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MineralMan

(148,064 posts)

5. Well, they're all heathens, so it's OK to take their stuff.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:36 PM

Dec 2018

Why, they don't even speak the right language, after all. Or maybe they're filthy Catholics or some heretics like that. If they were decent people, they'd be Born-Again Baptists like us, amirite? Let's go get their stuff!

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Is Greed the main source of conflict in the world? [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

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Absolutely. But, see how greedy you are about your charger? MineralMan Dec 2018 #3

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Well, they're all heathens, so it's OK to take their stuff. MineralMan Dec 2018 #5

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Yes, that too. MineralMan Dec 2018 #6

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Agreed! Mme. Defarge Dec 2018 #11

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