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Tikki Kerensky

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07-11-2006 15:59

And why I think many pro-lifers are kinda dumb. Teehee~

Pro-life blogger who attacks another news article... from The Onion.

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Vares Solvang

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07-11-2006 16:02

No way! This blogger thought an article on The Onion was real???

Wow......

The Onion will love this! I am sure there will be an article about it soon. hehehhe

edit: hehehe, be sure to look at the comments at the bottom of the page (over 500!)

Lo Jacobs

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07-11-2006 16:11

HAHAHAH I love it *wipes tear*

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Olympia Rebus

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07-11-2006 16:19

A few years ago some blockhead wrote a letter to Reader's Digest scolding them for a J.K. Rowling article. They cited an Onion article about kids being excited about the occult thanks to the books

I'm amazed at how anyone could take an Onion article seriously. Were they raised in the woods by wolves? Even if they'd never heard of The Onion you'd think they'd notice the irony.

Here's a list from Wikipedia* about Onion stuff that was taken seriously:
The Onion taken seriously

Upon occasion the straight-faced manner in which The Onion reports non-existent happenings has resulted in outside parties mistakenly citing Onion stories as real news.

* An article on Harry Potter inciting kids to practice witchcraft was believed by many to be real and was forwarded by many "concerned Christians."[citation needed]

* Columnist Ellen Makkai and others who believe the Harry Potter books "recruit" children to Satanism have also been taken in by The Onion, using quotes from an Onion article as evidence for their claims. [1] [2]

* In 1998, controversial minister Fred Phelps posted the Onion article "'98 Homosexual-recruitment drive nearing goal" on his "God Hates Fags" website as proof that gay people were indeed actively trying to "recruit" others.

* On June 7, 2002, Reuters reported that the Beijing Evening News republished, in the international news page of its June 3 edition, translated portions of Congress Threatens To Leave D.C. Unless New Capitol Is Built (they were apparently unaware of The Onion's satirical nature). The story discusses the U.S. Congress's threats to leave Washington for Memphis, Tennessee or Charlotte, North Carolina unless Washington, DC built them a new Capitol building with a retractable dome. The article is a parody of U.S. sports franchises' threats to leave their home city unless new stadiums are built for them. The Evening News is Beijing's most popular newspaper, claiming a circulation of 1.25 million. Evening News later retracted the article, responding that some American newspapers "lie intentionally to make money."

* In late March 2004, Deborah Norville of MSNBC presented as genuine an article entitled Study: 58 Percent Of U.S. Exercise Televised.

* The Danish television station TV 2 posted a story [3] that took the Onion-article titled Sean Penn Demands To Know What Asshole Took SeanPenn@ gmail.com [4] seriously.

*I'm aware that wikipedia isn't a foolproof source of the truth- as people occasionally contribute things that aren't true. So take the list with a grain of salt.

Edited to add wikipedia list

onionpencil Musashi

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07-11-2006 16:24

akk. it burns it burns! man life must be tough for someone that/dense/dumb/gullible/humor impaired/or whatever is wrong with the poor pitiful pathetic foolish thing.

Allana Dion

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07-11-2006 16:28

Oh it gets better, on another page this idiot claims to have had some conversation with an unamed woman....

http://marchtogether.blogspot.com/

From: someone

> An abortion is just killing a child at an early age right?
Right
> And that's ok with you?
Might be
> "Ok, let me pose this scenario to you, let's say there's a woman standing in front of you. Her young daughter is yanking at her dress pulling on it saying "mama" over & over, let's say she's a real pest.
Ok
> Then, suddenly, her mother reaches down & strangles that child to death. Is that okay with you?
Might be

---
About this time I have goose bumps & for one of those many moments in my life I'm really scared of another human being.
---

> I say, all right, how about this, a man comes up to you & rapes you viciously, cuts your throat & throws your lifeless body to the ground, only to walk away with a smile on his face...would that be okay with you?

Her - Maybe...it would just be the way things go, so be it.

Let me tell you, this conversation lasted a while & I couldn't believe the things she was saying. She spoke with a perfectly straight face, was totally honest, & scared me out of my mind.

I think he's not just a moron, he's a liar. Conversations like this don't happen.

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Vares Solvang

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07-11-2006 16:40

From: Allana Dion

Oh it gets better, on another page this idiot claims to have had some conversation with an unamed woman....

http://marchtogether.blogspot.com/

I think he's not just a moron, he's a liar. Conversations like this don't happen.

