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diseased
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20 Dec 2006, 7:25 pm

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And he is supposed to listen to someone that is diseased? 8O Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Pffft, no one should listen to me. Hell, I don't even listen to me most of the time. I don't know what I'm talking about any more than anyone else.



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20 Dec 2006, 10:58 pm

Hi dktekno,


Do not give up. Do not become apathetic. The last thing this world needs is more apathetic, mindless, robotic consumers who look the other way when people are in need. You are not alone in your views, its just that society wants us to SHUT UP AND BUY instead of SPEAK OUT AND ACT OUT. Its capitalism, my dear!

There are many people who refuse to remain quiet about the injustices there are in the world. We are everywhere. I can give you more information about various activist work if you're interested. Feel free to send me a message.



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21 Dec 2006, 12:01 am

This is exactly why I play the Switzerland card when it comes to political debates. I hate it when I get called a Hitler for something. Being 3/4 german ancestry doesn't really help that much considering the world is full of judgemental idiots who jump to conclusions.


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21 Dec 2006, 12:46 am

For the record, I am about 1/2 german(I know that at least my paternal great grand parents came from Germany. They spoke German at home.), and semi fluent in german. I am also about 1/2 irish. I ALSO happen to have a Danish Aunt, and an Uncle that lives in Denmark with her. So I am not saying anything about nationality.

I'm ALSO often misunderstood.

I actually got a copy of Jugendscale(basically a German Culture based internationally focused kids magazine put out by the Geothe Institut) that has an article written about a german girls adventures in France. She says at one point that she doesn't know if she was mistreated because of her own actions or her nationality. That made me VERY sad. Outside of reading warnings about eye contact, that made me feel more like crying than anything else.

Steve



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21 Dec 2006, 8:51 pm

I just got back here from months. Now fill me in here.


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