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24. A distraction.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:52 PM

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If one can’t beat up on other cultures and languages not their own, they ‘d have to examine their own origins and question their own legal status, I’m guessing. We all know rights to REALESTATE have always been the domain of the conquerors with means.

“I was here first”- said the serpent in The Garden.

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