Well, it's not that she's a liar, she just believes anything. If she believed the Onion article, she would believe what this person was saying to her too. She obviously can't recognize sarcasm and satire when she sees it.

onionpencil Musashi

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07-11-2006 16:52

i dunno, that's the kind of crap i just might say if i met someone that clueless and annoying in person. every once in a while i can't resist the urge to see just how gullible someone can be.

Lo Jacobs

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07-11-2006 16:55

From: Vares Solvang

Well, it's not that she's a liar, she just believes anything. If she believed the Onion article, she would believe what this person was saying to her too. She obviously can't recognize sarcasm and satire when she sees it.

It was a dude who wrote the blog, unless you know many women named "Pete."

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Merlyn Bailly

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07-11-2006 20:45

From: Tikki Kerensky

And why I think many pro-lifers are kinda dumb. Teehee~

Pro-life blogger who attacks another news article... from The Onion.

Gods, what a moron.

Please, someone kidnap it and sterilize it before it breeds more idiots.

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Seifert Surface

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07-11-2006 21:24

From: Allana Dion

I think he's not just a moron, he's a liar. Conversations like this don't happen.

If you change the wording a bit, from "Would that be ok with you?" to "Is it objectively wrong?" then you're talking about objective morality. You can find people who will say there is no such thing as objective morality (I'm one of them). It's possible the conversation started off as talking about that, and got "enhanced" as it got passed along.

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Sally Rosebud

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07-11-2006 21:53

OMG this guy is totally misguided. I was looking around a bit more and he says this:

From: someone

To many liberals, freedom of speech means they can say anything.

Isn't he wonderful?

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Tod69 Talamasca

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07-11-2006 22:13

Hmmm.... More proof that some folks just should not pass on genetic code.

Ulrika Zugzwang

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07-11-2006 22:22

I didn't know that Kevn had a blog!

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Phedre Aquitaine

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07-11-2006 22:53

You know, sometimes I see pro-lifers and think that their philosophy about abortion is entirely self-defense.

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Devlin Gallant

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07-12-2006 02:20

From: Olympia Rebus

A few years ago some blockhead wrote a letter to Reader's Digest scolding them for a J.K. Rowling article. They cited an Onion article about kids being excited about the occult thanks to the books

I'm amazed at how anyone could take an Onion article seriously. Were they raised in the woods by wolves? Even if they'd never heard of The Onion you'd think they'd notice the irony.

Here's a list from Wikipedia* about Onion stuff that was taken seriously:
The Onion taken seriously

Upon occasion the straight-faced manner in which The Onion reports non-existent happenings has resulted in outside parties mistakenly citing Onion stories as real news.

* An article on Harry Potter inciting kids to practice witchcraft was believed by many to be real and was forwarded by many "concerned Christians."[citation needed]

* Columnist Ellen Makkai and others who believe the Harry Potter books "recruit" children to Satanism have also been taken in by The Onion, using quotes from an Onion article as evidence for their claims. [1] [2]

* In 1998, controversial minister Fred Phelps posted the Onion article "'98 Homosexual-recruitment drive nearing goal" on his "God Hates Fags" website as proof that gay people were indeed actively trying to "recruit" others.

* On June 7, 2002, Reuters reported that the Beijing Evening News republished, in the international news page of its June 3 edition, translated portions of Congress Threatens To Leave D.C. Unless New Capitol Is Built (they were apparently unaware of The Onion's satirical nature). The story discusses the U.S. Congress's threats to leave Washington for Memphis, Tennessee or Charlotte, North Carolina unless Washington, DC built them a new Capitol building with a retractable dome. The article is a parody of U.S. sports franchises' threats to leave their home city unless new stadiums are built for them. The Evening News is Beijing's most popular newspaper, claiming a circulation of 1.25 million. Evening News later retracted the article, responding that some American newspapers "lie intentionally to make money."

* In late March 2004, Deborah Norville of MSNBC presented as genuine an article entitled Study: 58 Percent Of U.S. Exercise Televised.

* The Danish television station TV 2 posted a story [3] that took the Onion-article titled Sean Penn Demands To Know What Asshole Took SeanPenn@ gmail.com [4] seriously.

*I'm aware that wikipedia isn't a foolproof source of the truth- as people occasionally contribute things that aren't true. So take the list with a grain of salt.

Edited to add wikipedia list

I still remember Christians telling me I was a devil worshipper cause I played D&D. They might make me a nerd, but please...

