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Morality = Rules

by Dr Nancy's Sweetie <kilroy@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 14, 2008 at 04:10 PM

"Stephanie <haaa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>" wrote:
> Some people think morals = rules.  Or if one does not share THEIR moral
> code, then they are without morals.  It is called being closed minded.

There is a big difference between "morality" and "moralizing".  It is
such a big difference that you rarely find both things in the same
person.


OTOH, you can be so open-minded your brains fall out.  About 10 years
ago I was at a customer's site (I sometimes work as a consultant), and
came across a Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan discussion already in
progress (it was about an associate of Harding's who attacked Kerrigan
before the 1994 Olympics).  This won't be exact, but it gets the
general flow of conversation:

    Person A said that the man who attacked Nancy Kerrigan had "sinned",
    and that his actions were unmistakably wrong and immoral.

    Person B said "I wouldn't be comfortable saying that someone had
    done something immoral."

    Person A, incredulous, said "A huge guy over 6 feet tall attacks a
    little girl who barely weighs 100 pounds, smashes her leg with a
    metal club in an attempt to cripple her, and you're unwilling to say
    that was an immoral act?"

    Person B said "I just don't feel we should make judgments like that."

Note here that Person A didn't judge the man himself, but the *act* he
committed.  Even at that, Person B wouldn't agree: saying that someone's
*action* was immoral is improper, no matter what that action was.

It became apparent that Person B considers judging actions to be immoral;
so far as I could tell, it was the *only* the only thing he considered
immoral.


So while I agree that you should be hesitant to judge others by your
moral code, you can't be willing to give up *everything* in your effort
to be accomodating.


Darren Provine ! kilroy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 ! http://www.rowan.edu/~kilroy
"Man always travels along precipices.  His truest obligation is to keep
 his balance." -- Pope John Paul II
 




