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Old 04-18-2007, 11:36 AM   #17
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Re: Joe Morgan

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Originally Posted by George Anderson View Post
Joe was comparing the Imus incident which college basketball players were called names and got their feelings hurt to a mass murder incident in Virginia. If someone called me a bad name or a friend of mine a bad name I would be able to go on with my life without a hitch, if someone murdered me or someone on the same campus as me then that would rock my world to a severe degree.

For Joe to compare the aftermath of name calling to the aftermath of mass murder is just nutty.
That's you, but if you were a woman or of another race you'd whistle a different tune, that's called empathy, and there is nothing wrong with it at all.
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