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07-12-2006 02:36

From: Seifert Surface

If you change the wording a bit, from "Would that be ok with you?" to "Is it objectively wrong?" then you're talking about objective morality. You can find people who will say there is no such thing as objective morality (I'm one of them). It's possible the conversation started off as talking about that, and got "enhanced" as it got passed along.

Or possibly, as someone comments in the follow-up post:

From: someone

In the story you tell in this post, it appears that you've been taken in again--this time by a woman who clearly wanted to get a psycho anti-abortion zealot out of her face and who therefore decided to feed him a line of bullshit to see how much he'd accept. Her little plan appears to have worked far better than she could reasonably have expected.

I have to say that if anyone accosted me in public to talk about abortion I might do something similar, like say "no, I'm utterly opposed to abortion, aborted babies are too small to make a decent meal".

Flavian Molinari

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07-12-2006 02:40

God Bless the Onion

Tod69 Talamasca

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07-12-2006 05:44

From: Devlin Gallant

I still remember Christians telling me I was a devil worshipper cause I played D&D. They might make me a nerd, but please...

You too?

And lets not forget how that devil music called Rock & Roll was gonna destroy the world as we know it! And comic books, video games, etc, etc, etc, etc.

Olympia Rebus

Muse of Chaos

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07-12-2006 08:33

From: Tod69 Talamasca

You too?

And lets not forget how that devil music called Rock & Roll was gonna destroy the world as we know it! And comic books, video games, etc, etc, etc, etc.

And don't forget Jazz music from the 1920s. The pre-televangelists (radiovangelests?) of the day said that was corrupting America.

