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Originally posted by ef:
Though suffering can motivate selfdevelopment and growth, I do not see it as a virtue in itself.

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Originally posted by RentBoy:
Scorp, an hour's drive away from Atlanta isn't just country, it's COUNTRY. Albany is near the Florida border, another state renowned for its progressive social standards.

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Racism is nothing new. You Canadians have it, Europeans have (those damn asylum seekers/immigrants/etc.), every freaking continent has it.

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BUT! Look at the response here. People know about it, talk about it, etc, realize it's a problem. So all is not lost yet.

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When you take your rightful place in your white corporate haven of choice after you graduate, you can pressure management to be more evenhanded.

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Originally posted by The Rasmus:
In case you speak of Hitler's hatred towards jews, it's never been that bad after, and I'm not sure if before that.

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Originally posted by Sir Motrax of Exile:
Feran, they are backwater and unknown. That doesn't mean a major paper can't report on the subject. It's an interesting story, so they decided to put it to press.

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And Scorp, I'm a northerner, and I don't much care about passing a group of black teenagers at night, as long as they aren't carrying knives or pointing at me. Just like I wouldn't be scared of a bunch of white teenagers unless they were carrying knives or pointing at me.

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I do agree with Feran, that old habits die hard. It sadly will be quite a while before racism is really ended, anywhere in the world.

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Originally posted by Alorael:
At least most of America is past that. It's only in the extremely remote backwaters that still resist new inventions like fire that racism is present on that kind of scale (by percent). There are bigots everywhere, but at least they are a minority almost everywhere else.

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Georgians Plan Whites-Only Prom Party
Fri May 2, 3:51 AM ET

By ELLIOTT MINOR, Associated Press Writer

ALBANY, Ga. - Gerica McCrary said she cried when she heard about the decision to hold a separate white-only prom only a year after she helped bring black and white students together in her rural high school's first integrated prom.

Many white students at Taylor County High School said they plan to attend next week's mixed prom, but a small number of whites said they also wanted a private party.

Juniors are charged with planning the prom each year and last year they decided to have just one dance — the first integrated prom in 31 years in the rural Georgia county 150 miles south of Atlanta.

Until then, parents and students organized separate proms for whites and blacks after school officials stopped sponsoring dances, in part because they wanted to avoid problems arising from interracial dating.

After school integration, separate proms were common in the rural South. Taylor County was among the last to cling to the practice.

Erin Posey, a white senior, said the entire junior class joined together in hosting last year's prom, but this year's junior class wasn't as unified.

"I think a lot of seniors were disappointed," she said. "Now we have to choose between two groups of friends."

The school has 439 students, 232 of them black. McCrary, who is black, and a white friend passed out fliers informing students of all races that they would be welcome at the May 9 prom at nearby Fort Valley State University. The private prom is Friday night 50 miles away in Columbus.

"I would have liked to see it together this year," said Gerard Latimore, a black junior class president who helped organize this year's integrated prom night. "My class would have, too. It just didn't happen this year."

Gerard's mother, Glenda Latimore, a 1972 graduate, attended a segregated prom. She said relatives in Philadelphia and New Jersey laugh when they read about Taylor County's prom.

"It seems like it's something secret," she said. "The white people are afraid to speak up against the separation.

"But I went to a black prom and I had fun," she added. "It didn't kill me, so I tell my son, 'Just go to the prom and have fun. Don't come out hating anyone.'"

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Originally posted by Riibu:
Oh heavens.. I can't imagine why I'm posting these.. There just isn't any good pictures of me in existence, less alone on my computer! Still, whatever the case is, here I am.. almost completely:
http://gamma.nic.fi/~ribla17/omakuvamiet.jpg
http://gamma.nic.fi/~ribla17/omakuvaokei.jpg

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Originally posted by JF:
In a Society like Thomas Mores Uthopia there would be no taxes. But our modern world is by far not Thomas Mores Uthopia. So pay pay pay kids, and when you die you still have to pay To burry your body. So in life we pay and in death we pay, Either way you look at it you loose.

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Originally posted by Ooklah the Moc:
BTW, they pluralize Jesus as Jesii (2 i's). Someone should email Merriam-Webster for a correct answer.

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Originally posted by Jigga:
»What is your name?
Jonathan Payne

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Originally posted by Ooklah the Moc:
So, is anyone going to pick up the gauntlet and argue to keep it criminalized, or is it time for the next subject?

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Originally posted by J'Ondule La Banniere Noire:
Yes: Remembering forever the ultimate sacrifice made for the imperfection of man.
The Easter Bunny Died For Your Sins

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Originally posted by Sir Motrax of Exile:
Scorp has a mohawk.

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Originally posted by Undine:
And all people look alike while sleeping or horseback riding.

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Originally posted by Saundears:
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Congrats, X. I'm going after 2k, but anyway, congrats once again!

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Originally posted by BanjoMan:
You should've at least doen what you threatened to annoy me.

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Originally posted by BanjoMan:
Scorp, please send me a dozen more!

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