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Forum: The Maple Leaf

Nov 9th 2017, 6:19 pm

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The kindness of strangers

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Posted By dbd33

Re: The kindness of strangers

And politics. The_Donald is awful. The Israel/Palestine folder on the Gruan board was also full of vitriol.

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Nov 9th 2017, 3:02 pm

Replies: 124

The kindness of strangers

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Posted By dbd33

Re: The kindness of strangers

I agree that people say harsher things online than they would usually be willing to say face-to-face but I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. If someone hates all Londoners I may as well...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Nov 9th 2017, 12:19 am

Replies: 124

The kindness of strangers

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Posted By dbd33

Re: The kindness of strangers

It's an interesting idea but, having been online for so long, I don't know that I have a different persona in real life than on the internet. I suspect I have become dbd. Some background:

- around...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Nov 8th 2017, 6:13 pm

Replies: 124

The kindness of strangers

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Posted By dbd33

Re: The kindness of strangers

I live the social media way of life and have done since the fin-de-siècle. Admittedly, I try not to take life too seriously, but what harm do I risk?

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 10th 2015, 11:50 am

Replies: 124

The kindness of strangers

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Posted By dbd33

Re: The kindness of strangers

There are different congregations of Mennonites, Old Order, Open Station, 90hp, the window kicking schism and so on. However, none of them are Mormons.

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 8th 2015, 1:49 am

Replies: 124

The kindness of strangers

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Posted By dbd33

Re: The kindness of strangers

Well, there's a lot to be unimpressed about but I'm not sure that gender discrimination is high on the list. They are, after all, a branch of Christianity and no Christian groups are big on audible...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 7th 2015, 1:01 am

Replies: 124

The kindness of strangers

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Posted By dbd33

Re: The kindness of strangers

Yes, I know that to be true. And it's not just the "old order" either. Mennonites are a culture at arm's length, they're not subject to taxation and they're not beneficiaries of state hand outs....

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 7th 2015, 12:53 am

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The kindness of strangers

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Posted By dbd33

Re: The kindness of strangers

I would hope not but from an agnostic point of view it's easy to see how one could be reluctant to support people who are from a culture one finds to be alien. Of course, if one has a religion then...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Dec 6th 2015, 11:17 pm

Replies: 124

The kindness of strangers

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Posted By dbd33

Re: The kindness of strangers

Today I heard a story of kindness which gave me a "thank God we're not in America" moment. The short of it is that someone I know, a cradle (at least I think she's a cradle) has a Dodge truck with a...

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