Why you shuold check your sources.
Tikki Kerensky Insane critter Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 687	07-11-2006 15:59 And why I think many pro-lifers are kinda dumb. Teehee~ Pro-life blogger who attacks another news article... from The Onion. _____________________ Pudding takes away the pain, the pain of not having pudding.
Vares Solvang It's all Relative Join date: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 2,235	07-11-2006 16:02 No way! This blogger thought an article on The Onion was real??? Wow...... The Onion will love this! I am sure there will be an article about it soon. hehehhe edit: hehehe, be sure to look at the comments at the bottom of the page (over 500!)
Lo Jacobs Awesome Possum Join date: 28 May 2004 Posts: 2,734	07-11-2006 16:11 HAHAHAH I love it wipes tear _____________________ http://churchofluxe.com/Luster
Olympia Rebus Muse of Chaos Join date: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1,831	07-11-2006 16:19 A few years ago some blockhead wrote a letter to Reader's Digest scolding them for a J.K. Rowling article. They cited an Onion article about kids being excited about the occult thanks to the books I'm amazed at how anyone could take an Onion article seriously. Were they raised in the woods by wolves? Even if they'd never heard of The Onion you'd think they'd notice the irony. Here's a list from Wikipedia* about Onion stuff that was taken seriously: The Onion taken seriously Upon occasion the straight-faced manner in which The Onion reports non-existent happenings has resulted in outside parties mistakenly citing Onion stories as real news. * An article on Harry Potter inciting kids to practice witchcraft was believed by many to be real and was forwarded by many "concerned Christians."[citation needed] * Columnist Ellen Makkai and others who believe the Harry Potter books "recruit" children to Satanism have also been taken in by The Onion, using quotes from an Onion article as evidence for their claims. [1] [2] * In 1998, controversial minister Fred Phelps posted the Onion article "'98 Homosexual-recruitment drive nearing goal" on his "God Hates Fags" website as proof that gay people were indeed actively trying to "recruit" others. * On June 7, 2002, Reuters reported that the Beijing Evening News republished, in the international news page of its June 3 edition, translated portions of Congress Threatens To Leave D.C. Unless New Capitol Is Built (they were apparently unaware of The Onion's satirical nature). The story discusses the U.S. Congress's threats to leave Washington for Memphis, Tennessee or Charlotte, North Carolina unless Washington, DC built them a new Capitol building with a retractable dome. The article is a parody of U.S. sports franchises' threats to leave their home city unless new stadiums are built for them. The Evening News is Beijing's most popular newspaper, claiming a circulation of 1.25 million. Evening News later retracted the article, responding that some American newspapers "lie intentionally to make money." * In late March 2004, Deborah Norville of MSNBC presented as genuine an article entitled Study: 58 Percent Of U.S. Exercise Televised. * The Danish television station TV 2 posted a story [3] that took the Onion-article titled Sean Penn Demands To Know What Asshole Took SeanPenn@ gmail.com [4] seriously. I'm aware that wikipedia isn't a foolproof source of the truth- as people occasionally contribute things that aren't true. So take the list with a grain of salt. Edited to add wikipedia list*
onionpencil Musashi Registered User Join date: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 324	07-11-2006 16:24 akk. it burns it burns! man life must be tough for someone that/dense/dumb/gullible/humor impaired/or whatever is wrong with the poor pitiful pathetic foolish thing.
Allana Dion Registered User Join date: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 1,230	07-11-2006 16:28 Oh it gets better, on another page this idiot claims to have had some conversation with an unamed woman.... http://marchtogether.blogspot.com/ From: someone > An abortion is just killing a child at an early age right? Right > And that's ok with you? Might be > "Ok, let me pose this scenario to you, let's say there's a woman standing in front of you. Her young daughter is yanking at her dress pulling on it saying "mama" over & over, let's say she's a real pest. Ok > Then, suddenly, her mother reaches down & strangles that child to death. Is that okay with you? Might be --- About this time I have goose bumps & for one of those many moments in my life I'm really scared of another human being. --- > I say, all right, how about this, a man comes up to you & rapes you viciously, cuts your throat & throws your lifeless body to the ground, only to walk away with a smile on his face...would that be okay with you? Her - Maybe...it would just be the way things go, so be it. Let me tell you, this conversation lasted a while & I couldn't believe the things she was saying. She spoke with a perfectly straight face, was totally honest, & scared me out of my mind. I think he's not just a moron, he's a liar. Conversations like this don't happen. _____________________
Vares Solvang It's all Relative Join date: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 2,235	07-11-2006 16:40 From: Allana Dion Oh it gets better, on another page this idiot claims to have had some conversation with an unamed woman.... http://marchtogether.blogspot.com/ I think he's not just a moron, he's a liar. Conversations like this don't happen. Well, it's not that she's a liar, she just believes anything. If she believed the Onion article, she would believe what this person was saying to her too. She obviously can't recognize sarcasm and satire when she sees it.
onionpencil Musashi Registered User Join date: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 324	07-11-2006 16:52 i dunno, that's the kind of crap i just might say if i met someone that clueless and annoying in person. every once in a while i can't resist the urge to see just how gullible someone can be.
Lo Jacobs Awesome Possum Join date: 28 May 2004 Posts: 2,734	07-11-2006 16:55 From: Vares Solvang Well, it's not that she's a liar, she just believes anything. If she believed the Onion article, she would believe what this person was saying to her too. She obviously can't recognize sarcasm and satire when she sees it. It was a dude who wrote the blog, unless you know many women named "Pete." _____________________ http://churchofluxe.com/Luster
Merlyn Bailly owner, AVALON GALLERIA Join date: 7 Sep 2005 Posts: 576	07-11-2006 20:45 From: Tikki Kerensky And why I think many pro-lifers are kinda dumb. Teehee~ Pro-life blogger who attacks another news article... from The Onion. Gods, what a moron. Please, someone kidnap it and sterilize it before it breeds more idiots. _____________________ SL used to be a game -- now it's a corporate advertising/marketing platform.
