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    Quote Originally Posted by carl View Post
    Hell yea. Sometimes when people act upon opinions that differ from mine, damn right they lack moral courage or moral foundation. If an officer messes with a prisoner and another officer doesn't say anything because he want to get along, he lacks moral courage. When somebody says torture is ok if, if, if...he lack moral foundation altogether. So yea, at times.
    I would suggest that matters of economic policy may not be one of those times.

    Quote Originally Posted by carl View Post
    I have a question. How come when I wrote #### as part of a quote in post 77 it came out ####, but when you write crap, it comes out crap? I don't understand that.
    Try $#!t. It's comprehensible and passes. Or "scheisse", "merde", or the translation of your choice
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dayuhan View Post
    Try $#!t. It's comprehensible and passes. Or "scheisse", "merde", or the translation of your choice
    $#!t you're right! It works!

    (Your response made me laugh.)
    Last edited by carl; 01-03-2013 at 05:19 AM.
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