50 AM
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1. Yeah, god forbid thinking...You might start asking the right questions.
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 07:25 AM
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2. Well lets be sure cats are really not evil!!!!!!!!!!
What is this world coming to, chess players and cat lovers will take us down for sure.
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jonoboy Donating Member (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:27 AM
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3. yeh but what about cats that play chess ?
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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:33 AM
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4. And then they came after Twister
But since I didn't play Twister, I didn't speak up.
And then they came after me. And by then, there was no one left to speak up for me.
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