Seifert Surface Mathematician Join date: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 912	07-11-2006 21:24 From: Allana Dion I think he's not just a moron, he's a liar. Conversations like this don't happen. If you change the wording a bit, from "Would that be ok with you?" to "Is it objectively wrong?" then you're talking about objective morality. You can find people who will say there is no such thing as objective morality (I'm one of them). It's possible the conversation started off as talking about that, and got "enhanced" as it got passed along. _____________________ -Seifert Surface 2G!tGLf 2nLt9cG
Sally Rosebud the girl next door Join date: 3 May 2005 Posts: 2,505	07-11-2006 21:53 OMG this guy is totally misguided. I was looking around a bit more and he says this: From: someone To many liberals, freedom of speech means they can say anything. Isn't he wonderful? _____________________ "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" ~Ernest Hemingway
Tod69 Talamasca The Human Tripod ;) Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,107	07-11-2006 22:13 Hmmm.... More proof that some folks just should not pass on genetic code.
Ulrika Zugzwang Magnanimous in Victory Join date: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 6,382	07-11-2006 22:22 I didn't know that Kevn had a blog! ~Ulrika~ _____________________ Chik-chik-chika-ahh
Phedre Aquitaine I am the zombie queen Join date: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 1,157	07-11-2006 22:53 You know, sometimes I see pro-lifers and think that their philosophy about abortion is entirely self-defense. _____________________ From: Billybob Goodliffe everyone loves phedre (excluding chickens), its in the TOS
Devlin Gallant Thought Police Join date: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 5,948	07-12-2006 02:20 From: Olympia Rebus A few years ago some blockhead wrote a letter to Reader's Digest scolding them for a J.K. Rowling article. They cited an Onion article about kids being excited about the occult thanks to the books I'm amazed at how anyone could take an Onion article seriously. Were they raised in the woods by wolves? Even if they'd never heard of The Onion you'd think they'd notice the irony. Here's a list from Wikipedia* about Onion stuff that was taken seriously: The Onion taken seriously Upon occasion the straight-faced manner in which The Onion reports non-existent happenings has resulted in outside parties mistakenly citing Onion stories as real news. * An article on Harry Potter inciting kids to practice witchcraft was believed by many to be real and was forwarded by many "concerned Christians."[citation needed] * Columnist Ellen Makkai and others who believe the Harry Potter books "recruit" children to Satanism have also been taken in by The Onion, using quotes from an Onion article as evidence for their claims. [1] [2] * In 1998, controversial minister Fred Phelps posted the Onion article "'98 Homosexual-recruitment drive nearing goal" on his "God Hates Fags" website as proof that gay people were indeed actively trying to "recruit" others. * On June 7, 2002, Reuters reported that the Beijing Evening News republished, in the international news page of its June 3 edition, translated portions of Congress Threatens To Leave D.C. Unless New Capitol Is Built (they were apparently unaware of The Onion's satirical nature). The story discusses the U.S. Congress's threats to leave Washington for Memphis, Tennessee or Charlotte, North Carolina unless Washington, DC built them a new Capitol building with a retractable dome. The article is a parody of U.S. sports franchises' threats to leave their home city unless new stadiums are built for them. The Evening News is Beijing's most popular newspaper, claiming a circulation of 1.25 million. Evening News later retracted the article, responding that some American newspapers "lie intentionally to make money." * In late March 2004, Deborah Norville of MSNBC presented as genuine an article entitled Study: 58 Percent Of U.S. Exercise Televised. * The Danish television station TV 2 posted a story [3] that took the Onion-article titled Sean Penn Demands To Know What Asshole Took SeanPenn@ gmail.com [4] seriously. I'm aware that wikipedia isn't a foolproof source of the truth- as people occasionally contribute things that aren't true. So take the list with a grain of salt. Edited to add wikipedia list* I still remember Christians telling me I was a devil worshipper cause I played D&D. They might make me a nerd, but please... _____________________ I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
Ordinal Malaprop really very ordinary Join date: 9 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,607	07-12-2006 02:36 From: Seifert Surface If you change the wording a bit, from "Would that be ok with you?" to "Is it objectively wrong?" then you're talking about objective morality. You can find people who will say there is no such thing as objective morality (I'm one of them). It's possible the conversation started off as talking about that, and got "enhanced" as it got passed along. Or possibly, as someone comments in the follow-up post: From: someone In the story you tell in this post, it appears that you've been taken in again--this time by a woman who clearly wanted to get a psycho anti-abortion zealot out of her face and who therefore decided to feed him a line of bullshit to see how much he'd accept. Her little plan appears to have worked far better than she could reasonably have expected. I have to say that if anyone accosted me in public to talk about abortion I might do something similar, like say "no, I'm utterly opposed to abortion, aborted babies are too small to make a decent meal".
Flavian Molinari Broadly Offensive Content Join date: 1 Aug 2004 Posts: 662	07-12-2006 02:40 God Bless the Onion
Tod69 Talamasca The Human Tripod ;) Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,107	07-12-2006 05:44 From: Devlin Gallant I still remember Christians telling me I was a devil worshipper cause I played D&D. They might make me a nerd, but please... You too? And lets not forget how that devil music called Rock & Roll was gonna destroy the world as we know it! And comic books, video games, etc, etc, etc, etc.
Olympia Rebus Muse of Chaos Join date: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1,831	07-12-2006 08:33 From: Tod69 Talamasca You too? And lets not forget how that devil music called Rock & Roll was gonna destroy the world as we know it! And comic books, video games, etc, etc, etc, etc. And don't forget Jazz music from the 1920s. The pre-televangelists (radiovangelests?) of the day said that was corrupting America.

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