On 6/22/2020 4:09 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "dsi1"Â* wrote in message
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> On Monday, June 22, 2020 at 6:31:29 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1"Â* wrote in message
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>> On Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 3:45:49 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> > "Gary"Â* wrote in message ...
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>> > dsi1 wrote:
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>> > > Sure, why not use a reminder of a horrible past to sell product? >
>> > What's
>> > > the harm? Let's change the pancake box mascot to Cousin Anne and sell
>> > > product aimed at holocaust survivors and neo-nazis. Yeah, that might
>> > > make
>> > > some profits for the company. In the end, profits are the only thing
>> > > that
>> > > matter.
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>> > True. In the end, profits DO matter.
>> > Don't you have a retirement account? Investing your savings
>> > for retirement in evil corporations and hoping they will
>> > earn you the best return?
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>> > As far as past reminders of our history, let's tear down
>> > all reminders of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
>> > USAs most beloved past presidents. That's just to name
>> > a few.
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>> > Both were slave owners. We should remove their faces
>> > from all currency, tear down their preserved mansions
>> > and monuments. Even Lincoln was a racist. He freed
>> > the blacks but he had no love for them.
>> > We could even rename Washington DC to MLK DC.
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>> >Â*Â*Â* Good post!Â* Thanks, Gary!
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>> > All lives do matter but all this old slavery crying
>> > is just that...crap. Time to move on people and quit
>> > bitching about the past that can't be changed.
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>> > And in the black community, clean up your own act then
>> > the police won't go so hard on you.
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>> We visited the International Slavery Museum when we were in Liverpool. It
>> was interesting and moving. The Brits abolished slavery about 30 years
>> before the Yanks did. The difference, of course, is that they didn't
>> have a
>> civil war over the matter, nor have they spent the last 160 years
>> trying to
>> resolve the conflict.
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>> Â*Â*Â* I expect you knew I didn't post the previous post?
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> You nested your reply in the middle of another post but I did understand
> who wrote what.
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> Â*Thank you.Â* I will try to do it better next time.
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You really do believe this guy speaks for everyone in the US?

Jill