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Morality = Rules
Dr Nancy's Sweetie <ki  2008-04-14 16:10:25 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-14 09:17:37 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-14 12:09:50 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-14 17:03:51 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-14 15:47:01 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-14 18:02:11 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-14 16:18:20 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-14 18:49:19 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-14 17:36:20 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-14 20:01:13 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-14 20:13:44 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 07:25:24 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 12:47:28 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 15:01:03 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 13:29:32 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-15 12:37:48 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 16:54:04 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-15 13:57:42 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 17:00:55 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 19:46:37 
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Dr Nancy's Sweetie <ki  2008-04-15 22:34:22 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 15:43:21 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 14:08:26 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 16:58:16 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 19:49:59 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-16 08:02:18 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-15 06:44:47 
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sandpounder <gopoundsa  2008-04-16 14:33:01 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-17 18:09:25 
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phelbooth <phelbooth@[  2008-04-14 17:55:23 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 08:17:54 
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phelbooth <phelbooth@[  2008-04-14 17:57:05 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-14 19:39:08 
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phelbooth <phelbooth@[  2008-04-15 05:39:12 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 08:45:18 
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phelbooth <phelbooth@[  2008-04-15 12:00:30 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 15:35:27 
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phelbooth <phelbooth@[  2008-04-15 13:11:36 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 14:15:56 
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phelbooth <phelbooth@[  2008-04-15 16:07:28 
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coco4love1@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-17 20:59:03 
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"AllYou!" <i  2008-04-15 07:54:13 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-15 09:55:03 
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"AllYou!" <i  2008-04-15 12:04:23 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-15 13:51:09 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 15:02:26 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 13:12:41 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-15 21:16:09 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 19:55:25 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-15 21:41:22 
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"Bo" <bo@[EM  2008-04-16 09:08:38 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-16 10:16:05 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-16 11:34:43 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-16 10:10:48 
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"Bo" <bo@[EM  2008-04-16 13:48:30 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-16 13:44:07 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-16 15:53:50 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-16 23:26:12 
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"AllYou!" <i  2008-04-17 07:15:17 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-17 12:48:10 
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"AllYou!" <i  2008-04-17 16:45:20 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-17 16:59:43 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-17 18:20:22 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-17 22:36:54 
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"AllYou!" <i  2008-04-18 07:15:51 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-18 09:37:00 
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"AllYou!" <i  2008-04-18 11:05:47 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-18 14:08:52 
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"Tai" <tainu  2008-04-17 15:30:11 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-17 09:18:26 
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"Bo" <bo@[EM  2008-04-17 12:19:19 
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tidings.happy@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-28 12:05:09 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-28 16:48:51 
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Doug Freyburger <dfrey  2008-04-28 07:12:33 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-04-28 10:26:35 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-17 18:10:21 
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tidings.happy@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-27 19:37:56 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-04-24 21:53:57 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-17 18:10:16 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-17 19:26:32 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-17 18:38:23 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-19 00:29:14 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-18 20:29:49 
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"Tai" <tainu  2008-04-19 11:30:53 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-20 21:56:11 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-20 14:23:27 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-22 17:53:12 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-18 19:54:39 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-19 09:47:26 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-19 13:31:37 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-20 21:48:36 
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tidings.happy@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-24 19:24:58 
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"Tai" <tainu  2008-04-25 13:34:18 
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"AllYou!" <i  2008-04-15 16:00:44 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-15 21:14:11 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 19:54:18 
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"AllYou!" <i  2008-04-16 08:04:10 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-16 11:28:43 
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"AllYou!" <i  2008-04-16 12:23:32 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-04-23 17:44:10 
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coco4love1@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-17 21:04:45 
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coco4love1@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-17 21:08:40 
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tidings.happy@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-23 13:46:31 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-23 15:04:03 
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"Tai" <tainu  2008-04-24 08:49:57 
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Nellie <ellie_first@[E  2008-04-16 10:26:48 
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Doug Freyburger <dfrey  2008-04-17 10:11:52 
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"Tai" <tainu  2008-04-18 09:36:23 
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coco4love1@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-17 21:02:18 
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tidings.happy@[EMAIL PROT  2008-04-22 17:34:25 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-22 23:38:27 
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emma_anne@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2008-04-23 14:32:27 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-04-22 17:53:08 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-04-23 08:01:25 
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"Stephanie" <  2008-04-15 12:41:37 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-15 23:48:10 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-15 19:53:22 
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Dr Nancy's Sweetie <ki  2008-04-16 22:06:18 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-16 20:12:23 
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Michaela Mackenzie <mi  2008-04-17 13:49:45 
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"xorra" <zor  2008-04-17 17:04:51 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-17 15:37:42 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-17 14:44:09 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-19 00:33:33 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-18 18:48:29 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-18 20:00:29 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-20 21:50:47 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-20 14:20:29 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-20 20:04:05 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-22 23:17:05 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-22 15:01:26 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-25 23:32:56 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-25 15:38:45 
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"Michaela" <  2008-04-26 23:49:24 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-26 19:32:34 
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"kato" <kato  2008-04-28 09:57:13 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-28 07:35:37 
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"kato" <kato  2008-04-28 10:55:49 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-05-06 21:51:34 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-05-06 22:56:35 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-04-18 19:53:44 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-05-06 18:40:01 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-05-06 22:33:07 
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phelbooth <phelbooth@[  2008-05-06 14:44:21 
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Doug Freyburger <dfrey  2008-04-23 07:43:13 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-23 07:51:03 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-04-28 08:16:43 
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"kato" <kato  2008-04-28 12:04:22 
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Doug Anderson <ethelth  2008-04-28 09:14:57 
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"kato" <kato  2008-04-28 12:30:55 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-04-28 10:08:42 
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Michaela Mackenzie <mi  2008-05-05 12:24:15 
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"kato" <kato  2008-05-05 19:32:19 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-05-05 17:44:39 
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"Michaela" <  2008-05-06 21:15:43 
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Trixie <trixiedrew@[EM  2008-05-05 18:06:03 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-05-05 21:18:51 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-05-05 21:28:17 
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"Bill in Co" &l  2008-05-05 22:47:11 
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Caitriona Mac Fhiodhbhuid  2008-05-06 15:13:44 
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"Michaela" <  2008-05-08 23:28:43 
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Vickie <lilliputianbiz  2008-05-06 19:04:11 
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Mary_Gordon@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-04-16 09:48:07 

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