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knight_of_the_star
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Wed Jun-08-05 03:13 PM
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Win and you get a cookie! There is a place in Hell for those who remain neutral in times of great moral crisis.
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Wed Jun-08-05 03:14 PM
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Wed Jun-08-05 04:46 PM
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Wed Jun-08-05 03:20 PM
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3. Don't know, but it is akin to
...those who stand in the middle of the road are going to be hit.
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Wed Jun-08-05 03:22 PM
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4. Yeah, could be Dante...
Doesn't sound old-fasioned enough, actually, but maybe that was lost in translation. Who knows what sounds old to Italians?
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Wed Jun-08-05 03:23 PM
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The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. ~Dante Alighieri
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6. I'm smelling sulphur...
"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in time of great moral crisis." — Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (1265-1321), from the Divine Comedy
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Wed Jun-08-05 03:25 PM
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Edited on Wed Jun-08-05 03:27 PM by tx_dem41
where is my cookie. :) By the way the actual quote was: The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict On edit: It looks like MLK was paraphrasing Dante.
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Wed Jun-08-05 03:55 PM
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I was trying to remember who said "Win and you get a cookie". My bad.
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