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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:32 AM Original message |
Can we please get rid of the nasty, sexist, rational responders ad |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, not this shit again. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. Can I have some of that popcorn you're holding under your burka? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
94. You left out the graphic. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. What's the problem? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. These are the ads at the bottom of a thread |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Get Firefox. nt |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. So your only problem is the way the cop is dressed? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. context matters |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. I don't see any ads at the bottom of threads on my screen |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Hey! I don't see her! |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have ads disabled, so I turned them on to see. It isn't "nasty," |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. If I want to see strippers I will go to a strip joint |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Are you kidding? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I wouldn't equate it to porn |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Why? |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I can't even see the ad, and I don't have "ads" turned off. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The ads shows up randomly at the bottom of a page, |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. In other words, the OP is going out of their way to be offended. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Here you go |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. That's it? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. The OP couldn't be giving them more potential new members |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Uhm... She's practically dressed like a nun... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I don't think the problem is a woman in a satin tank top. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Ahh, I see |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Nice try, but no. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. thank you you sexplained it better than I |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I'm just waiting for someone to claim |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
79. You have a problem with atheists? Please elaborate. -nt |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. Ha, no. |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You mean the woman, instead of dressing up like an actual cop, |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. How adorable |
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SyntaxError (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
83. Stripper? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. So? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
62. You very utterance of the phrase "satin tank top" has distracted me. |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. The cop thing is their site gimmick. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
74. I belong to a Rational Response Squad... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
95. Well... I've been in plenty of late night, cheap, Pakistani owned mini-marts in my life... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Why don't you explain your problem with the ad. because I don't get it. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. Click often. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
77. Really? I didn't know that was how it worked. I'll click often -- and pay more attention -- |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. I think someone is trying to misapply the term "sexist" ... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Agreed. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. tell us the REAL reason you want to keep the rest of us from |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I haven't complained about any other athiest ads |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I think in order for something to be "offensive," it has to offend |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. I personally don't find the human body offensive. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
78. In all sincerity, I'm sorry it offends you. But honestly, I never even noticed |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. I clicked on the link, too. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. Why is it nasty or sexist? |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Best I can figure, it's because there is a woman in it. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. It is because the woman is barely clothed |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. To the repressed, perhaps. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. "Barely clothed"?? She's practically dressed like a nun! |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
70. Some paintings of Christ on the cross portray him as shirtless. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. Oh noes, teh opressed religionists are being opressed by teh Evil Atheist Conspiracy!!!1!!11! |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It worse than that. The Atheists have a woman with large breasts on their side. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
37. If this is the ad, I don't see anything nasty, sexist, or trashy. |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I think so. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. yeah, I can see where "we can fix that" would rub a believer |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. It's the same mentality that "fixes" gay people. |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. That comparison is not apt. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I said the mentality is the same, not the objects. |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. That is like suggesting that an auto mechanic and a gay converter have similar mentalities. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. "When pressed, be thickheaded... |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I'm serious. Your comparison is simply bogus. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. fighting BS is the same mentality as McCloset & Co.? RIIIIIGHT... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Allow me to proselytise a moment for the cause of reading comprehension. |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. *shrug* I believe rapists and sex offenders aren't okay the way they are. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:24 AM Response to Reply #57 |
90. You obviously don't get the distinction between beliefs (religion) and biological urges (being gay). |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'll have to remember this the next time someone here |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. ......... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 02:47 AM Response to Reply #44 |
96. How about this- Next time a busty, scantily clad Christian blonde who looks like this |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. What's the big deal? |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. Not just NO, but HELL NO!!! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
51. I find the fact that you're taking offense at this ad rather odd |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. Strangely. it's actually selling |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
59. I think the chick in the ad is hot! |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
60. You have characterized the ad as "nasty" and "sexist". |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #60 |
89. I've had a long term search ongoing to find an online essay I read years ago |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
66. Oh no! Not a breast! |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
67. I don't see ads - I use Firefox with the Adblock extension |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
71. . |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
72. DU has no control over the Google ads... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Not exactly. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Okay... so they have a little control... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. No, it isn't against "theocracy" |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Yes, the site is promoting atheism because THEISM has infiltrated our secular govt... |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
81. Thank you for your concern about sexist ads |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
82. What about those ads of the shirtless buff guys, can we get rid of those, too? |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
85. It's the ugly picture of shrub, with Condi drooling in the background, |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
86. DU has been quite prudish as of late |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
87. What's the problem here? |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
88. I agree that hillary |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
91. Smell The Glove. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
92. If people keep complaining about it, I'm going to have to turn the ads back on. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
93. How dare that jezebel expose her arms and top third of her breasts! |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
97. Thanks for your effort. Insulting anyone's spiritual beliefs does not belong on DU. |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
98. dsc, using attractive women to attract attention to atheism is the progressive thing to do |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
99. "When Will They Ever Learn?"--Another Day, Another Attack of Male Hate |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. So are you against the ad or for the ad? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
101. She should wear a Burka! Then she'd be a respectable lady! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
102. Beloved dsc, my most excellent Christian brother... |
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