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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 13 June | 68 comments (68 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: World (none / 1)

Good to know that the guy conducting the peace negotiations might have an agenda.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jun 12th, 2009 at 02:57:02 PM EST
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Re: World (none / 0)

And the thick, dark skin of clerical rule...

...and a racist one at that.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Sat Jun 13th, 2009 at 04:38:44 AM EST
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Re: World (none / 1)

I saw that as a critique of their black garb, not their actual skin. A whole mass of these forbidding misogynist authoritarians does look like some enveloping black skin of suffocation.

He may have a lot of assumptions but if he's being racist I'd expect him to be more subtle than that.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jun 13th, 2009 at 06:30:24 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 13 June | 68 comments (68 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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